Course Details
- Course Code: OS-TT-R104-S-14M
- Mode of Delivery: Onsite
- Duration: 14 Months
- Price: On Request
Lifting Equipment Operator-Forklift
Course Overview
The programme starts with an induction to the course and training facilities to fully understand the training process and requirements. This course is delivered through Instructor-led training and Workshop based practical training with various assessments to ensure that the candidate achieves theoretical and practical competencies. The training focuses on providing candidates awareness on using components and equipment for machine operations, selecting lifting gears, and acquiring competency in safely using forklifts.
This course is for anyone interested in doing activities linked with the employment of an engineering operative.
The entry prerequisites are a good attitude toward learning, a solid motivation to study, and a reasonable level of language proficiency.
Candidates on successful completion of training are entitled to a ‘Certificate of Attendance’ attested by the Ministry of Higher Education, Research and Innovation from NTI and a National Vocational Qualification Certificate (NVQ) from City & Guilds, UK.
Other Details
Module 1: General Health, Safety & welfare in work place
- Introduction to Training & Facilities
- Site tour & Course objectives
- Evacuation Procedures
- Health & Safety Essentials at work
- Occupational Health & Hygiene
- Types of PPE and its purpose
- Hazard Identification and reporting
- Risk assessments & Control measures
- Legal requirements
- HASAWA & COSHH
- MSDS-Material safety data sheet
- Disposal of waste accordance with legislation
- Types of Fire Extinguisher
- Fire warden & First aider
- Tool box talk, Safe cards
- Incident reporting
- Organizational accident and emergency procedures
Module 2: Productive working practices in the workplace
- Customer Needs & Support
- Organizational structure
- Job roles and responsibilities
- Scheduling & Prioritizing Work
- Time management
- Seeking guidance and support
- Individual development plan
- Maintaining records & documents
- Team work and your working relationship
- Omani labour law
Module 3: Slinging and hand signalling the movement of suspended load
- Proper Manual Handling Methodology
- Job design to prevent injury
- Job Side Consideration
- Identification of rigging gears and equipment’s
- Selection of Rigging Gears
- Identify Color coding of rigging gears
- Types of Hitches
- Sling Angle
- Types of Knots
- Center of Gravity –COG
- SWL
- Load weight
- Procedures for lifting
- Job Site consideration
Module 4: Preparing and operating lorry loaders/knuckle boom to lift and transfer loads
- Interpret and extract relevant information’s from drawing
- Operating hazard
- Site hazards
- Pre-use checks
- Types of attachments
- Working in adverse weather conditions
- Work program and circumstances that will affect the work program
- Safe vehicle maneuvering and positioning
- Correct preparation of loader
- Correct slinging of loads
- Safe operation of loader
- Understand loader operator responsibilities
- Safe lifting of different type of loads using lorry loader/knuckle boom
- Identify defects and periodic inspection
- Identify the characteristics of the crane for lifting operation
- Shutdown and securing lorry loaders
Module 5: Preparing and operating industrial forklift trucks to lift and transfer loads
- Operating instructions, warnings, precautions
- Differences between trucks and automobiles
- Truck controls, instrumentation
- Steering and maneuvering
- Engine and motor operation
- Load manipulation- stacking/unstacking
- Fork and attachment adaptation, operation, use limitations
- Vehicle capacity, stability triangle
- Inspection and maintenance
- Refueling/charging of battery
- Operating limitations
- Surface condition and composition of load
- Working in pedestrian traffic, Narrow aisles/restricted areas
- Potentially hazardous location and environment
- Operator visibility
- Vehicle stability
Module 6: Preparing and operating rough terrain masted forklifts to lift and transfer loads
- Components of a forklift
- Truck controls, instrumentation
- Steering and maneuvering
- Load manipulation- stacking/unstacking
- Centre of gravity and stability triangle
- Counter balance
- Safe parking procedure.
By the end of the module the candidate will be able to:
- Comply with all workplace health, safety and welfare legislation requirements
- Identify & deal with health and safety at work.
- Select appropriate personal protective equipment.
- Demonstrate work ethics and team working
- Communicate for productive working practices at workplace.
- Maintain relevant records in accordance with the organisational procedures.
- Deal with health and safety at work
- Understand the different types of forklift
- Demonstrate appropriate pre-use checks on a forklift and complete a checklist
- Maneuverer a forklift safely – raising, lowering loads and traversing appropriately
- Understand the unique hazards of forklift operations.
- Safe movement without load.
- Safe movement during picking, stacking and travelling with load.
- Pre use inspections
- Recognize Fulcrum or pivot point
- Stability triangle
- Do Load centering
- Drive on inclines. (slope)
- Demonstrate proficient operator skills on a forklift
- Report and record work done.