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The OSHA or Occupational Safety and Health Administration require that anyone using a counterbalanced forklift receive classroom or lecture style training. They also require that a periodic refresher training as well as a supervised driving course is completed. There is no required minimum time for the classroom training or supervised driving. Furthermore, there is no frequency mandated for the refresher training either.
The weight of the counterbalance forklift is used to balance its load utilizing its own weight. The forklift forks are in a fixed position but can be raised and lowered to secure and move loads. The forks run parallel to the body of the forklift. OSHA require that drivers who would be utilizing counterbalanced forklifts on the job be properly trained on the trucks while being in the environment that they will be using them.
Training either lecture style or in a classroom will offer forklift and operator information for the truck you would be driving. Most training will cover certain aspects like the weight and load capacity, height, how to charge or fuel the forklift. It covers how to gauge the time on the engine as well as any forklift specific safety information like for example where to stand when walking around the truck. Either oral and/or written testing is part of the classroom training. There is no minimum time requirement for the training.
The forklift operator needs to learn how to operate the counterbalanced forklift while being supervised. The supervised driving needs to take place in an area that reflects the environment the driver will\would be driving in. This atmosphere should include the kind of terrain she will be traveling on, have similar surrounding structures nearby, and the same pedestrian and vehicle traffic nearby also. There is no required minimum number of hours the driver needs to drive while being supervised.
