What is a truck-mounted forklift:
Used by carriers who need to load themselves at suppliers or unload at customers. It is mounted on the truck chassis. The mast can reach in and out like the reach truck. Suitable for rough terrain.
Content:
This training includes 3 hours of theory in group and 1 to 5 hours of practice per participant.
Theory:
- Summary of legislation
- Basic knowledge of ARAB (Codex), liabilities and responsibilities.
- Risks and accidents
- Be able to identify, analyze and control risks specific to the job and equipment and space.
- Safety regulations
- Explain the safety regulations such as there are: direction of travel, braking for turns, use of the safety cage, prohibition to take passengers, appropriate travel speed, travel height forks, position of the mast according to the load, safe attachment to the truck, driving on public roads.
- Load and charge diagram
- Know what factors affect the load and stability of the transportable forklift. Understand and be able to use charge diagrams.
- Working with the truck-mounted forklift
- Know the elements that make up the initial check: hand brake, foot brake, hydraulic system testing, sound horn check, visual tire check, steering play, chain tension, forks. Pivot.
- Attaching truck to truck.
Practice:
- Be able to perform initial check of transportable forklift correctly, recognize dangerous defects and report them.
- Apply correct mounting and dismounting technique and park the truck safely.
- Be able to use the controls correctly.
- Application of safety and traffic rules: defensive driving, interaction with people and other drivers.
- Fueling.
- Adopting a good driving technique: forward, backward. Pivot.
- Be able to perform the following maneuvers: turning and cornering forward and backward, passing in very narrow passages.
- Be able to estimate distances, depth and height.
- Working correctly with the take-home truck (ground work, racking, truck, long loads, etc)
- Applying order and cleanliness.
- Fixing truck to truck
