Forklift and pedestrian safety

Skills you'll practise

• Explain how layout and rules separate pedestrians from lift trucks
• Describe what pedestrians must do around operating lift trucks, including blind spots and raised loads
• Describe an operator's pre-use check, safe load handling and safe parking
• Read a truck's capacity information and explain why capacity falls as the load centre moves out

Course outline

1. 1.Forklift and pedestrian safetyVideo · 2 min
2. 2.Separating people and trucksLesson · 15 min
3. 3.Pedestrians: being seen and staying clearLesson · 15 min
4. 4.Operators: pre-use checks, loads and parkingLesson · 15 min
5. 5.Forklift and pedestrian safety: knowledge checkKnowledge check · 22 questions
6. 6.The shortcut through aisle 4Scenario
7. 7.Final exam8 questions · passing it completes the course, so people who already know the material can test out

Sources it draws on

The lessons and questions are written from these references, so learners can go back to the original.

• Your site's traffic management plan and lift-truck rules
• Lift-truck manufacturer's operator manual and capacity (data) plate
• Your national or local regulator's guidance on workplace transport and lift-truck operator training