This is only a Training session, not the actual test. Training and rules vary in various countries and companies. Myself training to drive a forklift at work. Filmed on my phone by our company trainer.
@@JohnJohn83UK im 14 btw my brother said can you drive a forklift and i said yeah he said allright put that pallet of steel roofing on the back of the van and i was like ok I didnt do too bad driving it lol
Some people sure like to honk a lot. You honk when there's a blind turn or a crossroad, Why would you honk when you engage reverse when there's already a backup alarm going off when you do so? Unless it's broken, then get it fixed. Also, I most often drive reverse, even without a load. I have the best view going reverse and the handling is better. Some people drive a lift like a car, which it is not. Maybe it's not possible with every lift but I would find it hard to believe that some lift cannot go reverse or have obstructed rear views. Lift drivers must be alert 100% of the time. They need to focus and never take anything for granted. You have to follow rules and not get too creative. Things need to be done a certain way and that's the way you should do them. Don't be afraid to ask questions to more experienced drivers, their experience can be yours just by listening and watching. Happy stacking!
Patfettx yes drivers have to be elert but we all have colleagues that are sometimes in a world of their own and with the seriousness of health and safety things are getting worse at work.
You all need to understand that rules change for different companies. My company we honk when people are about, when we look before moving we honk if people are nearby. Other companies may have more forklifts operating and may require honking more often. I still honk when I cant see where Im about to turn. I cant see anyone at the time but there's no knowing if there is anyone in places you cant see. So there is no need for the comments arguing what the rules are. Rules change for various places depending on how often forks are used and how many are being used at the same time.
Good video John, and you have done very well when reversing with a load through the chicane. through the chicane. The instructor seems very qualified as per OSHA and Fedex standards.
Thanks, Our trainer is awesome, he has since trained me to drive the class 1 trucks and passed first time without faults. All thanks to our in house trainer.
At my place it is procedure to honk. But you don't have to if you've checked around. I now drive the forklift early in the mornings before driving trucks and warehouse is empty. The only time I start honking is when I start seeing people about. Different places have different rules so no point arguing who's right and who's wrong. Been 2 years since this video and now I use forklift with 10ft forks. One of my recent videos is me loading at truck with one.
I've been driving Forklifts all my life and they are very easy, fun, yet can be very dangerous. Always, take it out of gear when parked anywhere! It can still idle forward and hurt people
Yes, sometimes the handbrake can become weak overtime and won't hold a forklift still if engine is left on in gear. Handbrakes need adjusting now and then but that should be noticed when doing your checks before using a forklift.
@@JohnJohn83UK I recently started as a Dock Worker and saw this dude back into empty trailers all the time to turn around... Well on the wrong day one of the Jockeys moved an empty trailer without double checking the sliding door at the tail end and the guy drove off the dock... Shit was scary asf.
@@nicka-trade8052 that's the truck drivers fault. Bays should have a system in place to let drivers know when it's safe to pull the trailer off. We have a traffic light system. Can't move the trailer while the lights are red on that bay.
Here are some 'ADD-ONs' that drivers of lifts can add to their machines to make a forklift even safer, easier: 1) - add a 'Lift Truck Camera' to the forks in order to make it easier to drop off and retrieve objects in high storage locations. 2) - add a large magnetic LEVEL to the column of the forks so that getting an exact 90-degree position is perfect.
2) would be handy for our long forks, no need for a camera because being 10ft long you can see them and where they are going pretty well. I prefer them than the standard short forks like I used in this training video.
Do you also have to know how big the back end of your fork truck is? Before the pivoting at the tight corners? I am newer and don't have to worry too much about it except now that I have been trained a little bit with the big 155 Hyster trucks we have where I work moving 15k pound lifts of wall board that are between 8' to 15' in length across. I am terrified to hit anything with my back end and also the board, itself. So I just leave that stuff to the ones who know how to do it. Any tips moving wide objects that weigh nearly 10 tons each and are easily breakable at their edges on the forks and also smacking anything they might touch while turning?
Well, I meant that to be funny and lightly comparing it to sex. It's almost like "you made it" sort of thing. You did the job application, the interview, they said yes you can drive, then you hop on the lift and it's a go. As for me, my first lift job didn't happen overnight. I was a handler for some time and one day, a newby driver was trying to stack big metal cages on one another and he was having such a hard time aligning them. I laughed at him and he said "why don't you try it" I did and by chance, the warehouse manager was passing by and he saw me. Next day, the manager tells me you're on the lift. The rest is history. Now you might wonder "no training, no licence and they let you drive?" Here in Quebec, back in the day, they're were no requirements to drive, at least no everywhere. Some places enforce it, some don't. Just got lucky.
@@Patfettx same thing happened to me. Not too long ago I was driving a transpallet, but had my card for reach. I was using the reach to unstick empty pallets instead of the counter balance like everyone else and my supervisor asked me if I wanted to work in the aisles. And like that I went though a small training week and now I drive reach.
Better to be safe, there's a video somewhere of a forklift truck catching the bottom of a pallet stack and it all came down like dominoes in the whole warehouse.
Forget all the people running their mouths. I think you did fine. It's kind of intimidating when you're new, especially with the shitty visibility at the height you picked up your pallets. That's about the area where I can't see my forks at all. My only question... do they require you to put on your parking brake anytime you move the forks? That seems super tedious and time consuming.
Cody S. Thanks and Yes, they have to train you that way but no one does it after training. The older guys use left foot on left brake instead. I have my own method now and use 10ft forks. I only use this forklift when it's in the way and I need to move it.
SI YO MANEJARA ASI YA ME UBIERAN CORRIDO DEL TRABAJO Y EN LAS 8 HORAS YO NO AVANZARA NADA PARA DESCARGAR UN TROQUE ME DILATARIA COMO 4 HORAS Y AHI DONDE TRABAJO DESCARGO MUCHOS TROQUE NO SE SI ASI PODRIA SACAR EL TRABAJO PERO ESTA MUY BIEN AMIGO DESPUES VAS AGARRA PRACTICA.SIEMPRE CON SEGURIDAD.
Some do, i cant use both feet because of driving so long before doing my forklift. I brake too hard with my left foot. Dont use it enough to practice either.
Here in Canada, the minimum wage is $14 / hr. A qualified forklift driver with 5+ years of experience gets paid a huge bonus, he earns $14.25 / hr. Well, at least he's in demand, that's a bonus, isn't it?
As long as the person hasn't paid for the forklifting training themselves. They are in demand in the UK aswell, some pay crap wage some pay decent but it all depends who you work for.
Isabel Magnolia yeah just for training to get use to controlling forklift going forward and backwards as with a high pallet you have to travel backwards anyway for visibility.
such a pet peeve of mind when someone is riding the forklift they will put their hand on their lap like they are driving a car 4:22... no always ALWAYS have your right hand on the gears and your left hand on the wheel.
Once trained yeah we use the handbrake less and keep right foot on brake. But in the video while training we had to use handbrake whenever stationary and using forks.
It was meant to give an idea of what training is like. Handy for those that haven't started learning yet but are going to. So they know what to expect.
learning to drive a forklift is so awkward...noting like driving a car because the back swings out. Make sure you research the differences between driving a forklift and a car before you try it because not all trainers will explain it to you. Going in reverse is the hardest, no matter which way you turn the wheel it will feel like the back of the forklift isn't moving in the direction you want it to. If you're an unco sort of person its going to be awkward and embarassing as hell while you're trying to get the hang of it
i'm a forklift instructor as well and that is the weirdest test course i have seen at start of test you always go forward first with a load to pick up in chicane first very strange test
@@JohnJohn83UK it's not safer when the visibility is reduced in front. When traveling with a load taller than your LBR , yes it reduces your visibility.I know that. But all day happening to twist your hips and look back with nothing on the forks damages the spain
@@walireed1423 oh of course. If nothing is on the forks then I do drive forward. It's only in training that you are trained alot in reverse. Didn't know what you meant by Spain but I guess you mean spine.
One thing to learn from this. Drive that slow loose ur job haha and basically most places I'd work tell you not to wear the belt or keep using the hand break in fact the electric ones are automatic breaking so you use the breaks next to never
If you don't wear the belt and there's a rollover, you have a very good chance of dying by getting thrown out of and then crushed by the truck. And he's learning how to use the thing, of COURSE he's going slow, idiot.
I'm am not sure of the prices as my company put me through the training. Try to Google forklift training in your country/area and see if there's more details on their sites.
@@kooshin6180 2 weeks is more than enough. Once you learn one, you learn the others alot quicker. My training was only 4 days and that was 2 of us training on 1 forklift so 1 on 1 training could be done quicker. Different countries teach different methods but control and handling are all the same.
I'm not an instructor, Im the one training on the forklift. My instructor talking in the video is our own company instructor that does all our forklift training and our truck driving training etc
@@90dfender he is not registered with any organisation. Just a qualified instructor/trainer trained by fedex to train fedex staff. No other organisation involved. Just all done within fedex by fedex staff/employees. Most other companies do use outside organisations to train their staff but all ours in done 'in house'. (within fedex)
@@90dfender no worries. I understood it might be confusing as I don't know any other company that doesn't have their own trainer. Mainly companies use organisations for all their training. The same guy talking in the video trained me to drive big trucks last year aswell so now I can drive anything for fedex thanks to the trainer in this video.
Not in our warehouse. Not needed. Not much going on over head height. That's the only storage Rack in warehouse as it's a parcel sorting hub. So mainly belt systems and roller floors.
This is true but wasn't wrong in the video. This was halfway through the day. The checks were already made. This video wasn't planned, I just gave my phone to my trainer and he started filming. This video isn't all the training. Just a small part of the training.
I use it for at most 2 hours every morning before going out in truck. Some mornings its easy but most of the time there is too much to do and ends up being only time consuming rather than hard. Just like driving trucks.
joe fro yeah. I started fedex driving vans. Then 18t trucks, so they trained me on forklift to help load and unload trucks. Then they trained me this year to driver bigger trucks. I wasn't employed to drive forklift. Had already been with company 14 years.
Adan Adan different places vary. I'm a truck driver so I'm on more than forklift drivers anyway. Best bet is too Google forklift driving jobs and seeing the various salaries.
Depends on the type of forklift job. They vary from very easy to very challenging. The more skill and responsibility that's involved, the higher the pay typically.
