Certification Powered Industrial Truck

Certification Forklift

As stated previously, OSHA spells out the OSHA forklift certification requirements for employee forklift training in 1910.178(l).

The employer shall certify that each operator has been trained and evaluated as required by the standard.

If operator has previously received training in a topic specified in this section, and training is appropriate to the truck and working conditions encountered, additional training in that topic is not required if operator has been evaluated and found competent to operate the truck safely.

Certification shall include:

• Name of the operator
• Date of the training
• Date of the evaluation
• Identity of instructor/evaluator