Powered Pallet Jack Safety

This pallet jack safety course fully covers the safety aspects of operating a powered pallet jack. It covers equipment identification, pre-use inspections, and safe operations. In this pallet jack safety course, workers will learn about stability, how to pickup, travel and place a load.

Pallet jack safety is required for all operators of pallet jacks.

• Pre Use-Insection
  • Walkie versus walkie rider
  • Common differences
  • Purpose
  • Manufacturer's operating instructions
  • What to inspect
  • When you find something wrong
• Operation
  • The drive wheel
  • Steering handle
  • Plugging
• Load Handling
  • Picking up the load
  • Stability
  • Traveling with a load
  • Placing a load

• Perform a proper pre-use inspection.
  • Recognize common differences of the two types of pallet jacks.
  • Identify parts requiring functional test.
  • Cite the need to fix or replace a damaged or improperly functioning jack before using.
  • Identify what must be documented.
  • Name benefits of reading manufacturer's operating instructions.
• Control a pallet jack safely.
  • Identify functions of the rear wheel.
  • Locate the forward and reverse controls.
  • Recognize slowing and stopping methods of the pallet jack.
  • Identify how to plug.
• Handle loads safely.
  • Recognize correct pick-up procedures.
  • Identify load moving procedures.
  • List general moving pre-cautions.
  • Name correct unloading procedures.
  • Cite need to keep load as low as possible at all times.