By Travis Rhoden, Senior EHS Editor at J. J. Keller & Associates, Inc.
If you use forklifts at your facility, you know you have to train your operators. OSHA s standards for Powered Industrial Trucks at 29 CFR 1910.178 require all forklift operators to receive a combination of formal instruction and hands-on experience. Formal training can be made up of classroom lectures, discussions, interactive computer learning, videos, and written materials. Hands-on training may include demonstrations by the trainer and practical exercises performed by the employee.
Employers must evaluate all employees on their skills before allowing them to operate a forklift at the facility. Employees must also be evaluated after refresher training and at least once every three years, or whenever an operator is observed to operate in an unsafe manner, or who is involved in an accident or a near miss. If the employee doesn t pass the evaluation, then you must provide refresher training. Of course, if the op
SWIC gets $1.2 million grant
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A SWIC Practical Nursing student at the East St. Louis Higher Education Campus practices her skills using a patient simulatorCourtesy of SWIC
A $1.2 million Workforce Equity Initiative Grant from the Illinois Community College Board will enable Southwestern Illinois College to continue offering its one-year career training programs in East St. Louis.
“We’re able to continue the incredible work we’ve been doing at the East St. Louis Higher Education Campus,” said SWIC Executive Director of Enrollment Development Bob Tebbe. “We look forward to expanding career pathway programs and helping students achieve their educational and career goals.”
Northland news in brief: Man who sparked manhunt in court; and new Kaitaia roundabout
14 Dec, 2020 04:00 PM
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Police guard a bridge on Pokapu Rd, near Moerewa, while the Armed Offenders Squad searches for Dylan Cooper in September. Cooper appeared in court yesterday. Photo / File
Police guard a bridge on Pokapu Rd, near Moerewa, while the Armed Offenders Squad searches for Dylan Cooper in September. Cooper appeared in court yesterday. Photo / File
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A Moerewa man on the run from police for months has pleaded not guilty to all charges and elected trial by jury.
Dylan Cooper, also known as Dylan Carrington, 30, was finally arrested in Hokianga on November 15 and faces more than 20 serious firearms, robbery and driving charges.