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Latest PostIs the Traditional Wisdom Still Valid?Monday May 14, 2012 I can no longer keep quite about the useless
pap masquerading as forklift operator training and management. It is
rampant in the USA. My mission in this blog calls for me to share my
observations as well as conclusions from the empirical research now
being used at LIFTOR Licensed Industrial Sites. Deadly Decision: Chocks or Auto Dock Locks?Saturday May 5, 2012 I was asked by one of the National LIFTOR Certified Test Examiners who was the manager of a large distribution center: "Is it OK to use
only automatic dock locks and not bother with chocks? My operations director
says that we need to train operators to use both. It seems a waste of
time considering that the trailer restraints of the type we installed
are pretty reliable."
Yes, and NO! AND if you guess wrong, it could be a deadly decision. If this confuses you,
you're not alone. From time-to-time this issue comes up at most
warehouses having, or considering automatic trailer restraint systems. We need to get clear on what is important here. When any trailer is positioned at the dock, it needs to be restrained until ALL dock workers in the area are ABLE to confirm that no person or forklift is in it when it begins to move away. If you don't have automatic restraints to activate at your docks, then, under this condition, properly placed wheel .. Prevent Lift Truck AbuseThursday May 3, 2012 If forklifts are showing signs of abuse (frequently recurring, unexplained, and/or "un-owned" damage to component parts), the root cause probably
stems from an unspoken policy to accept this condition as a normal cost of doing business. It does NOT have to be this way. Since we know of industrial sites where abuse is almost non-existent, we know that it is possible for others to benefit, too. National LIFTOR www.LIFTOR.com recommends the following actions that can go a long way toward preventing abuse to lift trucks.
Evidence Based - NOT Regulatory-BasedWednesday May 2, 2012 I've just returned from Toronto Canada where ISPI (International Society for Performance Improvement)
held its annual conference. This society has been my
"professional home" for more than 25 years. It keeps me grounded in the
science and technology of human performance...and keeps me away from the
ever-present popular nonsense and myths about human and organization
behavior management. This year's theme was, evidence-based solutions to human performance problems and opportunities. |
Welcome to LiftorAcross the materials handling industry, operations managers expect forklift instructors and front-line supervisors to contribute to high standards of both safety and productivity. If you can deliver both, you will win operator respect and management’s confidence. I believe it takes more than traditional regulatory training to ensure both forklift operator safety AND productivity. Effective training is an important starting point, but to believe that you can administer training alone and expect the risk of injury and productivity to improve is nonsense. Most senior managers know this.
If you want regulatory compliance AND operators who are both safe AND fast (hear, productive), supervisors who have profound knowledge of the jobs they supervise, co-workers who experience an environment with operators who are “looking out” for them, forklifts that stay in a good state of repair, meaningful metrics so you can manage all your resources related to forklift operating, and avoidance of public embarrassment from serious injuries or fatalities… Put your operators into the LIFTOR context. Bring LIFTOR management practices in-house. Front Line supervisors learn to be job experts as they develop the necessary step-by-step procedures & checklists, coach operators on-truck and on-the-job, conduct valid on-truck certification testing, and grant OSHA Certification to each operator mastering task standards -YOUR standards for productivity AND safety. We work with you to install everything necessary, and then we stay with you as long as you want real results on-the job. But, you can’t get it all at once. Take NO risk! Get my free report on daily forklift examination. Like it? Join as a Low Risk $47 per month Inner Circle Member. See if you can make LIFTOR’s very effective principles and practices OUR principles and practices. You will use my weekly live internet meetings and templates to help you develop everything you need for TASK ONE. You get help every step of the way. If you validate all your TASK ONE materials through a National LIFTOR Registrar, you can earn back any investment you make as an Affiliate, and then get the whole management & training system. But you have to start somewhere. Get my free report!
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