Although not fully today's reality, the VISION is where we will be...one industrial site at a time and one operator at a time.  If you share our vision, we hope you will find a way to participate in the development of the National Lift Truck Operator Registry (LIFTOR) and contribute to this socially responsible initiative.

The Vision of National LIFTOR is that it is the "preferred process standard" for designing and developing training, and management practices  for those who operate or supervise the operation of powered industrial trucks.  More so, LIFTOR provides a substantive and highly effective method for senior executives to align their front-line employees with the corporate strategic intent.

LIFTOR standardizes "best practices" that are custom matched to the work site and its people. Because operators are trained and managed with the best practices available, their risk of personal injury, fatality, or collateral damage is greatly reduced from what it was in 1996, when the latest OSHA training rule was promulgated. Additionally, National LIFTOR Licensed Operators are the most productive in the world.

Whenever experienced operators move from employer to employer, the training methods and standards for competence are familiar to them, because they have already been licensed through a National LIFTOR Licensed Industrial Site.

Whenever new operators are trained, their instructors have the confidence that they are using methods and standards that are valid, efficient and generally accepted by others in their industry and who agree with the National LIFTOR principles.

Similar classes of powered industrial trucks, in the same industry, have the same set of training, evaluation and management materials available to them for easy customization at their local industrial site.  Customization is done by specific make, model and attachments, as well as requirements of the operator's work environment.  The process for customization is based upon an open-systems network that is coordinated through a National LIFTOR network of participating companies.

Whenever materials or new methods are needed, or other resources are required by those managing industrial truck operators, they are available or referred through a central location such as www.liftor.com/

Each and every operator is required to demonstrate that they are capable of safe operation by submitting to a valid and reliable on-truck performance test, that is designed for both the hazardous conditions and productivity needs in their particular work environment.

Managers are able to quickly and conveniently get secure web access to all training and testing materials, and well as management and incident records related to their own industrial site.  The LIFTOR website will help track operator training and certification activities.  If their is an incident, a process will be provided to report and suggest improvements to the LIFTOR procedures.

Model Materials and Methods are developed and customized by those industrial site managers who will use them.

At each industrial site, a National LIFTOR "Leader" is assigned to systematically provide all possible resources and supervision for acting on the mission of improved productivity and personal injury risk.

Front-line supervisors take an active role in driving the training and management of their own powered industrial truck operators.