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Elements and Performance Criteria

  1. Determine job requirements
  2. Comply with work health and safety (WHS) requirements at all times
  3. Use appropriate personal protective equipment (PPE) in accordance with SOPs
  4. Identify load and check against safe working load and/or relevant specifications or regulations and final position/location
  5. Identify special handling requirements of load, if applicable
  6. Lift and place load in the correct final position/location to achieve specified balance of load
  7. Identify and carry loads that require special care
  8. Carry loads in accordance with special requirements of product according to procedures and/or regulations
  9. Operate forklifts in areas of restricted movement and in special traffic conditions
  10. Operate forklifts in areas of heavy traffic
  11. Operate forklifts over difficult or uneven surfaces
  12. Operate forklifts in areas shared with the general public, as required

Range Statement

This field allows for different work environments and conditions that may affect performance. Essential operating conditions that may be present (depending on the work situation, needs of the candidate, accessibility of the item, and local industry and regional contexts) are included.

Safe working load includes the following:

as defined in the manufacturers' specifications for lifting plant or gear

Loads requiring special care include one (1) or more of the following:

non-standard load configuration

fragile loads

dangerous (volatile, explosive and sensitive)

raising and lowering personnel on approved work platforms (forklift only)

Advanced operational skills include one (1) or more of the following:

heavy loads

out-of-balance loads

awkward and irregular shaped loads

traversing over rough, broken or uneven surfaces

high lift situations

extremes of climate