Power jack and forklift training

Date: May 11, 2015

Power jack and forklift training

thestruggleisreal · Guru

I hope they don't pull that **** at our store. A few of us wouldn't be able to work the forklift without a driver's license. Then what?

Date: May 11, 2015

BooHoo you deli/bakery workers always seem like so much drama. You guys complain about everything. Who cares if you got to learn how to use a power Jack? Always a bunch of crabby old women

Date: May 11, 2015

This.

Date: May 11, 2015

Anonymous wrote:
BooHoo you deli/bakery workers always seem like so much drama. You guys complain about everything. Who cares if you got to learn how to use a power Jack? Always a bunch of crabby old women

Teaching everyone in the deli how to drive a forklift, which we don't even have, is about as dumb as teaching everyone on the stock crew how to decorate a cake.

thestruggleisreal · Guru

Anonymous wrote:
BooHoo you deli/bakery workers always seem like so much drama. You guys complain about everything. Who cares if you got to learn how to use a power Jack? Always a bunch of crabby old women

Believe it or not, males also work deli/bakery.

Nice to see that you're a misogynistic pig though.

4hourrush · Guru

My bakery is all women but we're not all "crabby old women", I'm only 25, our youngest employee is 21 and our manager is in her 20s too.......

BagBoy · Guru

We have a male deli employee and he always is forced to do the trash and all the heavy lifting. I feel so bad when the others force him to do things that they should be able to do.

Date: May 11, 2015

BagBoy wrote:
We have a male deli employee and he always is forced to do the trash and all the heavy lifting. I feel so bad when the others force him to do things that they should be able to do.

What do they do when he's not there?

Date: May 12, 2015

Anonymous wrote:
BagBoy wrote:
We have a male deli employee and he always is forced to do the trash and all the heavy lifting. I feel so bad when the others force him to do things that they should be able to do.
What do they do when he's not there?

They probably have a courtesy or utility clerk do it for them,

nocturnia · Guru

EVERY ONE 18 and older should at least be trained and licensed to operate the power equipment, no different than tying bales or running the trash compactors. This ¨somebody needs to take care of this¨ bull$hit gets real old.

4hourrush · Guru

So the person outside manning the fuel center should be concerned that there's a frozen skid waiting on the backdock?

I don't see the point of wasting money on teaching everyone a skill they will literally never use. Especially if there are NO forklifts even in the store.

nocturnia · Guru

4hourrush wrote:
So the person outside manning the fuel center should be concerned that there's a frozen skid waiting on the backdock?

I don't see the point of wasting money on teaching everyone a skill they will literally never use. Especially if there are NO forklifts even in the store.

NO fork lift trucks? Well.....obviously there's no need for training then, is there?
As for whoever is working where ever, that's what cross training is for, and I'll add that into my original point. No body ever got hurt or died from working other areas that ¨...ain't my job, man¨~~

thestruggleisreal · Guru

Know what I won't understand? You're essentially just pressing a button for the compactor. Why can't everyone (including those "under 18's") simply press the button? Not like you can actually climb in and get crushed.

4hourrush · Guru

Ok fair point on the cross training, but when does that actually happen? :P

It'd be very nice to actually happen though!

Date: May 12, 2015

4hourrush wrote:
Ok fair point on the cross training, but when does that actually happen? :P

It'd be very nice to actually happen though!

It's funny how people seem to think that cross training only goes one way. You never hear about them cross training people to bake bread, decorate a cake, make a party tray, fry chicken, prepare food for the bistro, etc.

4hourrush · Guru

Exactly.

A couple days ago we got swamped during all the Mothers Day sales. My manager called store management to ask if we can have someone, anyone, from inside the store to come to the bakery to bake cookies. Our cookie table was completely empty and she was already over on hours so she couldn't get anymore OT. Baking cookies is the simplest work anyone can do in this department. But nope, they couldn't spare ANYONE, not even a bagger off the FE, to come back and help us.

kroagrr · Guru

I'm kind of encouraged there is a Kroger, somewhere, where there is training. My store pulls a dairy clerk to be a receiver, training be damned. To call it "half-assed" would be generous.

Lord_Uboat · Guru

kroagrr wrote:
I'm kind of encouraged there is a Kroger, somewhere, where there is training. My store pulls a dairy clerk to be a receiver, training be damned. To call it "half-assed" would be generous.

What is there to receiving? You unload trailers, make bales, and listen to truck drivers bltch about how horrible it is to have to wait fifteen minutes before getting a dock space.

Ghos_t · Member

they are only supposed to train you on the types of power jacks your store has and use. not the ones they don't have .

kroagrr · Guru

What is there to receiving?

Can you receive trucks and stock shelves simultaneously?

We're talking about pulling the solitary clerk--uncertified on the power gear--out of a department to receive up to 32 grocery pallets into a rat's-nest backroom lacking the space.

The ranking co-manager said, "If there is an accident, we are going to say you were certified."

Lord_Uboat · Guru

Ghos_t wrote:
they are only supposed to train you on the types of power jacks your store has and use. not the ones they don't have .

I think OSHA wants you to learn sit down forklifts before you can learn any other type. Not sure WHY, but I think that's how it goes.

Date: Jan 18, 2016

Your time is not wasted attending that training. All forklift operators must be trained to become OSHA compliant. The company where you are working is doing the right thing to avoid heft fines and penalties that could be imposed on them when visited by OSHA inspectors.

I just would like to add about this topic. Accidents can be avoided when operators are trained. Operators must undergo 2-day forklift training course which include classroom lecture and actual demonstration of the machine. The training should be specific to the type of machines at the workplace, the training must be in accordance of what type of environment and the training must also be conducted an knowledgeable individual who gained years of experience, this individual must also complete a train-the-trainer forklift training program.

If you an individual confused forklift licensing, you can follow this Forklift License Tutorials to see the steps you need to take, the training schools near you and some other important info you need to know.

For employers, who are seeking certification for their fleet of operators, they can hire a trainer to perform the training directly at the work site. This the most feasible way to have a training because the trainer can change the program curriculum based on different parameters I mentioned above.

You can also send your operators to a training to receive the training. This is not appropriate because this can cause production halt.