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13 Dec 2017
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6 Sep 2017
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1 Feb 2017
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Rob Vetter: Lock ‘em up!
Rob Vetter recently helped deliver a series of training sessions on forklifts for California OSHA enforcement and consultation personnel. The timing was interesting ...
21 Dec 2016
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28 Sep 2016
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5 Jul 2016
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26 Apr 2016
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19 Jan 2016
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30 Nov 2015
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27 May 2015
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5 Jan 2015
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13 Oct 2014
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29 Jul 2014
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5 May 2014
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4 Feb 2014
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Rob Vetter: Assume nothing
Not all training starts with a clean slate, and sometimes you have to deal with people who already have some experience. Rob Vetter looks at the challenges.
17 Sep 2013
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23 Jul 2013
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15 Mar 2013
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25 Oct 2012
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23 Apr 2012
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15 Nov 2011
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18 May 2011
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1 Mar 2011
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30 Nov 2010
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15 Jul 2010
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Rob Vetter: A brave new decade
As 2010 unfolds, Rob Vetter warns that the only certainty is change. Forklift users need to prepare for the unexpected ...
31 Mar 2010
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20 Dec 2009
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9 Oct 2009
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12 Aug 2009
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24 Jun 2009
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Rob Vetter: Stay the course
Don't be tempted to cut training costs as the slowdown bites. Such a move may end up costing much more over time than it saves in the short tem.
12 Mar 2009
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15 Dec 2008
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8 Oct 2008
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Rob Vetter: Do the Right Thing
Faced with the tough decision of failing a trainee or being a 'good guy', trainers have an obligation to follow their head rather than their heart.
2 Sep 2008
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13 May 2008
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27 Mar 2008
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23 Jan 2008
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Rob Vetter: Climate change – but this one is good
I get reflective at this time of year as the sun sets on the waning days of the past year and dawns on the hopes and anticipations of the future. I like to look at what I did well and not so well to see if I can replicate the good stuff and eliminate or improve on the bad. It appears business and industry have been doing this as well because things seem to be getting better on the safety front.
6 Dec 2007
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10 Oct 2007
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15 Aug 2007
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Rob Vetter: It’s all good
If you have trained a forklift operator or two in your time you can probably relate to the experience of seeing the emotional state of some trainees when they show up for training sessions. Often displaying signs ranging from utter apathy to immobilising fear, their state is usually due to the fact that they have been sent, usually against their will ...
10 May 2007
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Rob Vetter: One good apple
You have probably heard the proverb ‘one bad apple can spoil the barrel"’ but have you seen the effect one good apple can have on the others?
“Apples” are a metaphor for forklift operators and the “good” ones are those operators who take the time do their jobs safely and in accordance with their training.
15 Mar 2007
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18 Jan 2007
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Rob Vetter: ‘Tis the Season
Back in 1981 when I was an impressionable young man of 19, I lost a very near and dear friend to an industrial accident. He was electrocuted when he contacted live power lines while painting a building.
14 Dec 2006
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Rob Vetter: Seek first to understand…then kick some butt
In these days of extreme political correctness, it is hard for trainers to define where the line is drawn between accommodating and offending. I recall a wonderful train-the-trainer program I was delivering in Kansas City, Missouri, and completely ruining it by letting slip a reference to the place of fire and brimstone where the Prince of Darkness dwells.
16 Nov 2006
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Rob Vetter: Somebody restrain me
If I hear one more person squawk about use of seatbelts by forklift operators I’m going to scream. It has been more than 20 years since major manufacturers began outfitting units with seatbelts and more than 10 since the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) made it standard for manufacturers to supply them and users to use them.
12 Oct 2006
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Rob Vetter: Training is not just for operators
A colleague read an article in the Seattle Times that described the high turnover rate among forklift operator jobs as being “…characteristic of jobs requiring little or no prior or formal training”. This assertion is wrong.
14 Sep 2006
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Rob Vetter: Site and equipment training must be specific
Training delivered on any equipment other than that which the operator is assigned to use is not acceptable. Any performance evaluation performed outside the operator’s workplace is not acceptable. Those kinds of operator training are non-compliant and therefore unacceptable.
17 Aug 2006
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Rob Vetter: The evaluation process
Your training efforts will eventually lead to an evaluation in which trainees demonstrate their knowledge and/or skills. However, a successful evaluation does not necessarily mean no further training is required.
20 Jul 2006
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Rob Vetter: Are they getting it?
As a trainer, you must take deliberate, calculated steps in the classroom and in the field to evaluate your trainees’ level of understanding.
22 Jun 2006
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Rob Vetter: Why train?
Forkliftaction.com News is pleased to have Rob Vetter join us as a Safety First contributor. He has more than 20 years' experience in mobile equipment training systems and is currently the technical director of Ives Training Group in Blaine, Washington, USA.
In his inaugural column, Rob brings us back to to basics by giving succinct answers to the question: "Why train?" If you are interested in writing for Forkliftaction.com News, please email news@forkliftaction.com
18 May 2006
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