Harvest:

The following guidelines apply to forklift training in British Columbia, Canada:

1) Work Safe BC Guidelines Part 16;
2) Canadian Standards Association (CSA) B335-94, Industrial Lift Truck Operator Training.

Link: (h (double t) p://
www2.worksafebc.com/Publications/OHSRegulation/GuidelinePart16.asp

Guidelines G 16: "G16.7(j)-1 Lift truck operator training

Issued April 25, 2002; Editorial Revision June 2005; Editorial Revision August 13, 2008

Regulatory excerpt
Section 16.7(j) of the OHS Regulation ("Regulation") states:

The design, fabrication, use, inspection and maintenance of mobile equipment must meet the requirements of the following applicable standard:

(j) Lift Truck Operator training: CSA Standard B335-94, Industrial Lift Truck Operator Training."

CSA B335-94: "4.1.4 Manufacturer's Operating Manual

The trainee shall be instructed on the following:

(b) Operating information contained in the operating manuals for those lift trucks and attachments being trained on and used.

(c) Operating instructions as outlined by the employer."

The training portion of CSA B335-04, Safety Standard for Lift Trucks, can be used as an alternative:

CSA B335-04: "6.4 Operating Manual

The trainee shall be instructed on the following:

(b) information contained in the operating manuals for those lift trucks and attachments being trained on and used: and

(c) operating procedures in the event that the operator manual is unavailable. "

I recommend you establish the procedure in the Kalmar operator manual as the company procedure and enforce the procedure. Operators, new or old, should not be deciding the operating procedures.