We go at it a bit different. I am not involved in the hiring process for the company, but if you are hired as a lift operator, whether you have received training from some other company, or you are a newbie, everyone goes through our company lift truck training program... period. We have a a 4 phase training program....formal/classroom training, hands-on demonstration training, practical exercise phase and then the evaluation phase. Before a lift truck operator is allowed to operate, "on their own" they must go through these steps. Documentation is performed at each level and all this information is then placed in the trainees training folder. Yes we also have two other steps that include refresher training and re-eavaluation training. It works very well for our company. and it has helped our company to earn.."Outstanding Achievement Award for Excellence in Safety" for 2009 and 2010, from the Wisconsin Safety Council.