joe d,
1. Suggestion your coordinator might want to contact your local Cat or Mitsubishi dealer in the Houston area about your needs. Through MCFA (manufacturer in Houston off the Sam Houston Parkway), they have an extensive menu of training programs -MCFA was very progressive & aggressive in developing training programs - like Train-The_Trainer, operator training materials for all 5 classification of trucks they offer to support their dealers & customers & prospective customers. I was the manager of that group up thru 1996 and we were developing programs at a fast pace then.
2. From what I have read threads on this site, there are "interactive" programs available but the consensus of several professional trainers comments they offer just basic knowledge and not the in depth training that OSHA requires ,especially when it comes to machine specific details - not all lift trucks are alike. The user/employer is fully responsible for this as well as actual training/evaluations for the operators in the job the yare to perform - OSHA doesn't think kindly of OJT (on the job training). In the construction industry training is now (an has been for awhile)mandated for machine specific for equipment like excavators. It will happen in lift trucks someday (The Great Karnac says re: Johnny Carson)
Check through this Forum and look for discussions on the interactive stuff by going through the Search window at the top of this page. There is a guy from Canada and he seems really professional & knowledgeable and a bit direct (probably he played hockey - LOL
Just Free Food ForThought.
GL