hi Will, you'll have to scratch my advice for using the exambank as they do not have exams for 282E yet. I had actually used exambank to write for my heavy equipment. All the other advice I gave still applies. Sorry for the misdirection.
Thanks for the advice, I have been in the fork lift trade on and off over the years. It is just now that I am considering doing it full time. I checked out http://trades.exambank.com/othertrades.html and did not see any powered lift truck exam questons. Where excatly did you find yours?
hi Will, I spent the money and bought a bunch of practice exams off exambank before writing my exam. It's difficult to find study materials to bring you up to speed, so for that reason I recommend working with a company as an apprentice and learning as much as you can about electrics before attempting to write. An automotive mechanic will never pass that test by winging it, electric trucks are very different from anything you'll find in an automobile. Even a good understanding of hybrids won't help much.
There's some good advantages to working for a forklift dealer, the biggest one being no flat rate system, but promises of $27-32/hr wage earning potential carry with them high expectations of proficiency in electric drive systems, batteries and chargers; without these skills you will hit a glass ceiling of about $18-21.
If you are determined to do what you can to pass this test as soon as possible and get your license, you can start with purchasing a block of practice exams and google the questions you can't answer as study guides, but I don't think a license acquired in this way will get you the results you want. It won't take long for a supervisor to discover where your proficiency level is, and if it's not where it needs to be at the wage level you negotiated you won't last long.
The forklift industry is a trade in which certification is voluntary, and the license doesn't carry the same security that it does in the automotive trade. Don't let that discourage you, a lot of people I have worked with in the past got into this trade the same way you are and made successful careers for themselves and the license came later. Your automotive background means that you'll be starting at 2nd or maybe 3rd year apprentice wages until you get up to speed and get licensed. But electrics are what will get you to the top wage.
Just a little heads up. You might want to send steponmebbboom... an e-mail as his post was back in Nov 2010 as he listed his e-mail address in his post & you are just replying to his offer to help you.
Me thinks you'll have a much better than Los Vegas odds in getting the info. especially since you did not provide him your personal e-mail address in your post or in your profile.
Looks like old dogs, like me, can still teach new tricks to those with less experience -" just a yoke" as the Swedes would say or LOL in Text Latin.
Yes I am, I wrote it and just barely missed it the first time. Any help/info would be great. Shoot me a private message. Thanks
Will, are you still looking for information?
OK, has anyone writen the trade exam in Ontario lately.........
Thanks I sent them off an email, see what they say..................
will m:
Forklift technician training is appropriate for this forum.
Tradeability.ca should be able to answer your question.
Google: Tradeability.ca home page
Double click "Contact Us" from the left hand list on their home page. This will bring up their e-mail form where you can ask your question directly to the consortium developing Powered Lift Truck Technician, Trade Code 282E, NOC 7334.
Good luck on your challenge.
Which other boards is that?
This forum mainly deals with operator safety training and not technical issues. One of the other boards may be able to service your question better.