Bucket Truck Operator (On-Site)
This program provides safety training to ensure those who operate bucket trucks fully understand their responsibilities for pre-operation inspection, proper set-up, safe operation, and minor maintenance.
Specific Training Objectives:
- Equipment design characteristics
- Capacity considerations and limitations
- Contributing causes of accidents
- Pre-operational inspections
- Evaluating the work area
- Proper set-up and use of stabilizers
- Wire and fiber rope inspection
- Load rating charts
- Effects of dynamics
- Operator safety
- Fall protection requirements
Hands-on training coaches your personnel in the proper use of this equipment and we provide an evaluation of each operator’s skill.
Course Overview:
This program may be customized to address your specific equipment. When on-site training is conducted we make sure your exact equipment and operations are covered as core topics.
Key Training Elements:
- How to perform a pre-use inspection
- Proper set-up and leveling
- Safe operation skills
- Testing requirements
- Minor preventative maintenance
Course Topics Include:
- Equipment design characteristics
- Capacity considerations and limitations
- Safety devices and required inspection
- Pre-operational and regular inspections
- Evaluation of surrounding work area
- Soil compaction for proper set-up
- Stability vs. structural competence
- Wire and/or fiber rope inspection and evaluation
- Capacity ratings chart notes
- Operational limitations
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- Effects of dynamics
- Load indication devices
- Safety instructions and procedures
- Operator qualifications
- Proper inspection and use of winch
- Load bearing & controlling parts
- Documentation and recordkeeping requirements
- Fall protection and safety harnesses
- Controlled access zones
- Safe use and operation
- Ground control checks and requirements
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