| Studies have shown that more than 60% of your
material handling cost can be operator related. This cost
comes in the form of wages, paid vacations, health benefits, level
of productivity, and damage that is done to your product. It
makes sense to properly train your lift truck operators, service
people or anyone that works in or near areas where lift trucks are
used.
Operator training consists of a one or two day program, with
intense classroom instruction and on-the-job truck operation.
This training can be done at your facility or at Minnesota Supply
Company. Your employees can even be trained on the trucks they
actually operator to assist in making them more familiar with their
equipment.
Operator training can benefit your company in many ways, in
addition to lowering your employees' risk. Work stoppage will
decrease, scrap will be reduced, plus your operators will have more
confidence in their ability to perform their job responsibilities.
The training helps your operators to accurately inspect their
vehicles, to mount and dismount properly, practice good starting and
stopping procedures, practice operating in confined areas, and
proper methods for pickup and discharge of loads. Simply put,
this training helps your company in the overall management of
employee risk, while helping to reduce your material handling
costs. |
