Materials Handling and Storage for General Industry

Category: General Industry

Course Description: This course specifies the materials handling and storage procedures developed by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) to reduce injuries resulting from mishandling or improper storage.

Learning Objectives:

• Understand general material handling concepts
• Service multi-piece and single-piece rim wheels
• Identify powered industrial trucks
• Maintain overhead and gantry cranes
• Understand the safety requirements for crawler, locomotive, and truck cranes
• Identify different types of slings
• Understand the requirements for inspecting derricks
• Recognize the safety requirements for helicopter operations

Topics Covered:

• Using Material Handling Equipment
• Tire Servicing Equipment
• Wheel Component Acceptability
• Safety Operating Procedure
• Powered Industrial Trucks
• Overhead and Gantry Cranes
• Crawlers, Locomotives and Truck Cranes
• Slings
• Derricks
• Helicopters

Regulatory Requirement: Please see the state/regulatory requirement from the course catalog page.

Seat Time: This course has been approved for 1 hour.

Course Pre-requisite: N/A

Testing:

Quizzes – All quizzes must be passed with a 100% to proceed forward to the next lesson.
Final Exam – Final Exam must be passed with a 70% to pass the course. The final exam can be taken three times if necessary.