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OSHBOX 1234567 Operator Competency Checklist 2024

by Nikki Sievers, from the Community

This operator competency checklist helps assess and authorize machine operators. It verifies prior experience, formal training, required licenses and certifications, and PPE compliance. Inspectors can confirm familiarity with safe operating procedures, conduct walk-around and pre-start checks, observe start, movement, and shutdown practices, and review hazard identification, incident reporting, and emergency procedures. Includes assessor sign-off, operator acknowledgment, authorization levels, and notes for refresher assessments.

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Nikkis OSHBOX Operator Competency Checklist
This operator competency checklist helps assess and authorize machinery operators. It guides assessors to verify licensing and endorsements, record training, check PPE, and confirm familiarity with safe operating procedures. It prompts walk-arounds and pre-start inspections, evaluates start-up, maneuvering, site condition assessment, safe and controlled operation, and correct shutdown. It also covers hazard identification and notification, incident reporting, and awareness of emergency procedures. The form includes sign-off levels for junior, intermediate, and senior proficiency and provides a certification statement for unsupervised operation. Created for SafetyCulture's Public Library as a starting point and not a substitute for professional advice.
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This operator competency checklist helps assess plant and equipment operators before work begins. Verify licenses and certificates, review experience and training logs, and confirm pre-start checks. Evaluate hazard identification and controls, SWMS compliance, ground conditions, awareness of blind spots and swing radius, and safe operating technique. Include shutdown protocols, fault reporting, and formal assessment outcomes, with space to record assessor details and attach photos or license evidence.
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This Verification of Competency assessment checklist helps assess operators of plant and equipment across high-risk tasks. It includes assessor qualification requirements, operator details and licensing checks, and a comprehensive review of pre-shift inspections, safety behaviors, and operating controls. Sections cover load capacity competency, manoeuvring and transport practices, and forklift-specific stacking and de-stacking. Parking procedures, fault reporting, and sign-off fields for assessor and operator are included to support compliance and safe operation.
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Forklift Truck Operator Safety Evaluation 1.1
This forklift truck operator safety evaluation checklist helps assess operator competency and safe practices across the full task cycle. It covers assessor competency requirements (PUWER Regulation 9), verification of operator training and authorization, pre‑shift safety inspections, understanding of capacity plates and fault reporting, safe mounting and dismounting, seatbelt use, observation and signaling, control use, load handling and stability, maneuvering and speed, stacking and de‑stacking technique, and safe parking procedures. The form guides assessors to document findings, recommend corrective actions, and complete evaluations with comments and signatures for both operator and assessor.
by Michael North, from the Community
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OSHBOX 1234567 Operator Competency Checklist 2024

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