Counterbalance lift truck Training
The OSHA or Occupational Safety and Health Administration require that anyone using a counterbalanced lift truck be given lecture style or classroom training. They additionally require that a supervised driving program is finished in addition to periodic refresher training. There is no required minimum time for the classroom training or supervised driving. What's more, there is no frequency mandated for the refresher training either.

Counterbalanced Forklifts
A counterbalanced lift truck balances its load with the truck's weight. The forks on a lift truck are in a fixed position; they go down and up and do not pivot. The forks run parallel to the forklift's body. OSHA require that individuals who will be using counterbalanced forklifts on the job be correctly trained on the trucks while being in the kind of environment that they will be using them.

Classroom Training
Training either lecture style or in a classroom will provide forklift and driver information for the truck you would be driving. Most training would include several aspects like the load and weight capacity, height, how to fuel or charge the lift truck. It includes how to gauge the time on the engine as well as any lift truck specific safety information including where to stand when walking around the truck. Either oral and/or written testing is part of the classroom training. There is no required minimum time for the training.

Supervised Driving
The operator of a lift truck would need to learn to drive the machinery while being supervised. The supervised driving needs to take place in an environment that resembles the existing environment that the driver works in. This atmosphere should include the type of terrain she will be traveling on, have the same surrounding structures close by, and similar pedestrian and vehicle traffic close by also. There is no specific minimum number of hours the operator has to drive while being supervised.