Mar 29, 2024  
College Catalog 2021-2022 
    
College Catalog 2021-2022 [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

TAPE 112 - Equipment Orientation


3 Credits
This course is designed to qualify the student in the operation of common types of lifts trucks and mobile, elevated work platforms used in the construction industry today. The student will learn the correct practices and procedures for maintaining safety and productivity for such equipment. Students will achieve the objectives for this course through classroom lecture, discussion and activities, as well as hands-on inspection, maintenance and operation of this equipment.

Course Outcomes
  1. Identify and document the causes and possible preventions to accidents and fatalities particular to lift trucks and mobile, elevated work platforms.
  2. Describe the differences of the various lift trucks and mobile, elevated work platforms based on application and design.
  3. Demonstrate the ability to:
    • Safely and properly operate a industrial lift truck (forklift).
    • Safely and properly operate a rough terrain forklift.
    • Safely and properly operate a scissor lift.
    • Safely and properly operate an aerial boom lift.