SIERA.AI Digital Forklift Certification Renewal Management for OSHA Compliance

Forklift certification renewal is a critical aspect to OSHA compliance. As many companies today still use spreadsheets and forms to manage forklift certification renewals, we’re going to discuss SIERA.AI’s digital solution for the management process. You’ll never run the risk of being out of compliance and you’ll ensure the necessary training needed to keep everyone safe. Let’s get started.

What is Forklift Certification Renewal?

Forklift certification renewal means that after a forklift driver has passed his certification, the clock ticks down for three years in which the forklift certification expires. Now, if you have just a single forklift operator, it may be easier to manage, but if you have numerous forklift operators, it is far more difficult to manage as the forklift certification renewal doesn’t occur in the same month, or the same date. This is where things can get a bit tricky.

The Risk of Expired Forklift Certificates

If you have forklifts in your facility, then you already know that each of the forklift operators need to be certified. As you may know, SIERA.AI helps with the process of the written certification. Once the forklift driver becomes fully certified with hands-on training, then next step is to put their new skills to use. But when you hire forklift drivers at various times of the year, and the certificates can be new, or already with time against the three years, someone or something needs to manage their expiration. If not, you can pay the cost of uncertified workers.

Paper Forklift Certification Management

There are many facilities that are still using an Excel spreadsheet to manage forklift certification renewal. It doesn’t give you alarms, and it doesn’t update itself. It at least gives you a single place to update those with a forklift certificate. You may also use templates found online to help with the forklift certification renewal. But isn’t there an easier way?

Digital Forklift Certification Management

SIERA.AI released a digital forklift certification management solution as part of the S2 Digital Inspection and Impact Detection forklift safety system. No longer will managers need the paper or manually check each month when the certificate is coming due. Instead, all you do in our telemetry Dashboard is to update the forklift operators profile and add the type of certificate they have obtained.

Each one of the certificates are tracked separately so you can schedule training before the forklift certificate is expired. How does that happen? This is the best part. The telemetry Dashboard allows you to get notifications 30 days AND again 7 days before the expiration date. This way, you can take action at the 30 day mark, and get a reminder a week before it expires to be a reminder for you. Hopefully, you say, ‘yes’ I did it, thanks for the reminder, or we have seven days remaining, let’s make this a high priority item so our operation doesn’t suffer. No more Excel spreadsheets, or downloadable forms from online, now you can have forklift certification renewal well under control.

Contact us at sales@siera.ai to learn more about managing your forklift certification renewal digitally with our telemetry Dashboard.