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Forklift Safety Trainer

G&W Equipment
Full-time
On-site
Atlanta, Georgia, United States
As our Forklift Safety Trainer you’ll play a key role in keeping our customers and employees safe when working around heavy equipment. This position is internally and externally customer facing, and requires a passion for teaching, training and safety.
 

Primary Job Duties and Responsibilities

  • Instruct and train on various safety topics around material handling and logistics, including forklift operator training, OSHA compliance and warehouse safety for new hires and existing employees
  • Create classroom presentations, conduct hands on, job specific training
  • Partner with external customers to understand safety requirements and training needs
  • Negotiate training costs with customers, schedule classes and follow up on leads for additional opportunities
  • Create certification of completion of training

Job Requirements

  • 5 years’ experience in the material handling industry, 2+ years’ experience in a training capacity
  • Strong working knowledge around OSHA requirements
  • Strong customer service skills, previous classroom or job site training preferred