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Test-Day Pack

TLILIC0003 · HRWL Class LF · Australia-wide

1. Canonical mnemonics — print and stick on the fridge
2. Critical safety rules — anything below will fail you
3. Pre-start walk-around checklist
4. Data plate & load-moment cheat sheet
5. Quick-reference panels (Park, Tip-over, LPG, Fire)
6. 60-question paper mock + marking key

Sit it like the real test. Pencil, no phone. Give two lines for each answer. Marking key is at the back.

1. Name the Act that sets your duties as a forklift operator in Australia.
    
    
2. What does PCBU stand for and what are their main duties?
    
    
3. List at least eight items you check during the pre-start walk-around.
    
    
4. What is the rated capacity? Where do you find it?
    
    
5. Define load centre. What is the standard load centre on most trucks?
    
    
6. Write the load-moment formula and use it to find the max load at 900 mm LC for a 2500 kg @ 600 mm truck.
    
    
7. What does the stability triangle describe?
    
    
8. Why does raising the mast reduce the safe capacity?
    
    
9. Why does fitting a side-shift or rotator reduce capacity?
    
    
10. List four items shown on the data plate.
     
     
11. Explain what 'three points of contact' means when mounting and dismounting.
     
     
12. What height should you carry the forks when travelling and why?
     
     
13. Why do you tilt the mast back when travelling with a load?
     
     
14. Going up a slope with a load — forward or reverse, and why?
     
     
15. Going down a slope with a load — forward or reverse, and why?
     
     
16. List the five steps of the park sequence in order.
     
     
17. When is the seatbelt required?
     
     
18. What do you do if the truck tips over?
     
     
19. How big is a typical exclusion zone around an operating forklift, and what is it for?
     
     
20. Where should you sound the horn?
     
     
21. What are two hazards loading a parked truck or trailer, and how do you control them?
     
     
22. What is trailer creep and how do you prevent it?
     
     
23. What checks do you do before driving onto a dock plate?
     
     
24. What two things make a stack unstable?
     
     
25. List the steps to change an LPG cylinder safely.
     
     
26. Why do you do an LPG leak test with soap and water?
     
     
27. How often is an LPG cylinder periodically retested and under what standard?
     
     
28. What extinguisher do you use on an electrical fire? Why never water?
     
     
29. Name the six steps of the hierarchy of control in order.
     
     
30. Define a hazard versus a risk.
     
     
31. What is a SWMS and when do you need one?
     
     
32. What is a notifiable incident? Who do you notify, and how does notification work in your state?
     
     
33. What is a near miss and why must it be reported?
     
     
34. Name three pedestrian-control measures on a busy site.
     
     
35. What three things must you check on a pallet before lifting it?
     
     
36. What do you do if a load is unstable or damaged?
     
     
37. How do you carry a liquid load safely?
     
     
38. What is the procedure for lifting a load off a high rack?
     
     
39. Why must you never lift people on the tynes?
     
     
40. What features make a work platform safe to lift people from a forklift?
     
     
41. What PPE is required when charging an electric truck?
     
     
42. Why ventilate the area when charging batteries?
     
     
43. What do you do with a faulty truck?
     
     
44. What logbook entries are required at the start and end of shift?
     
     
45. What does HRWL stand for and which class covers a forklift?
     
     
46. List four conditions of your HRWL.
     
     
47. Name three hand signals a spotter might use.
     
     
48. What is the difference between longitudinal and lateral stability?
     
     
49. Why is the combined centre of gravity important?
     
     
50. What do you do if visibility is blocked by a tall load?
     
     
51. Why do you reverse with a tall load?
     
     
52. What checks do you do before reversing?
     
     
53. How do you cross rail tracks safely?
     
     
54. What two things must you check on a dock leveller?
     
     
55. What is the maximum gradient the truck is rated for? Where do you find that?
     
     
56. Two examples of unsafe ground conditions and what to do.
     
     
57. What is the safe shutdown procedure at the end of shift?
     
     
58. How do you prevent unauthorised use after shutdown?
     
     
59. What documentation must travel with the truck?
     
     
60. If you smell LPG near the truck, what do you do?
     
     

Mark yourself competent only if every critical answer matches the meaning below.

1. Work Health and Safety Act 2011, supported by the WHS Regulation 2017 — or your state's equivalent (OHS Act 2004 in VIC, WHS Act 2020 in WA).
2. Person Conducting a Business or Undertaking. Primary duty is to ensure, so far as reasonably practicable, the health and safety of workers and others affected by the work.
3. Tyres, forks, chains, mast, hydraulics, brakes, steering, horn, lights, seatbelt, data plate, fluids, attachment, walk-around for leaks (see BLT-HSFMHD).
4. The maximum load the truck can safely carry at its rated load centre. Found on the data plate (load rating plate).
5. Horizontal distance from the heel of the fork to the load's centre of gravity. Standard load centre is commonly 600 mm.
6. Rated Cap × Rated LC = Actual Load × Actual LC. → (2500 × 600) / 900 = 1666 kg max load.
7. The area between the front axle and the steer-axle pivot. The combined centre of gravity must stay inside this triangle or the truck tips.
8. Because raising the mast raises the combined centre of gravity, which makes the truck less stable laterally.
9. Attachments add weight, change the load centre, and shift the centre of gravity — the truck must be re-rated by a competent person.
10. Make, model, serial number, mast height, attachment, tyres, rated capacity, rated load centre, de-rated capacity for attachments / raised mast.
11. Two hands and one foot, or two feet and one hand, in contact with the truck at all times when mounting or dismounting. Never jump.
12. Forks low (commonly 100–150 mm) and mast tilted back. Keeps the centre of gravity low and stops the load running off.
13. Tilting back uses the mast to cradle the load against the heels of the forks so it can't slide forward when braking.
14. Forward — keeps the load uphill so it can't slide off and helps the truck stay stable.
15. Reverse — load must stay uphill. Driving forward down a slope with a load can let the load run off the forks and shift the truck's centre of gravity.
16. Lower forks flat to the floor, tilt forward, neutral, park brake on, key/isolator off (FNBK).
17. Every time the truck is in operation — even moving short distances. If the truck tips, the belt is what stops you being crushed.
18. Stay in the cab. Hold the wheel. Brace your feet. Lean away from the direction of the fall. Never jump.
19. Common site practice is around 3 m clear around an operating forklift. It keeps pedestrians out of the path and tipping radius.
20. At every blind corner, every doorway, when reversing, when approaching pedestrians.
21. Trailer creep and the trailer not being chocked. Control: chock wheels, use dock locks, communicate with the driver, never operate while a trailer is being moved.
22. Trailer creep is the trailer drifting away from the dock as the forklift drives in and out. Prevented by chocking wheels and dock locks.
23. Plate is rated for the load, properly seated on the truck, no damage, secured so it can't shift, dock and trailer aligned.
24. Loads too heavy or off-centre at the top, and damaged or unstable pallets underneath.
25. Outdoors / ventilated area, no ignition sources, valve closed, isolate the truck, depressurise the line, swap the cylinder upright, check the date stamp, leak test with soap and water, reconnect, smell-check.
26. To detect leaks safely — bubbles show escaping gas without using a flame.
27. Periodic retest under AS/NZS 2030 — typically every 10 years for steel cylinders. Check the stamped date on the cylinder.
28. CO₂ or dry chemical. Water conducts electricity — you become part of the circuit.
29. Eliminate, Substitute, Isolate, Engineer, Administrative, PPE (EISEAP).
30. Hazard is anything with the potential to cause harm. Risk is the likelihood and consequence of that harm occurring.
31. Safe Work Method Statement — required for high-risk construction work and other site-specified high-risk activities. Lists hazards, controls and responsibilities.
32. A notifiable incident is a death, serious injury/illness, or dangerous incident as defined in the WHS Act 2011 (or state equivalent). Notify your state WHS regulator (SafeWork NSW, WorkSafe VIC, Workplace Health & Safety QLD, SafeWork SA, WorkSafe WA, WorkSafe TAS, WorkSafe ACT, NT WorkSafe) immediately.
33. An incident that could have caused harm but didn't. Reporting prevents the same hazard causing an injury later.
34. Marked walkways, barriers, exclusion zones, traffic management plans, mirrors, flashing lights, designated crossing points.
35. Condition (not broken or damaged), rated for the weight, load sitting square and stable on it.
36. Stop. Lower it safely if you can. Tag the load. Report to the supervisor. Don't try to fix it on the forks.
37. Travel slowly, mast slightly back, never raise high while travelling, use a drum clamp or contained pallet, accept reduced capacity for sloshing.
38. Approach square, lift slowly, verify clear above and around, tilt mast vertical to lift, slow controlled lift, withdraw straight, lower before travelling.
39. Tynes can't restrain a person, no protection from falls, no controls to stop the lift in an emergency.
40. A compliant approved work platform secured to the carriage, guardrails, harness anchorage, controls on the platform AND at the truck, operator stays at the truck controls.
41. Eye protection, gloves and apron for acid (electric), enclosed shoes, hi-vis.
42. Battery charging produces hydrogen gas which is explosive in concentration. Ventilation prevents build-up.
43. Stop using it. Lower forks, park, key out, tag out, report to supervisor. Don't operate until repaired and signed off.
44. Pre-start checks complete and signed, any defects noted, end-of-shift faults/incidents recorded.
45. High Risk Work Licence. Class LF covers forklift truck (excluding order picker, which is class LO).
46. Carry the licence on you, only operate equipment within the class, follow the manufacturer's manual, comply with site SWMS, do not operate while impaired.
47. Stop, lift/lower (palm up/down), turn, slow, emergency stop (closed fist).
48. Longitudinal is front-to-back (load forward = tip forward). Lateral is side-to-side (turning sharply or load off-centre = tip sideways).
49. When a load is on the forks, the combined CoG shifts forward and up. It must stay inside the stability triangle or the truck tips.
50. Travel in reverse so you can see, or use a spotter, or break the load into smaller loads.
51. Same reason — the tall load blocks forward vision. Reverse with the load to maintain visibility and stability.
52. Path clear, mirrors checked, horn, look over the shoulder (not just mirrors).
53. Slow to walking pace, approach square (90°), never turn on the rails, don't stop on the rails.
54. Rated capacity of the leveller for the truck + load, condition (no cracks/damage), properly seated against trailer and dock.
55. Check the data plate or manufacturer's manual — often expressed as a maximum gradient with and without a load. Don't exceed it.
56. Wet or oily floor: stop, clean up or barricade, control the spill at source. Soft ground at a dock edge: stay back, use barriers, check load ratings.
57. Park (FNBK) in designated area, complete logbook, report any defects, isolate/lock out if required.
58. Remove the key, fit isolator/key control, follow site's lock-out procedure if applicable.
59. Operator's manual, data plate, logbook, any modification or attachment certifications.
60. Stop the truck where it is, key off, isolate, evacuate the area, prevent ignition, alert supervisor and emergency services.