So, here I'm with the first episode of the Expert Series, as I already promised you that I'd bring you an expert series for you
and that expert will tell you the things that I don't know. So, today we have my classmate Sourav with us, and we have been friends for the last year.
You guys might have seen him in the Wonderland vlog. If you haven't seen that, I'll post the link to that video here.
So, today I'm going to talk about getting a forklift license. Sourav works as a forklift operator in a warehouse,
so I thought we'd question Sourav about how to earn a forklift license. The new students who are arriving here
and unable to get a job here have a number of possibilities. They can earn a security license, a forklift license, etc.
So, Sourav will tell us today how we can obtain a forklift license.
Hello everyone, so I'm here with Akshit in the first episode of the expert series in which I'll explain to you
what the procedure is to get a forklift license. I'll teach you the full process step by step, so that you may learn the process in depth.
So, to make a forklift license, the first step is to seek a company that makes forklift licenses. He'll provide the links to 3-4 companies
in the description that I know as well as their prices, such as what they charge for forklift license.
So, first you have to determine for what forklift machine you want to get a license, as there are five types of forklift machines,
each with a particular function, and you have to decide for what type of forklift machine you want to get a license.
The five types of forklift machines are: walkie, reach, counter balance, dock stocker, and order picker.
It's up to you which forklift machine you want to get a license for. Some firms charge $150-200 for a license for a forklift machine.
If you want to get a license for two types of forklift machines, the charges are around $250, for three types it's $350, for four types it's $450,
and for every type of forklift, the fee is $500, but it has a total of six licenses in it, including a safety license as well.
The company through which I got my forklift license is A-1 Truck & Forklift Training School, and they charge $150 for making a single type of forklift machine license.
The costs that I told you about were according to this firm, but it's up to you which company you want to go for.
I only got a license for a single machine, which is a Reach forklift. I obtained a license for that type of machine because warehouses have a high demand for it.
Let's imagine that you have selected a corporation and a machine that you wish to purchase a license for. So, when you go to the organization,
they will teach you the process again, and you have to tell them about the machine that you want to get a license for.
First, they'll collect payment from you and provide you with a receipt. After that, they'll show you a safety video and
a tutorial on how to operate the machine. After you watch the video, they'll give you the training, and it's up to you how many days you want to get training.
You can get training till you get confident. So, Sourav, as you told me, we can get the training for as many days as we want.
So, is the case the same for every firm or are there just certain companies that enable us to take more time for training
since, according to me, some companies have 6-7 hours of sessions while others have a 3–4 hour class. So, can we take a lot of time
as if I learnt to drive a forklift in 10 days? Is there any special firm that gives us more time, or does every employer allow us to take as much time as we want?
I approached 3-4 firms regarding a forklift license, and each employer said that until you become confident, we'll give you the training.
So, I suppose every company will accept you for it. So, friends, if someone is experiencing difficulty learning to drive a forklift, don't worry.
Everyone can't learn anything quickly since some take 1 day while others require 10 days. So, if you're not feeling confident,
they'll give you the time so that you may get confident and be job-ready when you obtain your license. Because that's the main thing.
If you want to operate a forklift, you have to lift 100–200 kg of goods with a forklift, and if you don't know how to operate a forklift properly,
it'll cause difficulties for you. So, I didn't know about this and I'm delighted that Sourav told me that firms enable you to take your time so that
you may receive value for money, right? Right. So, now that we know how to make a license,
I'd like to tell you why people make forklift licenses. Because the pay rate for this is really good as compared to normal jobs,
people want to get this job. Now, I'll ask Sourav about what pay rate people can expect from it once they invest money in making a license.
So, Sourav informed me about the pay rate that someone can expect after paying money for making a license.
As you know, the minimum wage for general work in Ontario is $14 per hour. If you want to work as a forklift operator, every company gives at least
$16-17 per hour and it can exceed $20 per hour, which is an extremely good rate compared to the payrate of a general worker.
So, I'll suggest that if you're arriving in Canada, you should get a forklift license as it'll help you earn a lot of money.
So, that's it for this video, and I only wanted to teach you the complete process of how you may get a forklift license.
I felt I knew Sourav for a long time, and he knows about forklifts, so he can inform you folks about it.
So, we prepared this video exclusively to give you guys a thorough understanding. I hope you understood everything, and if you have any queries,
you can ask in the comments, and he'll reply to your comments as well. I'll also include his Instagram profile link in the description,
so that if you have any queries about forklift, you can contact him directly. So, first we have to select a company,
then we have to choose how many types of forklifts we want to obtain a license for, and then we have to get training from them.
When we feel confident, we can finish training and get our license. The last thing that I want to talk about is let's suppose you obtained your license.
The last thing I want to ask Sourav is how to get work and what the jobs are.
So, for that, I'll have Sourav with me in another video as I don't want a video to be that long as I only wanted to offer you the information
on how to earn a forklift license. I hope you enjoyed the video. It was my first episode of the expert series.
So, I'll make more videos like this and I'll bring other experts for the interview. I hope you enjoyed the video and loved Sourav's and my work.
Don't judge me on my performance, as I did nothing. Sourav explained everything nicely. Thanks to Sourav, as he came with me for this video.
It took us more than 100 takes, but yet it was a good video.
Our videographer isn't excellent. No, he was good.
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