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Machinery safety: Guarding, lifting, conveyors and forklifts

A ready-made course, live deck and two surveys for machine operators. AhaSlides tracks progress, completion and scores for you. 40 minutes, 6 lessons. Last reviewed 21 October 2026; not legal advice.

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Three pieces that work together

Learners prepare on their own, you answer questions live, and the surveys tell you what stuck. 11 fields to fill in with your own policy, contacts and locations; each one is highlighted inside the course.

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The Machinery safety: Guarding, lifting, conveyors and forklifts course as a learner first sees it

Completion is tracked for you

Learners sign in to take the course, so every start, finish and score is recorded in AhaSlides. No spreadsheet to keep.

  • Who has finished

    See who has not started, who is in progress and who has completed the course.

  • Every score

    Each learner's answers to the quizzes and activities in the course.

  • What landed

    Survey results show what people took away, and the 30-day check-in shows whether they use it.

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6 lessons, about 40 minutes

What learners can do at the end of each lesson. Minutes are an estimate.

  • Lesson 1: Machinery hazards: crushing, entanglement, ejection · 7 min

    Before you begin · Marlow Plant line 3 · Four ways machines hurt

  • Lesson 2: Guards, interlocks and emergency stops · 7 min

    Which guard is that? · Hotspots · Never bypass

  • Lesson 3: Lifting equipment: slings, signals and exclusion zones · 7 min

    Pre-use look · Signals · Under the load

  • Lesson 4: Conveyors and pinch points · 5 min

    Where are the traps? · Maintain safely

  • Lesson 5: Forklifts: pre-use checks, load handling and pedestrians · 7 min

    Pre-use check · Share the route · Load handling

  • Lesson 6: Reporting defects, not bypassing safeguards, and next steps · 7 min

    Tag it and tell · Next steps · Practice

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Common questions

Yes. The course, the live deck and both surveys are free. Claiming the template into your AhaSlides account is free too.

Yes. The course is self-paced and online, and the live deck lets you add a live session in the room or online.

At onboarding for operators and maintenance staff, as a monthly 10-minute refresher, and before lifting or forklift work starts.

Machine operators, maintenance staff, crane and forklift operators and supervisors; run by plant and warehouse managers and EHS.

Record completion in your own LMS or record system, so you can show who finished the course and when.

Yes, everything. Change the wording, swap scenarios for ones from your workplace, add your logo, or remove parts that don't apply.

Your own details, each highlighted inside the course:
  • Safety contact
  • Incident report route
  • Safety policy link
  • Site rules link
  • Forklift checklist link
  • Lifting inspection rules
  • Local lifting signals
  • Operator authorisation rule
  • LMS or record system
  • Course URL
Then edit anything else you like: wording, scenarios, your logo.
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