Is there an age limit for forklifts?

According to the relevant provisions of the Regulations on the Application and Use of Motor Vehicle Driving License, forklift drivers must be at least 18 years old and obtain the corresponding driving license and training certificate before taking up their posts.

As a special kind of mechanical equipment, forklift drivers need to have certain age and skill requirements when they take up their posts. According to the relevant provisions of the Regulations on the Application and Use of Motor Vehicle Driving License, under normal circumstances, forklift drivers must be at least 18 years old and obtain the corresponding driving license and training certificate before taking up their posts. In addition, in some specific cases, such as special equipment operators, apprentices, etc. The age limit may be relaxed. But in any case, forklift drivers need to abide by relevant safety regulations to ensure personal and property safety. In addition to the age limit, forklift drivers need to hold the corresponding driver's license and training certificate. The driver's license refers to the legal certificate of the forklift driver. The driver must attend forklift driving training and pass the examination before obtaining the driver's license. Training certificate refers to the certificate obtained by the driver after attending the training to prove that he has mastered forklift operation skills and safety knowledge.

Is there a higher age limit? In some special cases, such as special equipment operators, apprentices, etc. The age limit can be relaxed, but you need to meet certain professional qualification requirements and training requirements and be approved by relevant departments before you can take up your post.

According to the relevant laws and regulations, forklift drivers must be 18 years old and hold the corresponding driver's license and training certificate before taking up their posts. In addition, under some special circumstances, the age limit may be relaxed, but certain vocational qualification requirements and training requirements need to be met. Forklift operation involves personal and property safety. Drivers are requested to attach great importance to safety regulations and strictly abide by relevant laws and regulations.

Legal basis:

Provisions on the Application and Use of Motor Vehicle Driving License Article 12 An applicant for a motor vehicle driving license shall meet the following conditions:

(1) Age requirement: 1. Those who apply for small cars, small automatic cars, small automatic passenger cars and mopeds for the disabled are over 18 years old and under 70 years old; 2. Those who apply for low-speed trucks, tricycles, ordinary tricycles, ordinary motorcycles or wheeled motorcycles are at the age of 18 and under 60; 3, apply for city buses, large trucks, trolleybuses or trams, at least 20 years old, but under 50 years old; 4. Apply for the quasi-driving model of medium-sized buses, with the age of 2 1 year, and Zhou Chun under 50 years old; 5. Those who apply for tractor driver's license are over 24 years old and under 50 years old; 6. Those who apply for the quasi-driving model of large buses are over 26 years old and under 50 years old; 7. Students who receive full-time driving vocational education and apply for the quasi-driving model of large buses and tractors are over 20 years old and under 50 years old.

(2) Physical condition: 1. Height: The height of passenger cars, tractors, city buses, large trucks or trolleybuses is above1.55cm.. Enter oneself for an examination of medium-sized bus driving type, height150 cm; 2. Vision: those who apply for buses, tractors, city buses, medium-sized buses, large trucks, trolleybuses and trams have naked vision or corrected vision of more than 5.0 on the logarithmic visual acuity chart. Apply for other quasi-driving models, and the naked eye vision or corrected vision of both eyes reaches above 4.9 on the logarithmic visual acuity chart. Monocular vision impairment, naked eye vision or corrected vision is above logarithmic visual acuity chart 5.0, and horizontal visual field reaches 150 degrees. You can apply for motor vehicle driver's license for small cars, small automatic cars, low-speed trucks, three-wheeled cars and small automatic passenger cars for the disabled. 3, color discrimination: no red and green color blindness; 4. Hearing impairment: Two ears are 50 cm away from the tuning fork to distinguish the direction of the sound source. Anyone who has hearing impairment but can meet the above conditions by wearing hearing AIDS can apply for a motor vehicle driver's license for small cars and small automatic cars; 5. Upper limbs: the thumbs of both hands are sound, the other fingers of each hand must have three sound fingers, and the limbs and fingers have normal motor functions. However, if your fingertips are incomplete or you have three fingers in your left hand and both palms are complete, you can apply for a motor vehicle driver's license for a small car, a small automatic car, a low-speed truck or a three-wheeled car. 6. Double lower limbs: Both lower limbs are sound, with normal motor function, and the unequal length shall not be greater than 5cm. However, if the left lower limb is missing or loses motor function, you can apply for a motor vehicle driver's license for a small automatic car. 7. Trunk and neck: no motor dysfunction; 8. If the right lower limb and both lower limbs are missing or lose motor function but can sit up by themselves, and the upper limb meets the provisions of Item 5 of this item, you can apply for a motor vehicle driver's license for a small automatic passenger car for the disabled. If one hand is missing, the thumb of the other hand is sound, the other fingers are sound, the motor function of the upper limbs and fingers is normal, and the lower limbs meet the provisions of Item 6 of this item, you can apply for a motor vehicle driver's license for a small automatic passenger car for the disabled.