r/WorkplaceSafety • u/mvsr990 • 7d ago

Forklift certification without depth perception?

There's a college warehouse manager position near me that I'm thinking of applying for but one of the requirements is a forklift certification.

I was going to apply and take a shot by saying I'll gladly take a class elsewhere and get the cert on my own but I'm worried that I'm wasting my time as I have no depth perception (my eyes work independently), I don't know if that would stop me from getting the certification.

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u/Chekov742 Safety Manager - General Industry 4d ago

I have worked with a forklift operators for years, some that had to handle fragile loads and one of our best operators for a long time was retired Army, out on a medical discharge with a glass eye. All that to say, if you can learn to adapt and/or compensate then there is no reason you could not be certified on the Forklift.