"Forklift certified" memes exist in an ironic space between experience with manual labor and valuing a skill that levels up the standard warehouse worker. Any activities relating to operating, becoming certified for or getting a new forklift are put into classic meme formats.

The meme spawned a number of associated subformats, such as "forklift certified" and "safety first," and shares many similarities to trebuchet memes and ironic fishing memes. This collection is just a sampling from pages like Forklift Memes on Facebook that is a central hub in the Forklift Certification meme community.