The course teaches you on the correct procedures when using lifting equipment to ensure safety of operators and the public. This course is designed to familiarize personnel with various types of rigging and slinging equipment and legislation respecting their use.
Course Content:
• Duties and responsibilities
• Parts and components of lifting
• Planning
• Inspection and certification
• Terminologies / nomenclature
• Components involved in a lifting operation
• Lifting gear – illustrations and user inspections
• Mode factors (different hitches)
• Hand signals
• Safety while lifting operation
• Pinch points
• Working at heights
• Do’s and don’ts
• Examples of bad practices from site
• Steps in lifting operations
• Factors affecting rated capacity of crane and operation