Rigging, Slinging and Lifting Course

Course Outline:

• Relevant legislation, standards and guidelines and personal responsibilities
• Safe systems of work, risk assessment and control measures and housekeeping
• Planning of lifting operations
• Types of ropes, slings and lifting equipment
• Pre and post use inspection of equipment
• Certification of equipment
• Safe and correct use of equipment
• Equipment identification and selection
• Rigging principles and terminology
• Weight identification and estimation
• Load placement
• Disconnection of lifting equipment
• Hand signals and use of portable radios
• Awareness of crane operating principles
• Awareness of conflicting activities
• Environmental factors
• Awareness of manual handling
• Appreciation of dynamic factors
• Practical exercises involving the following:
  • Inspection of loads and planning of lifts
  • Risk assessment for lifting operations
  • Selection of lifting equipment
  • Attaching of lifting equipment
  • Moving loads using specific lifting techniques including:
    • Cross hauling / transferring loads
    • Lifting equipment change during lift
    • Offset and centre of balance
    • Restricted access / confined space

Duration:

3 days (21hrs)