Mobile Crane Training
Course Objectives
This course is aimed at anyone who wishes to operate mobile cranes for lifting operations on construction sites and other allied industries.
Target Delegates
Good hand/eye co-ordination is also required. Please note that a Group C category licence is required for driving on the open road, however this is not essential for the course.
Course Content
The aim of this course is to provide candidates with underpinning knowledge in order for them to under stand the role and responsibility of the mobile crane operator. Following successful completion of the course candidates will be able to rig and de-rig an All Terrain crane. Operate the crane to lift, transfer and position loads and carry out routine maintenance.
Topics covered during this course include:
Legislation - LOLER, PUWER, HASAWA, codes of practice - BS7121
Roles and responsibilities of personnel involved with lifting operations
Crane appreciation - crane types, capabilities and limitations
Duty charts
Crane terminology
Documentation and certification for lifting equipment and lifting accessories
Crane stability/ground conditions
Rated Capacity Indicator (RCI) and Safe Working Loads (SWL)
Lifting accessories, types of accessories and use
Sling angles
Communications (Radio, verbal and hand signals etc)
Rigging and De-rigging of cranes according to written instructions
Configuring cranes according to work specifications
Hoisting, slewing and derricking following the instruction of the slinger/signaller
Controlling load movement
Routine maintenance
Use of crane on free on wheels duties
Use of crane on pick and carry duties
Duration
Up to 10 days depending on candidate numbers and if pick and carry, blocked or all duties licence is required.
Certification
Successful candidates will be awarded either an NPORS accreditation or Sussex Transport | Training Division accreditation.
Course Assessment
Each canidate will be required to undertake a theory and practical assessment covering all aspects of mobile crane operation.
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