Objectives
To ensure all personnel involved in rigging and slinging operations e.g. riggers, maintenance personnel, maintenance supervisors, deck crew, etc. have an understanding of the legal requirements pertaining to rigging operations, the requirements for pre-use inspection and discard criteria of lifting equipment, the safe working procedures for rigging and to ensure delegates can use lifting equipment safely and not exceed the load limit imposed on them.
Contents
Classroom instruction on the following:
- Legislation
- Terminology used in rigging, slinging and lifting
- Calculations of angles and
- Estimation of
- Technical aspects, pre-use inspection, safe use and correct slinging of loads using:
- Wire rope
- Polyester webbing
- Round (endless)
- Technical aspects, pre-use inspection, safe and correct use of:
- Shackles
- Eyebolts
- Plate Clamps
- Hooks
- Technical aspects, pre-use inspection, safe and correct use of:
- Chain blocks
- Pullifts
- Tirfors
- Beams clamps / Pad eyes
- Sheave (snatch) blocks
- Air / hydraulic winches
- Procedures for dealing with damaged or faulty Equipment
- Practical instruction and delegate participation on the following:
- Pre-use inspection of equipment to be used for the practical
- Use of equipment to lift and transfer load over short distances
- Use of equipment to lift and transfer load over distance with obstacle and height restrictions (this load normally being larger than that used in the exercise above, and would be out of balance). Delegates are required to find centre of gravity. Load to turn 180 degrees.
- Delegates are required to pre-plan a suitable rigging spread, rig up and transfer a horizontal, out of balance load over and under obstacles and lower vertically to a designated point.
- Care of equipment after
NB
- During all practical exercises delegates must be able to assess various angles and calculate tensions in all lifting equipment being used
- The above exercises may vary depending on the practical training area being used.
- The course finishes with a written assessment.
Course Duration
2 Days
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