Course Description

This practical and highly-interactive course includes practical sessions where participants will visit the facility. Practical sessions will be performed using various equipment in order to apply the theory learnt in the class. This course is designed to provide participants with a detailed and up-to-date overview of the basic principles revision of crane including wire rope, hardware, sheaves, stabilization, charts and fly jibs attachments. It covers the various types and components of cranes; the overhead cranes, straddle cranes, telescopic handler cranes, mobile cranes, lorry mounted cranes and crawler cranes; setting-up crane on sites; and the crane strength, crane stability, general lifting procedures, crane nomenclature and crane operator attributes. Further, the course will also discuss the sling loads and angles, load weight calculation, load center of gravity estimation, wire rope slings and basic sling operating good practices; the sling inspection, pictorial presentation, chain inspection, replacement criteria and chain and slings identification; the synthetic slings inspection and rigging gear inspection and replacement criteria; and the shackles, dee, bow type, eye bolts, proper attachment, rings and links. During this interactive course, participants will learn the systematic inspection and nameplate of spreader bars and man baskets; the proper application of wedge sockets; the swivel hoist, turnbuckles, snatch blocks, come-a-long and chain fall; the lifting gear color coding and proper storage techniques; the hand signals and mobile crane inspection; the crane log book, crane operation and crane safety features; the safety and lifting, health and safety legislation, inspection definitions, risk assessment methodology, fatality reports and the causes accidents; the personal lifting techniques and personal safety equipment; the crane stability, outriggers position, load charts and conditions affecting crane capacity; the site preparation, lifting plan requirements, critical lift, critical lift plan analysis, calculation of soil bearing capacity and crane weight; the load calculation, lifting gear selection procedure and load charts interpretation; the load radius, boom length, boom angle, crane capacity definition and conditions affecting crane capacity; the complete lifting plan; and the crane inspection checklist, daily inspection check list, pick and carry inspection checklist and crane suspended basket check list.

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TRAINING METHODOLOGY

This interactive training course includes the following training methodologies:

30 % Lectures
20 % Workshops & Work Presentations
20 % Case Studies & Practical Exercises
30 % Videos, Software & Simulators

In an unlikely event, the course instructor may modify the above training methodology for technical reasons.

VIRTUAL TRAINING (IF APPLICABLE)

If this course is delivered online as a Virtual Training, the following limitations will be applicable:

Certificates	:	Only soft copy certificates will be issued
Training Materials	:	Only soft copy materials will be issued
Training Methodology	:	80% theory, 20% practical
Training Program	:	4 hours per day, from 09:30 to 13:30