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Crane Industry Services offers training for all lifting equipment and rigging personnel including supervision and management. Training is customized for personnel in your industry and on your specific equipment. Training can be conducted at your site or off-site, as customers prefer. In-depth training on topics include:
- Mobile Crane Operator - great prep class for taking Written Exams for Mobile Crane Operator Certification (typically 4 day course)
- Rigging Safety - great prep class for taking Written Exams for Rigger/Advanced Rigger/Signal Person Certification (typically 2 day course)
- For those in the Atlanta, GA area, CIS has partnered with Chattahoochee Technical College to provide open enrollment in either of the above courses at their facility. Click here to learn more! www.chattahoocheetech.edu/conedmain
Topics including but not limited to:
- Applicable standards, OSHA ANSI, ASME, PCSA, SAE
- Crane Accidents - Look at, and learn from, other folks' mistakes!
- Mobile Crane Lingo - What's slang vs what's standard terminology of mobile cranes
- How cranes are rated - Is there any reserve capacity?
- Your best planning tool - Load Charts & How to use them (The load chart, the Whole load chart & nothing but the load chart)
- Conscientious planning prior to lifting
- Operator, rigger & supervisory responsibilities
- Tips for conducting and documenting a thorough pre-operational inspection
- How to travel with loads safely
- What is a Critical Lift?
- Multiple crane lifts – What's the big deal?
- The significance of Manufacturer's Recommendations
- Do's and Dont's of boom and jib assembly/disassembly
- Hand signal communication - Who is responsible for what?
- Requirements for safely working cranes around power lines
- How to comply with OSHA and ANSI/ASME safety requirements
- How to comply with OSHA's requirements when hoisting personnel with cranes
- Rigging - How to bring it all together:
- Load weight determination
- Lift Plan preparation
- Calculating sling and rigging hardware loading
- Sling types and selection
- Rigging hardware and lifting device selection