The investment made in adequately training inspectors yields significant rewards. A properly trained and qualified inspector can save your company substantial amounts of money and time by preventing scheduled downtime, expensive repairs, accidents, and legal disputes. The inspection process serves as a crucial connection to ensuring the safety and optimal utilization of your cranes.

Course Objectives:

Upon the successful completion of this course, participants will be able to:

To provide participants with the knowledge and skill to safely operate a Mobile/Tower/Overhead cranes or offshore Pedestal cranes.
Get familiarized with the methods of pre-lift planning by understanding the lift plan requirements, module lift and ANSI/OSHA standards
Become aware of all aspects of mobile crane safety such as crane signals, crane identification, hoisting systems, and crane safety features
Enhance knowledge in risk assessment methodology by reviewing of fatality reports resulting from improper rigging practices, and other special considerations such as slip, trip, fall hazards, electrical hazards, explosive environment and etc.
Pre-start up and pre-operational checks
Operators responsibility
Plan and prepare work/hazard control strategies
Engineering principles of cranes
Calculation of load mass (weight)
Fully understand load factors and limitations of slings and lifting equipment. Inspection of gear
Interpret load charts
Understand static and dynamic factors
Working relation with riggers or dogman (banksman)
Ground bearing pressures in relation to stabilizers.
Mobiling loads
Unloading/loading of supply boats, deck management skills (offshore)

Who Should Attend?

This course is intended for Lifting Equipment Operators, Inspectors of Lifting Equipment, Rigging Personnel and Contractors, Maintenance and Project Managers, Plant Managers and Technicians and Maintenance Mechanical Engineers, Supervisors & Foremen, Safety Program Managers and all personnel directly involved in lifting operations, maintenance and/or construction-related crane activities will find the course helpful and beneficial.

Course Outlines:

Machine Size and Characteristics

Operational Modes
Major Components
Capacity and Limitations
Periodic Inspections Objectives
Hazard Awareness

Accident Prevention

Crane Failures and Prevention
OSHA: Compliance and Inspections
Recognition of Unsafe Equipment
Wire Rope Selection and Installation
Wire Rope Inspection and Rejection
How to correct Block Spin
Sheave Inspection
Pneumatics and Hydraulics
Inspector Safety

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