This Hoisting and Rigging online safety training course is convenient and easy to use. Individual employees can train at a time that is convenient for them, at their own pace. The system automatically tracks their progress in the course along with any completed quiz scores and bookmarks the learner’s place to make it easy to resume training if training is interrupted. Upon completion of the course, and a 100% score, the employee will then be able to print a certificate of completion.
Employers no longer need to pull large groups of employees off the job to complete their safety training.
This online training course can help you:
Meet compliance-based safety requirements
Reduce risks of accidents and injury on and off the job
Lower insurance premiums, workers compensation claims and lost work hours
Improve employee morale and retention
This course provides an overview of safety issues applicable to the operation of cranes and derricks such as: crawler, locomotive, and truck cranes; hammerhead tower cranes; overhead and gantry cranes, floating and barge-mounted cranes, helicopter crane operations, and more. Includes general safety requirements, manufacturer’s roles, required skills for supervisors, equipment inspections, basic operator and rigger skills and safety concepts as well as techniques for handling, attaching, and moving loads.
Learning Objectives:
Specify the employer's role in the recognition of manufacturer's specifications and limitations applicable to the operation of any and all cranes and derricks, e.g., crawler, locomotive, and truck cranes; hammerhead tower cranes; overhead and gantry cranes
Identify safety requirements pertaining to derricks, e.g., floating cranes and derricks, mobile cranes mounted on barges, and permanently mounted floating cranes and derricks
Specify safety requirements for employees working onboard marine vessels|Identify applicable regulations that pertain to helicopter crane operations
Recognize all safety aspects involved with the use of a helicopter for transportation of loads and slung cargo
Specify general safety requirements for material hoists, personnel hoists, and elevators
Specify general safety requirements for base-mounted drum hoists, overhead hoists, and conveyors
Specify general safety requirements of aerial lifts – 1926.556
Specify safety requirements for ladder trucks and tower trucks, extensible and articulating boom platforms
Intended Audience:
All rigging personnel as it pertains to their job descriptions
Primary Regulations:
OSHA 29 CFR 1926.556, Aerial Lifts
OSHA 29 CFR 1926.605, Protection of Employees Working on Barges
OSHA 29 CFR 1926.550, Cranes and Derricks
OSHA 29 CFR 1926.551, Helicopters
OSHA 29 CFR 1926.552, Material Hoists, Personnel Hoists, and Elevators
