Appointed Person – Planning Lifting Operations (Skills Card)

Who should attend?

This course has been designed for anyone who is required to plan lifting operations for a range of lifting appliances throughout their working lives.

What will be covered?

By the end of the course the learners will be able to:

• Plan lifting operations in accordance with the relevant legislation for basic, intermediate and complex lifts
• Reference BS7121 and other sources of information in accordance with the requirements for the lifting appliance being used
• Locate and understand information detailed on mobile plant lifting duty charts including excavators, cranes, lorry loaders and Telescopic material handlers
• Identify the correct documentation required for lifting appliances
• Understand crane types and terminology associated with cranes
• Role of all persons involved in lifting operations as defined in BS7121
• Identification of hazards and ground conditions within the working area
• Automatic safe load indicators types and function
• Construct a Safe system of work, including method statements, risk assessments, including drawings to specified dimensions
• Safe slinging, methods of communication and effects of poor communication
• Understand Crane stability and duty charts for crane rigging
• Describe the requirements of reporting and liaising with local authority, airfields, and railways
• Understand effects of wind on lifting operations and other environmental factors to be considered when planning a lifting operation
• State requirements when planning the lifting of persons
• Calculate outrigger loadings and spreader mat sizes and types from given information.

Other areas of interest

Lifting operations – Crane Supervisor.

Slinging and Signalling the movement of suspended loads.