Primelift Safety Resources Ltd

Course Description: The mobile crane operator training course is designed to provide crane operators with the fundamentals of safe working procedures applicable to mobile crane operations.

Course Duration– 2 days

Course Objectives– Upon completion of the crane operator course, delegates will have an understanding of:

• Current legislations and standard.
• Requirements of BS 7121-3 applicable to mobile crane operations.
• Inspection requirements of crane operations
  
• Safety devices and their functions in mobile crane.
• Safe working practices in mobile crane operations.

Course Content

• Introduction
• Legislations & Standards
• BS 7121-3 requirements for mobile crane
• Duties of a crane operator
• Types of mobile cranes
• Crane parts & components
• Accident avoidance and Hazard recognition
• Rating methods and load charts interpretations
• Crane stability and structural competence
• Mobile crane inspection
• Use of safety devices in crane operations
• Safe operations of mobile cranes
• Hand signals in mobile crane operations
• Wire rope inspection