Primelift Safety Resources Ltd

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

Course Objectives – 

Upon completion of the tower crane operator course, delegates will have an understanding of:

• Current legislations and standard.
• Requirements of BS 7121-5 applicable to tower crane operations.
• Pre-operational inspection of tower crane
• Safety devices and their functions in tower crane.
• Safe working practices in tower crane operations.
• Causes of accidents in tower crane operations.
  
  Duration: 2 days

  Course Content

• Introduction to tower cranes
• Legislations & Regulation
• BS 7121-5 standard for tower crane
• Duties of a tower crane operator
• Components of a tower crane
• Causes of accidents in tower crane operations
• Crane load charts interpretations
• Crane stability and structural competence
• Tower crane inspection
• Use of safety devices in tower crane operations
• Safe operations of tower cranes
• Hand signals in mobile crane operations
• Practical assessment