Industrial Crane Training Course Content
Our
on-site crane training courses address industrial
crane safety, crane maintenance and improving productivity; and work with small groups of production and operations employees. Using practical workshops, small group discussions, role-plays, a quiz, and where appropriate, team leader role plays; the trainers focus on teaching practical skills such as:
- the do's and don'ts of pre-operational checks and equipment operation
- identifying and reducing site hazards
- minimising workplace incidents
- what to do if something doesn't look, feel or sound right
- safely operating industrial cranes
- safe carrying, lifting and moving loads (within rated capacity)
- incident reporting
- servicing industrial cranes
- safe crane maintenance practices.
Session One - Pre-start/Emergency shutdown/Start-Up
On completion of this Session, participants should be able to safely and successfully complete the following:
- Conduct pre-operational equipment checks in accordance with your company’s operational procedures;
- Visually check the crane and associated equipment;
- How to minimise workplace incidents;
- Identify, determine and describe the appropriate action to be taken in regards to site hazards; and
- Describe the way any issues or problems are reported, and identify the appropriate person(s), prior to operating industrial cranes.
Session Two – Crane Operations
On completion of this Session, participants should be able to safely and successfully complete the following:
- Demonstrate the procedure for ensuring the load to be lifted is within the rated capacity of the selected crane;
- Complete a trial lift prior to moving the load and making appropriate adjustments to sling configuration;
- Safely and efficiently hoist, move and lower a load using all relevant crane movements;
- Describe the safety requirements when moving loads;
- Describe the appropriate corrective action to be taken in the event of the crane operating outside the acceptable limits.
- Importance of appropriately servicing industrial cranes.
Session Three – Team Leader coaching (optional)
On completion of this Session, Team Leader participants should understand the core principles of adult learning, and be able to apply these learnings when subsequently facilitating the Operator Workshop to their teams. Team Leaders will practice facilitating sections of the Operator's Workshop and will receive coaching feedback to improve their facilitation approach. This will enable them to be more confident facilitators.
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