Cranes, Hoisting and Rigging Awareness
For supervisors, foremen and workers around lifting operations, not operator, rigger or signaller certification: how lifts fail and what the data show, duties and qualifications under the OHSA, O. Reg. 213/91 s. 150 and Reg. 851, Alberta OHS Code Parts 6 and 21 and CSA Z150, Z248 and B167, types of cranes and hoists and their safety devices, stability, load charts, deductions and outrigger bearing pressure, load weight, centre of gravity and critical lift plans, sling and hardware inspection and removal criteria, hitches, sling angles and load control, standard hand signals and radio procedures, limits of approach to power lines under s. 188, wind and weather, crane inspection and records, exclusion zones, emergency response and reporting, and a capstone lift plan review.
HSE-219 12 lessons · 5 h 43 min
Offered by HSM University · Safety Training
This is the Canadian version of this course. See the American version.
What you'll learn
- Explain how lifting operations fail as systems of crane, ground, rigging, load, people and environment, and why awareness training is not operator, rigger or signaller certification.
- Describe the duties and qualification requirements for cranes, rigging and signalling under the OHSA, O. Reg. 213/91, Reg. 851, other provincial codes and CSA Z150, Z248 and B167.
- Recognize the main types of cranes and hoists, their typical hazards and the safety devices they should carry.
- Explain crane stability, read an illustrative load chart, apply deductions, calculate percentage of chart and outrigger bearing pressure.
- Estimate load weight and centre of gravity, identify critical lifts and describe the contents of a lift plan, the pre-lift meeting and the trial lift.
- Inspect slings and rigging hardware for obvious defects, apply common removal criteria and explain rated loads, design factors and D/d effects.
- Calculate sling leg tensions from angles and offset centres of gravity, choose suitable hitches and edge protection, and control and land loads safely.
- Apply standard hand signals, radio procedures and the one-signaller, anyone-can-stop rule, and account for reaction time.
- Plan controls for work near overhead power lines, respond correctly to contact, and estimate the effect of wind on suspended loads.
- Describe shift, frequent, periodic and event-triggered inspections, removal criteria for crane rope and hooks, and the records a crane should carry.
- Size and enforce fall zones and swing radius barricades, coordinate lifts with other site work and plan emergency response and reporting.
- Review a lift plan as a supervisor, identify weak inputs and missing controls, and decide whether the lift may proceed.
Course content
12 lessons · 5 h 43 min total · final exam
- 1 Why lifts go wrong 28 min · quiz
- 2 Law, standards and qualifications 28 min · quiz
- 3 Cranes and hoists: types and uses 28 min · quiz
- 4 How cranes stay up: stability, load charts and ground 29 min · quiz
- 5 Planning a lift: weights, roles and lift plans 30 min · quiz
- 6 Rigging hardware and its inspection 30 min · quiz
- 7 Rigging practice: hitches, sling angles and load control 30 min · quiz
- 8 Signals and communication 27 min · quiz
- 9 Power lines, wind and other hazards 27 min · quiz
- 10 Inspection, maintenance and records 28 min · quiz
- 11 Exclusion zones, site coordination and emergency response 29 min · quiz
- 12 Capstone: reviewing a lift plan 29 min · quiz
- E Final exam 20 questions
Requirements
Recommended background. You can start any course at any time.
Description
For supervisors, foremen and workers around lifting operations, not operator, rigger or signaller certification: how lifts fail and what the data show, duties and qualifications under the OHSA, O. Reg. 213/91 s. 150 and Reg. 851, Alberta OHS Code Parts 6 and 21 and CSA Z150, Z248 and B167, types of cranes and hoists and their safety devices, stability, load charts, deductions and outrigger bearing pressure, load weight, centre of gravity and critical lift plans, sling and hardware inspection and removal criteria, hitches, sling angles and load control, standard hand signals and radio procedures, limits of approach to power lines under s. 188, wind and weather, crane inspection and records, exclusion zones, emergency response and reporting, and a capstone lift plan review.