Course Aims

Training Objectives

• the employees and employers duties under the Health & Safety at Work Act 1974, along with PUWER and LOLER, in relation to lorry mounted cranes.
• Identify the basic construction and main components of the both vehicle and attachments.
• Carry out daily inspections and safety checks.
• Understand principles of stability/instability, safe working load and the rated load plate.
• Mobilising/demobilising the vehicle, assess both lifting equipment and load before safely operating the crane.
• Safely and securely park the machine.

Course Outline

Theory

• Welcome and course introduction
• Introduction of delegates
• Appreciation of the duties under the Health & Safety at Work Act for employees and employer
• Introduction to the machine
• Principles of stability/instability, safe working load and the rated load plate
• The importance of pre-use checks and maintenance
• Planning the lift
• DVD
• Ten Health and Safety questions and Five open questions

Practical

• Carry out pre-use checks on the forklift prior to operation
• Assess the load and ground conditions
• Select and inspect the appropriate lifting equipment
• Basic crane signals
• Safely and sympathetically operate the crane
• Ten operational questions
• Final assessment (Theory and Practical)
• Course summary