Training Cost: $200/student 

Training Duration: 4 Hours
Delivery Method: In Person
Prerequisite: None
Supplies Required: CSA approved work boots and hard hat, safety glasses, gloves.

Combo This Training With: Industrial Lift Truck Class 7, Overhead Crane

Summary

This training is for workers who utilize rigging equipment for material handling and for “below the hook” applications.

Theory Lessons Include

• Applicable Federal and Provincial OH&S regulations and applicable CSA standards.
• Specifications for synthetic slings, chain slings and wire rope.
• Specifications for rigging hardware (shackles, eye bolts, wire rope clips, hooks, etc.).
• Safety factors.
• Sling angles.
• Load calculations.
• Workplace safety and safe procedures.

Practical Lessons Include

• Inspection of rigging equipment (chain slings, chain assembly, web slings, wire rope, shackles, turnbuckles, chain hoists, lever hoists, eye bolts, etc.)
• Common rigging knots (clove hitch, bowline, sheet bend, square knot, etc.)
• Hazard & risk assessment and control measures.
• Hand signals.
• Lift plan and practical lift of a load.

Applicable OH&S Regulations and Standards

Canada Labour Code Part II

• Part 14 Materials Handling
• Part 14.42 Ropes, Slings and Chains

Alberta OH&S

• Part 3 Specification and Certifications
• Part 21 Rigging
• Schedule 5 Cable Clips on Wire Rope

British Columbia OH&S

• Part 15 Rigging

American Society of Mechanical Engineers

• B30.9-2014 Slings
• B30.20-2013 Below-the-Hook Lifting Devices
• B30.26-2015 Rigging Hardware