Rigging and Hoisting for Elevators

How elevator mechanics rig and hoist heavy equipment in confined hoistways, followed through the Quayside Tower car 2 install and jobs on a Vancouver service route: the lift team and rigging hazards, estimating load weight and finding the centre of gravity, slings, hitches and sling angle reductions, shackles, hooks, eyebolts and hardware, chain, lever and wire rope hoists, hoist beams and rigging points, temporary supports in the hoistway, hoisting and setting a machine-room-less machine, rigging the car frame, platform and counterweight, escalator truss and heavy equipment moves, and a capstone lift plan for a critical lift, with WorkSafeBC Part 15 rigging rules and the ASME B30 standards throughout.

ELV-130 12 lessons · 3 h 48 min ▶ Video lessons coming soon

Offered by HSM University · Elevators

This is the Canadian version of this course. See the American version.

What you'll learn

Describe how rigging fails, the roles on a lift team, hoistway communication and controlled zones, and the WorkSafeBC Part 15 and ASME B30 requirements that frame elevator rigging
Determine a load's weight from documents, weighing or dimensions and density, add the rigging weight, and find its centre of gravity and the share at each lifting point
Select wire rope, chain and synthetic slings, apply vertical, choker and basket hitch capacities, and calculate leg tensions for equal and unequal sling angles
Use shackles, hooks, eyebolts, swivel hoist rings, master links, turnbuckles, wire rope clips and beam clamps within their ratings for the direction of loading
Operate and inspect hand chain, lever, wire rope pulling and electric chain hoists, and calculate hand pull, hand chain travel and hoist loads
Identify rated rigging points, keep rigging and fall protection anchors separate, and check a temporary rigging beam for bending and deflection
Plan the route of a load into and through a hoistway, transfer loads from landings under control, and build and check cribbing and other temporary supports
Plan and carry out an MRL machine lift, including a two-hoist transfer from the landing, and land, set and align the machine
Rig the car frame and platform with a winch line and snatch block, calculate block loads, and square and support the frame before roping
Set a counterweight frame on blocking, load fillers safely with a hoist, and fill the counterweight in stages to manage the car and counterweight balance
Move escalator trusses and heavy equipment on skates, calculate pulling and holdback forces, and jack loads with the cribbing following
Prepare a written lift plan with utilization of every component, identify critical lifts, run hold points and stop conditions, and review a lift afterwards

Course content

12 lessons · 3 h 48 min total · final exam

1 Rigging hazards and the lift team 22 min · quiz
2 Load weight and centre of gravity 20 min · quiz
3 Slings, hitches and sling angles 19 min · quiz
4 Shackles, hooks, eyebolts and rigging hardware 19 min · quiz
5 Chain hoists, lever hoists and wire rope hoists 19 min · quiz
6 Hoist beams, rigging points and anchors 18 min · quiz
7 Rigging in the hoistway and temporary supports 19 min · quiz
8 Hoisting and setting the machine 19 min · quiz
9 Rigging the car frame and platform 17 min · quiz
10 Rigging the counterweight 17 min · quiz
11 Escalator trusses and heavy equipment moves 19 min · quiz
12 Capstone: lift plans and the critical lift 20 min · quiz
E Final exam 20 questions

Requirements

TRD-105 Rigging, Hoisting and Access Equipment

Recommended background. You can start any course at any time.