The Elevator Industry and Safety
How the elevator trade works and how mechanics stay safe in it, followed through a first-year apprentice at a Seattle elevator contractor: installation, modernization, repair and service, the Washington L&I route to the Category 01 elevator mechanic license, ASME A17.1/CSA B44, DOSH and OSHA rules, traction, machine-room-less, hydraulic and escalator equipment and how their parts work, job hazard analysis, toolbox talks and PPE, hoistway and pit hazards, lockout and hazardous energy including counterweight and hydraulic stored energy, fall protection and fall clearance in hoistways, top-of-car and pit procedures, running equipment and escalators, electrical safety and arc flash, tools, rigging awareness, noise and housekeeping, and a capstone field log with a top-of-car and pit visit and a hydraulic lockout.
ELV-110 12 lessons · 3 h 38 min ▶ Video lessons coming soon
Offered by HSM University · Elevators
This is the American version of this course. See the Canadian version.
What you'll learn
- Describe the elevator trade, its lines of business, and the Washington route to an elevator mechanic license through a helper or apprentice program
- Explain how L&I, the City of Seattle, ASME A17.1/CSA B44 and DOSH divide the regulation of conveyances and the safety of the workers who maintain them
- Identify traction, machine-room-less, hydraulic, escalator, platform lift and other elevating devices and the hazard that comes with each
- Explain the function of the main parts of traction and hydraulic elevators, including counterweights, brakes, governors, safeties, buffers, interlocks and the safety circuit
- Prepare a job hazard analysis, lead a toolbox talk and select PPE using the hierarchy of controls
- Recognize hoistway and pit hazards and open a hoistway door safely with the unlocking device
- Identify every form of hazardous energy on an elevating device and carry out a lockout from preparation to verification
- Select fall protection for hoistway work, calculate fall clearance and plan a rescue
- Carry out top-of-car and pit entry and exit procedures, testing each protective device before relying on it
- Work safely on running equipment and on escalators with steps removed
- Apply electrical safety practices: identifying supplies, live-dead-live testing, approach boundaries, arc flash PPE, capacitor discharge and jumper control
- Use tools, lifting gear and housekeeping practices that prevent falling objects, noise damage, overloaded slings and fires
Course content
12 lessons · 3 h 38 min total · final exam
- 1 The elevator industry and your career 19 min · quiz
- 2 Types of elevators, escalators and lifts 19 min · quiz
- 3 How an elevator works 19 min · quiz
- 4 Safety culture: hazard analysis, toolbox talks and PPE 18 min · quiz
- 5 Hoistway and pit hazards 18 min · quiz
- 6 Lockout and hazardous energy 18 min · quiz
- 7 Fall protection in hoistways 18 min · quiz
- 8 Top of car and pit work 18 min · quiz
- 9 Running equipment and escalators 18 min · quiz
- 10 Electrical safety for elevator work 18 min · quiz
- 11 Tools, rigging awareness and housekeeping 18 min · quiz
- 12 Capstone: the first-month field log 17 min · quiz
- E Final exam 20 questions
Requirements
Recommended background. You can start any course at any time.
Description
How the elevator trade works and how mechanics stay safe in it, followed through a first-year apprentice at a Seattle elevator contractor: installation, modernization, repair and service, the Washington L&I route to the Category 01 elevator mechanic license, ASME A17.1/CSA B44, DOSH and OSHA rules, traction, machine-room-less, hydraulic and escalator equipment and how their parts work, job hazard analysis, toolbox talks and PPE, hoistway and pit hazards, lockout and hazardous energy including counterweight and hydraulic stored energy, fall protection and fall clearance in hoistways, top-of-car and pit procedures, running equipment and escalators, electrical safety and arc flash, tools, rigging awareness, noise and housekeeping, and a capstone field log with a top-of-car and pit visit and a hydraulic lockout.