Rigging, Hoisting and Access Equipment
How loads and people are lifted safely on a construction site, followed through first-year apprentices on a mid-rise building: roles in a lift, load weight and center of gravity, wire rope, chain and synthetic slings, hitches and sling angles, shackles, hooks, eyebolts and spreader bars, rigging inspection and removal criteria, standard hand signals and radio communication, lift planning, load charts, critical lifts and power lines, chain and lever hoists and rated anchors, scaffolds under OSHA Subpart L, mobile elevating work platforms under ANSI A92, and choosing access equipment with a rescue plan.
TRD-105 12 lessons · 4 h 24 min ▶ Video lessons coming soon
Offered by HSM University · Trades Core
This is the American version of this course. See the Canadian version.
What you'll learn
- Describe the roles of the lift director, operator, rigger, signaler and tag line handlers, and apply the basic rules that apply to every lift.
- Find or calculate the weight of a load, including contents and rigging, and locate its center of gravity so it lifts level and stable.
- Choose wire rope, alloy chain, web and round slings for a load, and read sling tags for rated capacity by hitch.
- Calculate sling leg tension for vertical, choker, basket and bridle hitches at different sling angles, and control loads with tag lines and prepared landings.
- Select and use shackles, hooks, eyebolts, hoist rings, master links and spreader bars within their ratings and in the directions they were designed for.
- Inspect slings and hardware before use, apply removal criteria and take defective rigging out of service.
- Recognize and give the standard crane hand signals in the ASME B30 standards, and follow radio communication rules for blind lifts.
- Explain how crane capacity changes with radius, check a lift's percentage of capacity, identify critical lifts, set up exclusion zones and keep clear of power lines.
- Use chain hoists, lever hoists, beam clamps, trolleys and gantries safely, and confirm that every anchor is rated for the load.
- Describe scaffold types and components, and apply OSHA's Subpart L requirements for capacity, platforms, guardrails, ties and inspection.
- Classify MEWPs by group and type, carry out pre-use, function and workplace inspections, and control tip-over, ejection, crushing, electrocution and overload hazards.
- Choose between ladders, scaffolds and MEWPs for a task, plan rescue for work at height and under loads, and respond safely to incidents.
Course content
12 lessons · 4 h 24 min total · final exam
- 1 Rigging and hoisting on site: roles and responsibilities 23 min · quiz
- 2 Estimating load weight and finding the center of gravity 25 min · quiz
- 3 Sling types and rated capacity 23 min · quiz
- 4 Hitches, sling angles and load control 21 min · quiz
- 5 Rigging hardware: shackles, hooks, eyebolts and spreader bars 22 min · quiz
- 6 Inspecting rigging and removal criteria 22 min · quiz
- 7 Hand signals and communication 22 min · quiz
- 8 Lift planning, exclusion zones and critical lifts 21 min · quiz
- 9 Hoists, chain falls and lever hoists 22 min · quiz
- 10 Scaffolds: types, erection and inspection 22 min · quiz
- 11 Mobile elevating work platforms 22 min · quiz
- 12 Choosing access equipment, rescue and putting it together 19 min · quiz
- E Final exam 20 questions
Requirements
Recommended background. You can start any course at any time.
Description
How loads and people are lifted safely on a construction site, followed through first-year apprentices on a mid-rise building: roles in a lift, load weight and center of gravity, wire rope, chain and synthetic slings, hitches and sling angles, shackles, hooks, eyebolts and spreader bars, rigging inspection and removal criteria, standard hand signals and radio communication, lift planning, load charts, critical lifts and power lines, chain and lever hoists and rated anchors, scaffolds under OSHA Subpart L, mobile elevating work platforms under ANSI A92, and choosing access equipment with a rescue plan.