General description
This course is designed for personnel who rig loads for lifting by cranes and for their supervisors. This course is most similar to a #800 course and provides the foundation for safe rigging practices. Floor crane operators and others working with overhead cranes will benefit from this comprehensive Rigging Fundamentals course. Our instructor will be able answer your questions and cover important course material and concepts. In addition to a course workbook participants will also receive a 4” x 5” pocket handbook which highlights good and bad rigging practices, sling capacities and how to calculate unknown loads.
#800W webinar cannot be substituted for #800 live class when taking full #800+800A+800T rigging seminar.
Course outline
- Rigging Equipment
- Rigging Standards
- Risk Management
- The Basic Rigging Plan
- Rigging Terminology
- Good & Bad Rigging Practices
- Slings & Inspections Criteria
- Wire Rope Slings
- Chain Slings
- Nylon Web Slings
- Metal Mesh Slings
- Endless Slings
- Eyebolts
- Shackles
- Hooks
- Rigging Fundamentals
- Safe Rigging Practices
- Calculating Load Weight
- Rigging Calculations & Exercises
- Center of Gravity
- Turning Loads
Course objectives
- Identify safe rigging practices
- Conduct prior to use inspections
- Understand basic rigging principles
- Load weight determination
- Turning loads
