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.
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
