CPCS Training (A40a) - Slinger Signaller Course - Foundation/Novice

Categories: Construction & Allied Trades Courses , CPCS (A40) Training - Slinger, Signaller Courses & Tests , Lifting Operations Courses , Plant Safety, CPCS Training & Construction Skills

£915 per delegate. This may be less for special offers on specific course dates and in-company training courses

Duration: 3 days

Trainer: C1198T

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Course Overview
Course Dates

Course Content

- Establishing the weight and dimensions of loads and communicating this information to the crane operator
- Selecting appropriate lifting tackle, attaching and detaching it correctly and safely
- Directing the actions of a crane moving loads of various weights and dimensions, giving clear and unambiguous signals in such a manner as to ensure the safety of personnel and plant
- Determining the serviceability of lifting tackle maintaining and storing it correctly
- The duties and responsibilities, as required by statute, of a slinger/signaller
- The effects of load movement on the stability of a crane
- Potential hazards associated with crane operation how to overcome them
- The effect of varying the angles of multi-leg slings and how to calculate their safe working loads
- Methods of establishing weights and dimensions of loads
- The standard code of signals
- Operator problems of crane control
- Automatic safe load indicators
- Crane safety devices

Pre-requisites

Candidates must have taken the CSCS Health, Safety and Environment test within the last two years.

The course either has new dates in data loading, or is only run as a dedicated or In Company course.

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