Mobile Lifting Equipment
Operation and Maintenance

Day One: Load Lifting Equipment Basics

• Load lifting safety standards
• Load lifting certification
• Load lifting basics: Preparatory work and calculations – selection of equipment and lifting tackles – load hitching - loads hanging – load moving and signalling – Load positioning or stacking
• Qualifications and skills of lifting equipment operators

Day Two: Lifting Tackles

• Wire ropes
  • Types and classification – Construction – Grades – Lays - Safety factor – Sizing – Aging – Maintenance – Safety precautions – Inspection
• Rigging slings
  • Working Load Limit (WLL)- Hitches (Single – Bridle – Basket – Choker - Applications) - Synthetic slings (Types – Grades - Applications) - Sling tables and sling leg load - Unequal sling lengths and centre of gravity - Sling shock load
• Clips and Schackles
  • Standards - Wire rope clips types (U bolt – fist grip) - Clips number and installation - Types of schackles (Screw anchor – Chain anchor - Schackle rules - Schackles for synthetic slings)
• Hooks
  • Standards - Hooks loading – Load limit - Types (Wide schackle – Sizes – Material – Grade)
• Sockets
  • Types: Headache ball – Wedge – Applications
• Eye bolts and Hoist Rings
  • Working load - Types - Alignment - Applications

Day Three: Forklift Operation and Maintenance

• Forklift types (Stand up rider – Sit down rider – Motorized hand pallet jack – Rough terrain)
• Forklift layout and components
• Forklift stability and modern stability monitoring systems
• Forklift operating hazards
• Forklift operations (Pre-operation checks – Picking up the load – Travelling with load – load placement – Moving on ramps – Crossing railroads – Parking)
• Forklift hazards
• Forklift attachments (Side shifters – carton clamp – Drum rotator – Paper roll clamp – bar arm clamp – pallet handler – Pull and push - …)
• Forklift safety standards

Day Four: Mobile Truck Cranes

• Types of mobile crane
  • Telescopic boom (Rough terrain - Carry deck – Pick& carry – Carrier mounted – Crawler – Truck mounted)
  • Lattice boom (Carrier mounted – Crawler – Truck mounted – Long reach)
• Mobile crane identification
• Mobile crane layout and components
• Load charts
• Reeving load blocks
• Mobile crane stability and operation quadrants
• Mobile crane Operation
  • Pre-lift operations (Selection of proper crane - Critical lift criteria and preparation Boom length & radius & angle – Ground bearing capacity checking – Load and rigging – Environment conditions – Selection of operator and signalling person – Lift plan checklist – Lift plan drawing – Site preparation)
  • Safe operating procedure (crane levelling – load rigging – load lifting – load moving – load positioning)
  • Data hazard sheet
  • Safety systems

Day Five: Maintenance and Inspection of Mobile Lifting Equipment

• Mobile cranes Maintenance
  • Basics of mechanical maintenance
  • Pre-delivery maintenance of mobile cranes
  • In-service maintenance intervals and operations
  • Maintenance personnel qualification and skills
  • Maintenance information and records
• Inspection
  • Crane data
  • Crane manual and records
  • Pre-inspection operations
  • Crane set-up
  • Load charts
  • Crane inspection components
  • Assessment of crane condition