Rigging & Lifting Operations Safety Training Course

The Rigging & Lifting Operations Safety Training Course equips lift supervisors, riggers, signallers, crane and equipment operators, engineers, and HSE professionals with the knowledge and practical skills needed to plan, supervise, and execute lifting operations safely and in accordance with recognized international regulations and standards. Lifting operations are carried out daily in construction, oil and gas, petrochemical, power, utilities, ports, shipyards, manufacturing, and maintenance and turnaround activities. Dropped loads, crane overturning, rigging failures, contact with overhead power lines, and people being struck or crushed by loads remain among the most serious causes of fatalities and major equipment damage, and most incidents result from poor planning, incorrect load calculations, defective or misused rigging, unclear communication, and inadequate supervision. The course covers lifting operations from equipment and calculations to planning and execution. Participants learn the regulatory and standards framework for lifting equipment and operations, types of cranes and lifting equipment, and lifting accessories, including wire rope, chain, and synthetic slings, shackles, hooks, eyebolts, swivels, and spreader and lifting beams. The program then addresses load weight estimation, center of gravity, sling angles, hitch configurations, working load limits, crane load charts, radius and capacity, outrigger loads and ground bearing pressure, and the planning of routine, complex, tandem, blind, and critical lifts, including lifts over live plant. Participants also examine roles and competence of appointed persons, lift supervisors, operators, riggers, and signallers, communication using hand signals and radios, pre-use checks and thorough examination of lifting equipment and accessories, discard criteria, weather and environmental limits, exclusion zones, power line clearances, dropped object prevention, documentation and lifting registers, and lessons from lifting incidents. The course is delivered through load and sling calculation exercises, crane load chart interpretation, lift plan development, rigging inspection exercises using photographs and sample equipment, signalling practice, and incident case studies. Participants leave with a lift planning template, a load and sling tension calculation worksheet, a rigging equipment inspection checklist, a crane pre-use and set-up checklist, and a critical lift review checklist.