Certified Mobile Lifting Equipment Operation and Maintenance

Introduction

This interactive, application-driven 5-day training course will highlight the added value that Mobile Lifting Equipment Operation and Maintenance can offer to support engineers and technicians working in heavy transportation and lifting, petroleum industries, and construction projects. It will show how to safely use such equipment economically, safely, and environment-friendly.

The training course will emphasize the application of related recommended operation and maintenance practices advised by the most reputable manufacturers of such equipment and by the relevant standards, focus on proper equipment selection for specific jobs, retrieval, and interpretation of data from equipment manuals.

This training course will feature:

• Discussions on the types and applications of modern mobile lifting equipment including truck cranes and forklifts
• The importance of the correct selection of lifting equipment for specific jobs
• The detailed description of lifting equipment systems and characteristic performance
• Focusing on standard safety measures to be applied to operating various lifting equipment

Objectives

By the end of this course, participants will be able to:

• Outline the basics of lifting equipment safety
• List the types and applications of mobile lift equipment including forklifts and mobile cranes
• Outline the types and applications of mobile lifting equipment
• Discuss the issues of forklifts and truck cranes stability
• Describe the principle of operation of various stability monitoring systems used in modern forklifts and truck cranes
• List and explain the application of forklift attachments and the lifting tackles
• Inspect the lifting tackles including wire ropes, synthetic slings, clips, hooks, sockets, eyebolts, and hoist rings
• Apply a standard inspection procedure on truck cranes and write the relevant report
• Explain how to maintain the forklifts and truck cranes

Training Methodology

This is an interactive course. There will be open question and answer sessions, regular group exercises and activities, videos, case studies, and presentations on best practice. Participants will have the opportunity to share with the facilitator and other participants on what works well and not so well for them, as well as work on issues from their own organizations. The online course is conducted online using MS-Teams/ClickMeeting.

Who Should Attend?

This training course is suitable for a wide range of professionals but will greatly benefit:

• Load lifting engineers and supervisors
• Mobile cranes operators
• Mobile cranes maintenance engineers and technicians
• Mobile cranes inspectors
• Load lifting safety engineers and professionals

Course Outline

Day 1: Load Lifting Equipment Basics

• Load lifting safety standards
• Load lifting certification
• Load lifting basics: Preparatory work and calculations – the 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 2: 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 3: 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 4: 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 signaling person – Lift plan checklist – Lift plan drawing – Site preparation)
• Safe operating procedure (crane leveling – load rigging – load-lifting – load moving – load positioning)
• Data hazard sheet
• Safety systems

Day 5: 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