Course code:
Duration: 2 days
Trainees per class: 6 – 16
Certificate validity: 3 years
1. Course Overview
This course provides participants with the knowledge and skills required to operate overhead cranes and gantry cranes safely and effectively. It focuses on equipment construction, operating principles, pre-use inspection, lifting and load movement, hazard identification and compliance with safe operating procedures.
2. Target Participants
Workers assigned to operate overhead cranes or gantry cranes.
Personnel working in workshops, warehouses, construction sites and industrial facilities where lifting equipment is used.
Personnel involved in lifting operations, coordination or supervision.
Work supervisors and safety personnel responsible for lifting equipment activities.
3. Course Outline
Construction, functions and operating principles of overhead and gantry cranes.
Hoisting, travel and control mechanisms.
Safety devices, load limits and protective systems.
Pre-operational equipment inspection.
Hazard identification and risk assessment for lifting operations.
Principles for selecting, inspecting and using lifting accessories.
Operating signals and coordination between the operator, load handler and signal person.
Safe lifting, lowering, travelling and load placement procedures.
Response to abnormal conditions and emergency equipment shutdown.
Equipment care and reporting of defects or unsafe conditions.
Practical operation of overhead and gantry cranes in typical work scenarios.
4. Course Objectives
Upon completion, participants should be able to identify the main components and functions of overhead and gantry cranes, conduct pre-use inspections, use appropriate operating signals, perform safe lifting and load movement, and recognize and respond to abnormal conditions in accordance with established procedures.
5. Training Method
The course combines classroom instruction and practical exercises, focusing on equipment inspection, hazard identification, signal coordination and crane operation under actual or simulated working conditions.
6. Duration and Certification
Course duration, prerequisites, assessment requirements and certification are subject to the applicable training program and the requirements of the training provider.
7. Course Registration
Please contact SEPD for information on the training program, schedule and course arrangements.
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