This 5-day, hands-on Mobile Lifting Equipment Operation and Maintenance training course is designed to demonstrate the value that effective operation and maintenance of mobile lifting equipment can bring to engineers and technicians working across industries such as heavy transportation, petroleum, and construction. The course will cover how to use such equipment safely, efficiently, and in an environmentally responsible manner.
The Energy training will focus on best practices for operation and maintenance as recommended by leading equipment manufacturers and industry standards. It will also address selecting the right equipment for specific tasks, retrieving, and interpreting data from equipment manuals.
Key topics covered in this Mobile Lifting Equipment Operation and Maintenance training course include:
- An overview of various types of modern mobile lifting equipment, such as truck cranes and forklifts, and their applications
- The importance of selecting the correct lifting equipment for each job
- A detailed examination of lifting equipment systems and their performance characteristics
- Emphasis on the safety protocols to be followed when operating different types of lifting equipment
By the end of this Mobile Lifting Equipment Operation and Maintenance training course, participants will be able to:
- Understand the fundamental safety principles for operating lifting equipment
- Identify various types of mobile lifting equipment, such as forklifts and mobile cranes, and their specific uses
- Discuss the functionality and applications of different mobile lifting machines
- Address stability concerns related to forklifts and truck cranes
- Explain how stability monitoring systems function in modern forklifts and truck cranes
- Identify and describe the use of forklift attachments and lifting tackles
- Perform inspections of lifting tackles, including wire ropes, synthetic slings, clips, hooks, sockets, eyebolts, and hoist rings
- Conduct standard inspections on truck cranes and generate appropriate reports
- Understand maintenance practices for forklifts and truck cranes
This Energy training course will utilise a variety of proven adult learning techniques to ensure maximum understanding, comprehension and retention of the information presented. The daily course sections will be highly interactive and participative. It also involves detailed discussions accompanying the presentation of videos showing the up-to-date technology in mobile cranes, load lifting safety, and mobile cranes maintenance and inspection. Delegates are strongly encouraged to bring and analyse data from their own work domain; this adds greater relevancy to the content.
This Mobile Lifting Equipment Operation and Maintenance training course is suitable to 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
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