CPCS CRANE SUPERVISOR (4 days)

This course is for those who are required to supervise cranes on site. It is a legal requirement that those who are responsible for crane supervision should receive suitable and sufficient training.

The course covers the following;

• Explain the duties and responsibilities of: an Appointed Person, a Crane Supervisor, a Crane Operator, a Slinger Signaller, a Crane Erector and maintenance personnel
• State basic requirements of legislation, regulations, and codes of practice that relate to all types of lifting duties
• Explain additional requirements for loads to be lifted from height
• Explain maintenance, inspections, thorough examination and testing requirements for lifting equipment and accessories
• State requirements that allow safe site access and egress for typical lifting equipment
• Describe setting up, erection, levelling and dismantling requirements for different types of lifting equipment and lifts
• Explain the function and use off, and use information provided by RCIs and anti-collision systems
• List different types of lifting accessories and explain typical applications
• Identify and explain relevant information relating to different types of lifting accessories i.e. markings, certificates and thorough examination reports, etc.
• Verify  sling sizes and angles
• Explain slinging techniques for given loads including balanced, unbalanced and loose
• Verify appropriate lifting accessories for given types of loads in accordance with a given method statement
• Confirm  weights and centres of gravity for different types of loads in accordance with a given method statement
• Describe and demonstrate different types of communication methods for lifting purposes
• Communicate the lift plan information to others involved in a lifting operation
• Report and explain positive and negative aspects of a typical lift following the operation to the Appointed Person
• Identify potential hazards and unsafe lifting practices using given lifting scenarios
• Evaluate and explain how environmental factors and the surrounding area, external to the lift zone, can affect the planned lifting operation
• Prepare an area, with exclusion zones, from given lifting plans, ensuring safe access / egress routes before, during and after the lift
• Mark the position of lifting equipment according to a given lift plan
• Verify potential proximity and underground hazards from given plans and drawings
• Confirm personnel requirements to meet the lift plan
• Mark the position of lifting accessories and prepare load spreading systems as required
• Confirm lifting equipment configurations from given plans
• Control a lifting operation using a given lift plan

Trained operators must pass both the CPCS theory test and the practical test to achieve the red card.