MOBILE LIFTING EQUIPMENT OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE
Objectives
- 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
Who Should Attend?
This training seminar 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
Outline
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
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
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
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
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
Certificates
A Certificate of Completion will be issued to those who attend & successfully complete the programme.
Schedule
08:30 – 10:15 First Session
10:15 – 10:30 Coffee Break
10:30 – 12:15 Second Session
12:15 – 12:30 Coffee Break
12:30 – 14:00 Third Session
14:00 – 15:00 Lunch
Training Methodology:
This interactive training course includes the following training methodologies as a percentage of the total tuition hours:
- 30% Lectures, Concepts, Role Play
- 20% Workshops & Work Presentations, Techniques
- 20% Based on Case Studies & Practical Exercises
- 10% Videos, Software & General Discussions
- 20% Application
- Pre and Post Test
Fees
The Fee for the seminar, including instruction materials, documentation, lunch, coffee/tea breaks & snack is: