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: