Mobile Lifting Equipment Operation and Maintenance

What are the Goals?

By the end of this Mobile Lifting Equipment Operation and Maintenance training course, participants will be able to:

• 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 is this Training Course for?

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

Daily Agenda

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