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41: Hoisting and Rigging


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Training (5.3)

Training requirements are listed by role below.

Note: The terms qualified inspector and qualified person are used throughout DOE-STD-1090-2004. Line management is responsible for ensuring that personnel who perform hoisting and rigging activities, such as design of lifting fixtures, inspection of equipment, preparation and approval of lift plans, and review of equipment compliance, are qualified to do so. A person may be qualified to inspect one type of equipment but not qualified to inspect another. When designating personnel to perform hoisting and rigging functions, line management must be specific as to the scope and limitations of the designation.

Operators, No-load Operators, and Crane Maintenance Personnel

Operators, no-load operators, and crane maintenance personnel are required to attend initial training and must be re-qualified every three years. The training consists of two modules:

Mobile Crane Operator

A mobile crane operator must be in continual possession of a valid certificate of competency by an accredited certifying entity for the type of mobile crane to be used. Certificate renewal is in accordance with the certifying entity's renewal schedule.

Mobile crane operators will be current in the following SLAC course requirement

Note: Qualification supersedes ES&H Courses 280, Basic Crane and Rigging and 280PRA, Basic Crane Practical Examination

Professional Rigger

A qualified professional rigger must be in continual possession of a valid certificate of competency by an accredited certifying entity for the type of rigging equipment and crane to be used. Certificate renewal is in accordance with the certifying entity's renewal schedule. Certification is required for overhead cranes.

A qualified professional rigger must, in addition, be current with the requirements of the following SLAC course:

Note: Qualification supersedes ES&H Courses 280, Basic Crane and Rigging and 280PRA, Basic Crane Practical Examination

H&R Inspector

A qualified H&R inspector must have completed, at minimum, a course equivalent to Rigging Inspector Training. (For example, “Crane Safety Training, Simulation, Accident Investigation and Litigation Support – NACB Group Inc.”)

Crane Inspector

A qualified crane inspector must have completed, at minimum, a course equivalent to Inspector Training: Overhead Bridge Crane. (For example, “Crane Safety Training, Simulation, Accident Investigation and Litigation Support – NACB Group Inc.”)

Note: A Cal/OSHA Plate V inspector must be qualified per California regulations.

 

 

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