Lift Director, Rigging and Hoisting, and Signal Person Training Package

These courses will take approximately 6 1/2 hours to complete.

This package includes our Rigging and Hoisting, Signal Person, and Lift Director courses. Below are the course descriptions for each class:

Lift Director

This 2 hour class is designed for those workers who possess a current rigger and signalperson card or certificate from a third party and are needing to fulfil the role as a Lift Director. This class meets the requirements as identified by 29CFR1926.1400, ASME P30.1 Lift Planning and ASME B30.5 Mobile and Locomotive Cranes. Participants are provided an outline of the duties to become a competent Lift Director.

Some of the topics covered:

• Site Conditions
• Roles, Responsibilities of Lift Director, Rigger and Signal Person
• Understanding Load Charts
• Critical Lift Planning
• Rigging Capacities and Methods
• Scheduling Events around the lifting operation

The certification is valid for five years.

Rigging and Hoisting

The new OSHA standard states, “Employers must use qualified riggers during hoisting activities for assembly and disassembly work.  Additionally, qualified riggers are required whenever workers are within the fall zone and hooking, unhooking, or guiding a load, or doing the initial connection of a load to a component or structure.

This course gives workers the knowledge needed to rig safely on the jobsite. Each participant will receive a “Qualified Rigger” certification.  Course satisfies the requirements for OSHA as well as Washington State. In addition:

• Inspection and removal criteria
• Hands on inspection
• Actual rigging used for demonstrations
• Written test
• Rigging problem solving

Signal Person Training

This course meet the new OSHA standard for signal person requirements.  Course participants will have an understanding of the fundamentals of proper signaling and the ability to identify potential safety problems. Upon completion of course participant will receive a “Qualified Signalperson” certificate. Course content includes:

• General requirements, duties and responsibilities of a signal person.
• Mobile, overhead and tower crane functions.
• Hand and voice communications.
• Crane limitations created by radius, boom angle, load drift, two blocking, boom deflection, dynamic loading, side loading, capacity limitations and quadrants of operation.
• Hazards and requirements of working around energized power lines.
• Regulations and Signal Person responsibilities regarding the use of suspended personnel platforms