BASIC LIFTING SUPERVISOR (BLS)

Understand mobile crane stability and mechanical principles, assess the suitability of ground conditions. identify crane components and understand their function / safe use, read and understand load charts, identify lifting accessories and understand their function / safe use, understand crane control functions, understand the initial, pre-start up and pre-operational checks, identify the safe / unsafe operation of a mobile crane, plan lifting operations, identify   and mitigate hazards, identify and understand maintenance and certification requirements, understand man-riding, static, dynamic, blind and tandem lifting, communicate using hand signals and two-way radios.

GENERAL COURSE OBJECTIVES

 Participants will learn and understand better, among others, on:

 Do the duties of Lifting Supervisor

• Create awareness on the safety requirements on the use of crane
• Interpret crane capacity chart
• Identify and sizing of crane capacity
• Identify and sizing of capacity of lifting gears
• Entrance, Operational and lifting permits certification
• Upgrade work performance

 CONTENTS

 1. Legislative requirements (OSH Acts) 

1. Occupational safety and health act (OSHA), 1994 (Act 514)
2. Factories and machinery act (FMA), 1967 (Act 139)
3. CIDB Act 520
4. Factories and Machinery Regulations 1970 

2. Introduction to lifting Supervisor 

1. Common systemic lapses involving lifting activities
2. Roles and responsibilities of lifting supervisors
3. Common Hazard associated with unsecured/slippage of loads.
4. Common hazard associated with lifting operation involving mobile cranes. 

3. Mass weight calculation, Slinging methods 

1. Engineering calculation for Volume, weight of load
2. Safe Working Load and Work Load Limit calculations
3. Types of slinging method; direct, basket, choke hitch
4. Slinging safety factor 

4. Lifting gears 

1. Chain Sling
2. Fibre rope
3. Flexible steel wire rope
4. Webbing Sling
5. Lifting accessories; Shackle, eyebolt, clamp, spreader etc. 

5. Signals and communication 

1. Types of lifting operation signal
2. Hand signal 

6. Understanding crane capacity chart 

1. Understanding Mobile Crane Load chart (TL200)
2. Understanding Crawler Crane Load Chart (BM500)
3. Understanding Tower Crane Load Chart (ZBK80) 

7. Crane operational and lifting permit system 

1. Sample of Crane Entrance and Operational Permit 

8. Crane safety inspection system 

1. Step by step crane safety inspection system 

9. HIRARC 

1. Hazard Identification, Risk Evaluation, Risk Control 

10. Lifting Management - Site lifting plan 

1. Lifting plan details;
   • Load to be lifted
   • Crane selection
   • Personnel involved (signalman, rigger, crane operator, supervisor,engineer, drafter, safety officer)

• Lifting plan Drawing.
• Photo (picture of load, point of fitting) 

b)    Lifting plan example. 

11. Assessment 

1. Written assessment (45 minutes)

 WHO SHOULD ATTEND 

• Managers (Lifting Manager, Project Manager)
• Engineers
• Safety Officers
• Site Supervisors
• Crane Operators
• Technical staffs who are involved in crane lifting work

TRAINERS 

Quality and consistency of the training are the most important factors in assuring high quality of instructions.  MIFFA trainers are fully qualified in respective training fields, and have extensive experiences in their relevant areas. 

MIFFA will make available our most experience and competent trainers.  An assistant trainer will assist in the course where necessary.  It should be noted that MIFFA reserves the right to replace the assigned trainer with other equally competent trainer depending on their availability.