Mobile Crane (A60)

Mobile cranes are probably the most versatile type of lifting equipment available.

Suitable for short-term to long-term operations, for re-positioning loads at ground level and for lifting loads up to great heights.

For example, a single machine may be used for lifting steel roof sections into position in London, unloading an industrial machine weighing 60 tonnes in Cardiff and erecting a tower crane in Edinburgh, all within the space of a week!

Who Should do the Course?
Examples of those who would be suited to attending this course:

• An employee of a construction company which owns a mobile crane and you wish to become the operator
• Someone with no lifting operations experience who is searching for a type of career which has few similarities to any other. This course will give you the foundation knowledge required to do so.

Course Options
(duration includes the CPCS Technical Test):

• Ten Day Foundation course: suitable for those with no experience in the use of lifting equipment
• Six Day Experienced Worker course: suitable for those with experience in the use of other crane types, eg crawler cranes/tower cranes

Course Content

• Introduction to the industry
• Basic site safety
• Legislation and Codes of Practice
• Roles and responsibilities
• Types  and uses of mobile cranes
• Manufacturerss instructions
• Maintenance, inspections and pre-use checks
• Positioning and installation
• Proximity hazards
• Suitably positioning the crane
• Erection and dismantling
• Duties charts
• Understanding  and correct use of the RCI
• Safe operation of the crane with/without load
• Methods of communication and following signals
• Travelling the crane with a load attached (“pick and carry”)
• Environmental conditions
• Identifying safe slinging practices
• CPCS A60 Technical Test (theory and practical)