Slinging And Rigging Safety Training

The Crane Safe Rigging and Slinging Practices course covers best practices and techniques to safely sling and rig loads for lifting according to the CSA (Canadian Standards Association) Z150‐98 regulation, which is applicable across Canada.

It additionally covers ANSI (American National Standards Institute) and ASME (American Society of Mechanical Engineers) standards.

Why is this Rigging and Slinging course important?

Dropping a load, due to improper rigging, or failure of a sling can have serious consequences. Many incidents have occurred due workers not understanding the load rating on a sling, and not understanding how to properly rig a load, to prevent it from shifting or moving while being lifted.

What will I learn in this Online training course?

The training course topics are as follows:

• Pre‐list hazard assessment

• Owner, operator, and supervisor duties responsibilities

• Wire rope design and information

• Safety factors and working load limits

• Rope and sling inspections and documentation

• Hoist line installation steps

• Types of rigging hitches

• Determining sling types, sizes and configurations

• lifting capacity charts

• Sling center of gravity

• Rigging hardware

• hoisting signals

This online Safe Slinging and Rigging course is approximately five and a half hours in length. Upon successful completion of a knowledge exam, students will be issued a certification card.