Site Supervision / Lift Directors of Crane Operation Saftey Training
Site Supervisor
Lift Director
Program Covers The Following Topics
- ASME/ANSI & OSHA Requirement
- Selection criteria and job requirements for Lift Directors
- Selection criteria for job requirements for A/D Supervisor
- Interpreting Load Charts
- All hand, voice, and audible communication requirements and conditions
- Use, limitations, and temporary alternative measures for Operational Aids
- Emergency procedures in the event of an electrical encroachment
- Power failure operating procedures
- Lifting personnel procedures
- Multiple lifts procedures
- Critical lift criteria and compliance requirements
- Traffic control and crane clearance requirements
- Barrier requirements
- Crane Equipment Characteristics
- Cause an Effect of:
- Incorrect Crane operation or Rigging
- Load Radius increase / decrease
- Boom deflection on Tower, Lattice and Hydraulic Cranes
- Pick and Travel
- Static to Dynamic loads
- Cause and Effect of jobsite conditions:
- Power lines hazards and solutions
- Operation out of level
- Operation on poor soil
- Support requirements
- Excavation, Slopes
- Underground voids
- Cause and Effect of weather conditions:
- Wind, Rain, Lighting, Cold, Fog, Water runoff
- Rigging Equipment Characteristics
- Inspection Requirements and Procedures
- Operating Practices for Slings
- Cause and effect of sling angle
- Sling Tension Quick Check Procedures
- Proper load balance and control
- Using choker hitches at proper angles and
- Procedures for retaining capacity
- Selection of proper rigging hardware.
- Eye Bolts
- Swivel Hoist Rings
- Shackles
RULES GOVERNING PERSONNEL THAT WILL ACT AS ONE OF THE FOLLOWING Crane User, Site Supervisor AND OR Lift Director WILL HAVE MANY DEFINED DUTIES UNDER THE PROPOSED RULE 1926.1400 SAID TO BE ENACTED IN 2009. THOSE DUTIES ARE IN ADDITION TO THE ABOVE RIGGING EQUIPMENT REQUIREMENTS, SIGNAL PERSON AND SOME ELEMENTS OF CRANE OPERATION. Crane User : Arranges the crane’s presence on a worksite and controls its use there. An entity that is responsible to provide supervisory, operational, maintenance, support personnel, and service. Site Supervisor: Exercises supervisory control over the work site on which a crane is being used and over the work that is being performed on that site. A person responsible for job coordination as well everything else from crane condition to soil condition. Lift Director: Directly oversees the work being performed by a crane and the associated rigging crew. A person on site during all lifts and responsible for every lift.