CPCS A64 Overhead Travelling Crane

Description

Course Overview

This course is aimed at candidates with limited or no experience operating an Overhead Travelling Crane.

Course Details

• Accreditation: CPCS
• Course Duration: 3 Days
• Card Validity: 2 Years
• Grant: Grant Available

Entry Requirements

• Candidates must have achieved the relevant CITB Health, Safety & Environment.
• (HS&E) touch-screen-test within 2 years.
• Good understanding of spoken and written English.

Course Content

• Current Legislation and regulations: LOLER 1998, PUWER 1998, WAHR 2005,.
• MHOR 1992, ACOPs BS7121 Parts 1 & 2, BS5744.
• Duties of personnel involved in Lifting Operations.
• Crane appreciation, types, applications, limitations and terminology.
• Lifting equipment and lifting accessories documentation.
• Load calculations, centre of gravities.
• Risk assessments, method statements.
• Safe working loads (SWL), Working load limits of lifting accessories, mode factors.
• Types of lifting accessories and their application.
• Communication procedures, signalling.
• Understand the basics of power units, control systems and safety devices.
• Crane daily inspections.
• Isolating, fault reporting.
• Operating crane in various planes as per manufacturers recommendation.
• Controlling load movement with various load types.

Assessment

Two (2) Days Training – Classroom-based and Practical Training

One (1) Day – CPCS Testing

Certification

Successful candidates will be issued with a CPCS Red Trained Operator card (valid for 2 years).

Grant Information

CITB grants are available – please speak to one of our team for further information.

Next Steps

To upgrade your card to Blue, you will need to complete the Level 2 NVQ Certificate in Plant Operations – Cranes and Specialist Lifting and a Operatives Health, Safety and Environment Test completed within the last 2 years.

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