CraneSafe Assessment Prep Course: Folding Boom
On July 1, 2007 WorkSafeBC enforced a new regulation (14.34.1) requiring all operators of boom, tower, and mobile cranes in BC to hold a certificate proving competency. According to the new regulation, a mobile crane, tower crane or boom-truck must be operated only:
(a) by a person with a valid operator’s certificate issued by a person acceptable to the Board, and
(b) in accordance with any conditions stipulated on the certificate by the issuing person
Crane operators in British Columbia have until February 28, 2011 to be assessed. To help you prepare, VRCA, in partnership with the Construction Safety Association of BC and the Construction Safety Network, is offering two courses that will assist incumbent operators when challenging the CraneSafe assessments.
Description
The course will cover the following:
- Information re: what happens during the CraneSafe assessment
- Hand signals used during crane operations
- Instruction on reading and understanding rigging capacity charts
- Instruction on reading and understanding crane capacity charts
- Written exercises on determining rigging and crane capacities to reinforce understanding of the material presented
Who should attend?
An incumbent operator who has registered with the BC Association for Crane Safety (BCACS – www.bcacs.ca) before July 2007.
For details on the next available course please click here to contact your nearest training provider.
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