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Lifting Operations and Rigging
About the diploma. This is a theory course. The diploma records that you completed the theory and passed its assessment. It is not an accredited qualification. Many countries also require practical assessment before theory counts towards a statutory requirement — check what applies where you work. Full terms.
What actually rates a lift — the sling, the angle it hangs at, the hitch, the shackle and the lifting point — then the load itself, the exclusion zone around it, and the plan and signals that hold the whole operation together.
What you’ll learn
- Choose a sling material from what the load will do to it, not from what is nearest
- Read a sling label and explain why one sling carries several working load limits
- Explain how leg angle multiplies the tension in every leg of a sling
- Select between a straight, choke and basket hitch, and state what each one costs
- Withdraw a damaged sling, chain or shackle against the right discard criteria
- Find the centre of gravity, size an exclusion zone, and say who may stop a lift
Course overview
What actually rates a lift — the sling, the angle it hangs at, the hitch, the shackle and the lifting point — then the load itself, the exclusion zone around it, and the plan and signals that hold the whole operation together.
Course content
4 modules · 16 lessons
Module 14 lessons
- Selecting a sling: chain, wire rope or textile
- Reading a sling label and what the working load limit means
- Sling angle: how the leg angle multiplies the load
- Choosing a hitch: straight, choke and basket
Module 24 lessons
- Protecting slings from edges and corners
- Pre-use inspection of textile slings
- Chain sling discard criteria and safe shortening
- Shackles: selecting, fitting and the ways they fail
Module 34 lessons
- Eyebolts and lifting points: the cost of off-axis loading
- Estimating the load and finding the centre of gravity
- Tag lines and controlling a swinging load
- Exclusion zones and why nobody stands under a load
Module 44 lessons
- Slinger and signaller communication for lifting operations
- Planning a lift: what the lift plan has to answer
- Lifting near overhead lines and structures
- Emergency response for a suspended or dropped load
Start the course
Free with a SafetyOrbit account · 17 lessons · 7 assessments
Your progress is saved on your account. Pass each assessment with 80% or more (as many tries as you need) to finish the course. The diploma for each completed course is part of membership (€9.99 a month, or €89.90 a year).
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