The learning outcomes of the A62 Crane Supervisor course include:
✓ Legislation, regulations and Codes of Practice relating to lifting duties
✓ Safe systems of work including method statements
✓ Taking personal responsibility
✓ Different types of cranes and associated terminology
✓ Understanding crane documentation
✓ Understanding crane stability, duty charts and safety devices
✓ Crane appreciation
✓ Observing British Standard 7121
✓ Understanding the role of Crane Supervisor
✓ Understanding the role of Appointed Person
✓ Preparing an area with exclusion zones
Entry Requirements
Good understanding of spoken and written English is an advantage
Further Learning:
The course must be followed up by an NVQ Level 4 Diploma in Controlling Lifting Operations – Supervising Lifts (Construction), within two years. This will award you with a CPCS Competent Operator card for Crane Supervisor (Lifting Operations).
To further develop your abilities in supervising safe systems of work, the Site Supervisors Safety Training Scheme (SSSTS) course is recommended. If you wish to develop into the organisation of lifting operations, consider the Appointed Person course in the future.
Other options for this course:
This course can be done without the CPCS Technical Test, which would award Emerson certification.
