Appointed Person Lifting Operations A61 Refresher CPCS

Suitable For

Any experienced workers with machine experience who require a red CPCS card for A61 Appointed Person Lifting Operations.

Aims

• To provide knowledge and understanding in the following areas:
• State basic requirements of legislation, regulations, codes of practice, guidance and good practice documentation that relate to all types of lifting duties.
• Explain the duties and responsibilities of those involved in a lifting operation including: an appointed person, a lifting operations supervisor, a lift coordinator, a machine operator, a slinger, a signaller, a lifting equipment installer/erector and maintenance personnel.
• Identify the requirements for basic, standard and complex lifts.
• Describe the lighting requirements for in and out of service conditions for lifting equipment.
• State requirements to be followed when planning the lifting of persons.
• Identify different types of lifting equipment, and explain capabilities and limitations of each for given lifting operations.
• Outline pre-use checks requirements for lifting equipment and accessories.
• Explain maintenance inspection, thorough examination and testing requirements for lifting equipment and accessories.
• Describe setting up, erection, levelling and dismantling requirements for different types of lifting equipment and lifting operations.
• Calculate lifting equipment point loadings/outrigger loadings, spreader mat types and sizes from given information.
• Identify ground pressure and support loadings from given information.
• Explain the function and use of, and use information provided by, RCIs and safety devices applicable to a range of lifting equipment.
• Select the correct lifting equipment for specified lifts.
• Extract information from manufacturers technical specifications, duties charts, range diagrams and other information sources.
• Specify lifting equipment configurations for specific types of lifting operations.
• Identify attachments and ancillaries to lifting equipment.
• Describe out of service procedures for lifting equipment including locations, configurations, and markings.
• List different types of lifting accessories and explain typical applications.
• Identify and explain relevant information relating to different types of lifting accessories e.g. markings, certificates and thorough examination reports.
• Calculate sling capacities, lengths and angles.
• Explain slinging techniques for given loads including balanced, unbalanced and loose.
• Specify appropriate lifting accessories for given types of loads.
• Identify weights and centres of gravity for different types of loads.
• Describe and specify different types of communication methods for lifting purposes.
• Explain factors that determine types of communication methods, the limitations of each and the effects of poor communication.
• State the need to complete a reflective report following a typical lifting operation.
• Identify potential proximity and underground hazards from given plans and drawings.
• Identify and plan an area, with exclusion zones for different, given lifting operations incorporating safe access/egress routes for before, during and after the lift.
• State requirements that allow safe site access and egress for typical lifting equipment.
• Specify the security requirements for specific lifting operations.
• Construct a safe system of work by producing risk assessments, method statements and lift plans, including drawings, using given information.
• Explain additional requirements for pick and carry duties.
• Communicate lift plan information to others involved in a lifting operation i.e. lifting supervisor, machine operator, slinger etc.
• Specify positioning of lifting equipment, loads in relation to fixed objects and other limiting factors.
• Explain the definition, requirements and factors for temporary works managements and the effects on typical lifting operations.
• Identify how the effects of fatigue on the lifting team can affect a lifting operation and how it should be managed.
• Evaluate and explain how the weather, other environmental factors, and the surrounding area external to the lift zone can affect the planned lifting operation.
• Explain how wind loadings and sail-affect areas are calculated.
• Describe notification, liaising and reporting procedures to statutory, authority, and utility bodies when affected by the lifting operation, i.e. works, railways, highways, airfields, etc.
• Explain the requirements to be followed when lifting loads from height.
• And to pass your A61 CPCS Theory and Practical tests.

Prerequisites

• You must hold a Managers and Professionals Health and Safety Environment Test. This must have been passed within the last 2 years.
  
  You must also be physically and mentally capable of undertaking the tasks you are required to carry out.