Heavy Lifting Training
Provide training on the various types of equipment used for heavy lifting. The Heavy Lift includes pre-planning of cargo operation, cargo handling, practical exercises as loading and discharging of oversize, overweight units, Initial stability requirements and verification and safety precaution, assessment.
Certification and Assessments:
All delegates who complete the summative assessment will be assessed, moderated, and receive an SOR (Statement of Results). Thereafter a Certificate of Competence from KaSolwazi (or SETA for qualifications) will be issued.
Team members that operate or are looking to operate any heavy lifting machines.
- Familiarisation with heavy lift vessel
- Safety consideration, voyage instruction, heavy lift cargo acceptance
- Planning, preparation and monitoring activities prior lifting of heavy lift cargo
- Loading and discharging of heavy lift cargo
- Criticality of lift
- Tandem Lift Crane operation
- Slings and Chain Blocks
- Stability theory and calculations, ballast arrangements
- Effects on vessel and stability of load failure
- Heavy lift cargo stowage and securing
- Heavy Lift Cargo lashing and securing program “Visual Cargo care”
Benefits: To achieve overall safety in the entire heavy lift cargo operation on merchant fleet. The Heavy Lift includes pre-planning of cargo operation, cargo handling, practical exercises as loading and discharging of oversize, overweight units, Initial stability requirements & verification and safety precaution, assessment. Heavy Lift Course also includes practical exercises with computer program “Visual Cargo Care” designed to learn lashing and securing of project cargoes.
