Course Number 160 Basic Rigging Training Manual 40 hours of instruction  Format: Text for Classroom Instruction Price: $110.00 (quantity discount available)

A training manual for conducting an instructor-led program. The material includes classroom discussion, demonstrations and self-study. Topics covered in the student manual are: 1. Fiber Rope (construction, identification, inspection, handling, whipping, knots and hitches) 2. Wire Rope (identification, construction, inspection, handling, end terminations, thimbles, clips, splices, sockets, swaged buttons, sheaves and drums) 3. Slings and Hitches (sling configurations, sling materials, proper use and application, inspection, hitches and sling capacity) 4. Rigging Hardware (hooks, shackles, eye bolts, lifting rings, turnbuckles, beam clamps, lifting clamps, trolleys, and hardware use, application and inspection)  5. Hoists (hand operated hoists, power hoists, floor cranes, portable cranes, hydraulic jacks, cribbing, skids & rollers, dollies, operating practices and inspection) 6. Load Weight, Center of Gravity & Weight Distribution (determining load weight and center of gravity) 7. Load Attachment & Movement (spreaders, equalizer beams, softeners, slings, custom fabricated equipment, roll out, turning loads, drifting loads, tag lines and signaling) 8. Hardware Selection & Sizing (selecting a hitch, selecting a sling, selecting the fittings, shared load, load angle, impact loading, sizing slings and hardware) 9. Rigging Planning ( defining the task, designing the lift or move, communicating, preparation, reviewing compliance issues, hazard reviews, using a planning guide)

Prerequisites - fundamental safety practices, basic mathematics including simple algebra and right angle trigonometry.

Package includes Basic Rigging Training Manual  and a Blank question Review Exercise for testing. 

An Administrators Guide is also available and can be purchased separately. It includes the content of Course Number 160 plus the answers to all the chapter questions, answers to the Review Exercise, suggested demonstration exercises and tips for the instructor.  Pricing for Course Number 161 Basic Rigging Administrative Guide is $130.00.

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Related Instruction:

Course Number 22 - Crane & Hoist Signals

Course Number 23 - Wire Rope Identification and Fittings

Course Number 80 - Chain Hoists

Course Number 81 - Wire Rope Slings

Course Number 89 - Knots

Videotape No. T-9 - Trolleys and Hoists