Mobile Crane Theory Refresher

This course provides the fundamentals of safety, equipment characteristics, and lift-planning that apply to mobile cranes.  Graduates of this program are well-prepared to write the Ministry knowledge test for the Ontario 339A Certificate of Qualification or the Interprovincial Red Seal examination.

Duration: 40 hours over 5 days
Prerequisite: Ontario 339A Certificate of Qualification or the completion of all components of the Branch 1 Apprenticeship Program
Format:

This course is devoted to a review of the knowledge requirements of mobile crane operations.

Evaluation: Theory examination
Accreditation: OETIO certificate of participation

Topics:

  • Manuals, regulations, and policies
  • Safe working environment
  • Hazards of high voltage
  • Signals and communications
  • Principles of hydraulics
  • Wire rope and rigging
  • Pre-operational inspection
  • Pre-lift set-up and planning
  • Capacity/load charts
  • Load moment indicators
  • Assembly and disassembly of a crane
  • Transporting a crane
  • Crane maintenance

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