| Operating Engineers Training Institute of Ontario |
Tower Crane Operator
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| Level 1 | Common Core |
| Duration: | 240 hours over 30 days |
| Prerequisite: | Ontario Grade 12 or equivalent |
| Format: | One week of theory (40 hours) is completed through a home study program prior to the in-school training. The remaining 5 weeks of the course is classroom, laboratory, and simulation activities followed by practical exercises. |
| Evaluation: | Theory examinations and practical evaluations |
| Accreditation: | OETIO certificate |
| Level 2 | |
| Duration: | 80 hours over 10 days |
| Prerequisite: | Successful completion of Level 1 and approx. 1,500 hours of on-the-job experience. |
| Format: | 2 days (16 hours) of classroom, laboratory, simulation activities followed by 8 days (64 hours) of practical exercises. |
| Evaluation: | Practical evaluations |
| Accreditation: | OETIO certificate |
| Level 3 | |
| Duration: | 40 hours over 5 days |
| Prerequisite: | Successful completion of Level 1 and Level 2 and approx. 2,500 hours on-the-job experience. |
| Format: | 2.5 days (20 hours) classroom and laboratory followed by 2.5 days (20 hours) practical exercises. |
| Evaluation: | Practical evaluations |
| Accreditation: | OETIO certificate |
Topics:
- Manuals, regulations, and policies
- Safe working environment
- Hazards of high voltage
- Emergency rescue procedures
- Signals and communications
- Types, components, and terms
- Pre-operational inspection
- Wire rope and rigging
- Fall protection
- Pre-lift set-up and planning
- Crane capacity and configuration
- Hammerhead / luffing jib crane operations
- Climbing cranes
- Crane maintenance
- WHMIS
- First-aid and CPR
Note: This is a compulsory trade. Ontario residents must be registered as an apprentice prior to taking this course.
Resources to
Become a Student
Tools
A day in the
life of an operator
What's it like to be an operator for a day?
Mobile Crane
Tower Crane
Excavator
Bulldozer
Grader
Tractor-Loader-Backhoe