Overhead Cranes

Course Outline

The Overhead Crane course provides essential skills and knowledge for safe lifting operations. It exceeds the current CSA B167, ASME B30.2 standards, and industry regulations, serving as a foundational training program for personnel involved in overhead crane operations that are under 10 tons in capacity.

  • Duration: 2-days

  • Format: classroom theory, demonstrations, and practical exercises

  • Validity: 3 years

  • Required PPE: safety footwear, safety glasses, hard hat, hi-vis clothing, gloves


This two-day course integrates classroom instruction, demonstrations, and practical training. Certification is awarded to participants who successfully complete the written assessment and practical evaluations.

 Course Content

  • Legislation, regulation, and standards

  • Risk management

  • Basic rigging plans

  • Calculating load weight, sling tension, and understanding the rigging triangle

  • Rigging equipment (slings, hitches, hooks, rigging hardware, below-the-hook lifting devices, chain blocks and lever hoists)

  • Pre-use inspection of rigging equipment and overhead cranes

  • Duties and responsibilities of riggers, signal persons, and overhead crane operators

  • Safe use of tag lines

  • Radio communications and hand signals

  • Overhead crane types, components, safe use

  • Controlling load swing

Course Delivery

Please note this training is delivered at the client’s site.

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