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Certified Lifting Engineer

Learn the CPDSO Certified Lifting Engineer course to master safe lifting operations, risk assessments, and legal compliance. Gain essential skills in load management, inspection, and workplace safety. Learn more.

  • Certificate valid for life
Awarding body
CPD Standards Office, UK
Level
Intermediate
Duration
30 hours
Units
1
Study modes
E-learning
Certificate validity
Lifetime
Teaching language
English

Healthy workplaces are becoming the need of the hour for every industry. It is the core responsibility of employers to show their commitment to the well-being of employees. Providing awareness to every worker is the key to preventing any mishap in the workplace. Employees should have the right skills and expertise to perform their role efficiently and safely, thus saving costs related to accidents. The occupational health and safety is evolving significantly in recent years, and the scope extends to demonstrating the responsibility to social, political, economic and technological contributions.

The Certified Lifting Engineer course emphasizes lifting operations that will ensure a skilled worker performs the task with sufficient safety measures. This course is developed to give a broad understanding to those professionals involved in lifting operations and enable them to have proficiency in technical aspects that align with the latest tools and practices. This course also meets the applicable standards and engineering procedures associated with lifting operations. This innovative programme delves into the essential topics such as lifting accessories, detailed examination procedures and standards for prolonged service during the operations.

The course is divided into 4 main units, which typically look into the best practices for lifting operations.

Part 1 Certified Lifting Engineer

The fundamental elements of lifting operations are covered in this unit.
1Fundamental definitions of the Lifting operations
2Learn about Workload Limit and Safe Working Load
3Legal Elements included in LOLER (The Lifting Operations and Lifting Equipment Regulation) – 1998 

Part 2 Certified Lifting Engineer

This deals with the duties and responsibilities of the supervisor in ensuring the safe lifting operations, including:
1 Responsibility of the supervisor, crane operator and signaler
2 Ways to perform the risk assessment before commencing the operation
3 Stability and load balance checks that avoid the collapse of the lifting vehicle
4 Procedures to choose the required components for the lifting operation and the major criteria for selection
5 Various kinds of slings for diverse lifting operations
6 Rope types and their capacities
7 Know-how on maintaining the components of the lifting gears and the relevant inspection needs

Part 3 Certified Lifting Engineer

This unit involves mathematical calculations that define the load limits to follow while doing the lifting operations.
1 The safe working load calculation and contributing factors for the lifting operation
2 The guidelines and applicable regulations for the slinging and load handling operations
3 Types of hitches and the concept of center of gravity are to be considered while doing the lifting operation

Part 4 Certified Lifting Engineer

This part integrates the procedures to be undertaken during the lifting operations, like:
1 Lifting plan development and the lift types for the operation, which typically form the base for the lifting operations
2 Procedures to choose the crane depending on the availability of geographic locations
3 The safe systems development of work for lifting operations, say for example, the means of communication, checklists for following, and the fundamental PPEs to use while involved with the lifting operations

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