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Class Schedule
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| Start Date | End Date | Location | Class Number | |
| 9/7/10 | 9/10/10 | Houston ,TX USA | OS PRT260 11 | [register] [details] |
| 12/14/10 | 12/17/10 | Houston ,TX USA | OS PRT260 10 | [register] [details] |
| This schedule is subject to change without notice. If you have not received confirmation of the class prior to the class start, please contact the division to get the latest schedule. | ||||
Course Description
PRT260 - Cranes and Material Handling - 31.00 Hours
Prerequisites
None
Description
This course introduces the student to the various types of mobile cranes. Students are provided with intermediate information concerning crane operations, crane inspection and maintenance, rigging inspection, reading load charts, and corresponding OSHA and consensus standards. Exercises in applying OSHA and ANSI standards, reading load charts and rigging tables, and preventing accidents are conducted. Field trip recommended for students to gain expertise in inspecting mobile cranes.
Topics
- OSHA Crane Standards
- Overhead and gantry cranes
- Crawler locomotive and truck cranes
- Calculating load weights
- Wire rope use, handling, maintenance, and strength
- Chain, webbing, metal mesh and fiber rope slings
- Knots
- Crane signals
- Center of Gravity calculations
- Sling Load calculations
- Rigging hardware
- Rigging hitches
- Rigging safety rules
- Mobile cranes
- Crane safety rules
Audience
Safety and health personnel, supervisors, and employees associated with crane operations and responsible for working with or near cranes in a safe manner.
Price
Please click on "details" above for individual class pricing.