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At your Facility

Objective:

To increase the participant's level of knowledge of rigging gear inspection, safe rigging procedures and load control using almost any vertical or horizontal rigging system.

Time:

A two day program (maximum 24 participants) consisting of 8 hrs. classroom workshops and 8 hrs. hands-on.

Classroom Subjects:

* Guy Length & Guy Tension
* Pole Compression
* Height & Lead Workshop
* Load Factors for Sling Legs
* Wire Rope Inspection
* Synthetic Web Slings
* Rigging Hardware
* Alloy Chain Slings
* Rigging Case Studies
* Come-a-longs & Chain Falls
* Load Control - C.G.
* Hitches & Pick Points
* Rigging Systems
* Rigger's Checklist
* Hand Signals

Hands On Session:

Loads which may typically be moved by transmission line and substation maintenance crews are to be rigged and moved by participant teams using available gear and equipment. Teams to incorporate all portions of their Rigger's Checklist to successfully complete each load station.

Location & Equipment:

The course is conducted at a client-provided classroom facility (complete with a computer projector, screen, and chalk or marker board), with access to all available rigging gear, and at least two line trucks. A poles & cross-arm structure and dynamometers are used during the hands-on sessions to demonstrate cross-arm loading and deadending.

Materials & Fees:

Each participant receives a Course Workbook, a Rigger's Reference Card and a Rigging Gear Inspection Reference Card.

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