Programme
Legal and regulatory module (1 hour)
- Regulatory framework: Legislative Decree 81/2008 Title III, State-Regions Agreement of 22 February 2012 Annex VII
- Obligations of the employer, the supervisor and the operator
- Civil and criminal liability in the event of accidents involving truck-mounted cranes
- Operating and maintenance manual, mandatory periodic inspections under the Ministerial Decree of 11 April 2011
Technical module (5 hours)
- Types of truck-mounted crane: column cranes, articulated cranes, cranes with winch
- Main components: column, telescopic/articulated boom, outriggers, controls
- Reading the load chart and the load diagram
- Safety systems: moment limiters, hydraulic locks, limit switches
- Specific risks: overturning, contact with overhead power lines, load swing
- Hand signals and communication between operator and slinger
- Lift planning: site survey, positioning of the truck, outriggers
- Pre-use checks and routine maintenance by the operator
Practical module (6 hours)
- Unloaded manoeuvring exercises: slewing, extending and retracting the boom
- Positioning the outriggers on level and on sloping ground
- Slinging, lifting, transferring and positioning loads
- Handling loads close to obstacles and in conditions of limited visibility
- Managing emergency situations: making a suspended load safe
- Practical assessment of the skills acquired on real equipment
Objectives
Qualify operators to use truck-mounted cranes safely, providing the regulatory knowledge, the technical skills to read load charts and to manage the risks of overturning and electrical contact, and the practical ability to manoeuvre and sling loads, in line with the State-Regions Agreement of 22 February 2012, Annex VII.