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Who is this course for

This online course is designed for personnel who are required to inspect lifting equipment and make a serviceability decision.

It covers inspection using visual, tactile, and functional checks, in accordance with:

  • Statutory requirements

  • OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer) instructions

  • Safety Regulator guidance

The course is also suitable for:

  • Supervisors and managers of inspectors

  • Safety and compliance personnel

  • Anyone seeking a deeper understanding of lifting equipment they may work with or around

What This Course Covers

This course addresses legislative and industry guidance including:

  • WHS Law and Codes of Practice

  • Australian/New Zealand and applicable international Standards

  • OEM / manufacturer technical guidance

  • Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs)

  • Ethics and personal accountability

  • Risk management and human factors

  • PPE requirements

  • Inspection environment ergonomics (lighting, manual handling, inspection aids)

  • Equipment types and terminology

  • Discard criteria 

  • Service requirements & maintenance requirements 

  • Sending equipment for specialist repair or servicing by authorised agents

  • Tagging, labeling and quarantine procedures

  • Record keeping and inspection reporting

  • Inspector duties

Inspectors are trained to understand the application of different lifting gear types, allowing them to focus on known failure points and failure modes.

Training is contextualised to commonly used lifting equipment across a range of industries and work environments.

Compliance & Duty of Care

This is a competency-based industry training course that may assist PCBUs and principal contractors to demonstrate compliance with parts of their general duty of care to ensure the health and safety of:

  • Workers

  • Themselves

  • Other persons at the workplace

Skills taught and assessed are applied in accordance with:

  • Commonwealth and State/Territory legislation

  • Australian/New Zealand and relevant international standards

  • Industry codes of practice

 Important Licensing Notice

This course does not replace statutory licensing requirements for prescribed high-risk work occupations such as:

  • Dogging

  • Rigging

  • Crane operation of some prescribed classes

  • Scaffolding

Check with your local Safety Regulator for specific licensing or regulatory requirements applicable to your role.

 


Units Delivered

The following units will be included in your certificate:

P00793 - Online_Lifting Gear Inspector Competent Person

Course Delivery

This course can be delivered/assessed in the workplace or at facility organised by the training provider.

Course Durations

Course durations can vary for multiple reasons, so the durations below are the minimum possible amount.

Face-to-Face Face to Face contact time of at least 1 Hour

Basic computer literacy including emails, with an ability to read, and input information into word and excel documents.

This course involves file sharing from a Google Drive folder, where you can access the documents required for the course.

Have access to a PC, table or mobile phone with internet connection for 60 minutes to complete the online meeting component.

Online meeting and assessment uses Google Meet, we recommend Google Chrome browser for best experience, however Google meet will work on most browser platforms.

Access is required to,

  • Measuring instruments, includes Tape measure and Vernier callipers (digital or analogue)

  • Labels / tags for periodic inspections (including out of service tags) to affix to equipment (we can provide if required)

  • A register or log to record inspection findings information (supplied, completed electronically)

Industry experience is recommended and is an element required to demonstrate your ability to undertake equipment inspection tasks as a "Competent Person"

Under the model Work Health and Safety Regulations, only a “competent person” with relevant training, qualifications or experience can carry out certain notified tasks in the workplace.

This course is authored and delivered in English, please contact us to discuss if this may create a barrier to entry, we are committed to making our training accessible.

This certificate has an industry recommended renewal period of 60 months

Assessment Activities

Assessments conducted during Online training session(s) include:  

Performance Tasks – Prepare for, and undertake lifting equipment inspections

  • Recognises & locates relevant Legislation, Codes of Practice and Standards 

  • Sources and applies company SOPs to inspection procedures

  • Describes human factors impacting equipment inspectors & conduct of inspection works

  • Describes environmental factors impacting conduct of inspection works

  • Nominates appropriate risk controls for identified hazards in a range of inspection scenarios

  • Source and use appropriate PPE for inspection tasks

  • Describes basic material properties for alloy metals and synthetic fibres 

  • Recognise equipment types, lifting equipment manual and powered

  • Recognise equipment types, alloy lifting chains, chain slings and chain sling components

  • Recognise equipment types, synthetic lifting slings, round and flat, and synthetic sling components 

  • Recognise equipment types, wire rope slings and wire rope sling components

  • Recognise equipment types, shackles, eyebolts, lifting lugs, rigging screws and turnbuckles

  • Recognise equipment types, chain blocks and lever hoists, manual types

  • Recognise equipment types, lifting beams, clamps and devices

  • Access & interprets manufacturer technical data sheets & advisory notifications

  • Locate and interpret equipment markings according to manufacturer’s advice

  • Recognise discard criteria for a range of equipment types, as nominated in course delivery

  • Nominates commonly encountered failure modes for a range of equipment types

  • Recognises, selects, and correctly sets up nominated equipment for inspection

  • Undertakes a methodical inspection of equipment using sight, touch, function & measurement checks

  • Demonstrates use of measuring instruments, includes tape measure and vernier callipers 

  • Applies labels / tags to equipment, nominates when not appropriate to affix tags

  • Uses a register or log to record inspection findings information

  • Describes & applies quarantine, fault reporting & send for service/repairs procedures

  • Cleans work area, stows equipment correctly and reports inspection findings on completion


Documentation – The student must complete all documentation according to the required standard:

                               Attendance register and competency outcome record


  • Lifting equipment inspection record task sheets

  • Lifting equipment service record task sheets


Theory assessment -   There is no other written theory assessment for this course.


Other evidence collection – Heightsafe Solutions trainer / assessor will complete an observation checklist detailing the required performance outcome for each student. We collect video and picture evidence of task completions which are stored securely with the training records of that session. Please let us know beforehand if there may be security or personal issues with us collecting this type of evidence.

This course does not lead to a nationally recognised certificate