ECITB APML - Appointed Persons Moving Loads
ECITB Appointed Person Moving Loads introduces the role and responsibilities of the person appointed to oversee, plan or manage lifts or moving loads operations. This 4-day course includes three classroom-based days, which involve theoretical lessons and exercises. Understanding of the theory and techniques covered within the initial three days will then be assessed in a written question and calculations paper, followed by the practical planning and performance of a lift on the final day.
Description
Course Objectives
- Perform the role of an appointed person
- Understand the role and responsibilities of the appointed person
- Verify the integrity of supporting structures during the execution of rigging and lifting operations
- Manage lifting operations, equipment and accessories
- Manage slinging operations
- Describe the responsibilities of an appointed person regarding the inspection of appliances and equipment
Course Content
- Legislation overview
- Planning and supervising rigging operations
- The roles and responsibilities of a moving loads team
- Toolbox talks and coaching
- Load and lifting point assessment
- Uncertified structures and categories of lift
- Rigging related drawings, the offshore sector and international directives
- Forces, tension and slinging angles
- Calculating load weights and centre of gravity
- Using snatch blocks, fleeting angles and winches
- Recap on calculations
- Practical session - development of lift, risk plan and toolbox talk
- Written theory assessment
- Practical assessment
- Course debrief and feedback
Target Audience
Personnel overseeing, planning or managing load lifting and moving operations.
Certification
Upon successful course completion, the delegate will receive an ECITB Certificate
ECITB – 4 Stage Model to Competence
The route to competence for any individual will depend on their worker status. This can be either a “New Worker” or an “Experienced Worker”. The route to competence will differ depending on worker status.
New Worker – No previous experience
If a person is a New Worker they must complete the full 4-stage model:
Stage 1
Training Course Attendance
Stage 2
Workplace Practice (complete WBTA Logbook) 12 weeks to 12 months period of on-site practice and consolidation of skills. If a new worker has not completed their Logbook, including having it verified with a signature by a person within the learner’s organisation, within the 12 month period after training then they will not be permitted to take the technical test. The learner will be required to start the process again from stage 1 with attendance at a training course followed by stage 2 with completion of a new Logbook
Stage 3
Attend relevant Assessment (12 weeks to 12 months from course attendance)
Stage 4
Attend Re-assessment (within 3 years if successful at stage 3)
Experienced Worker (Company or Private individual)
If the person is an Experienced Worker they should have relevant industry experience backed up with previous or in-date discipline certification.
Experienced workers who attend the training course(s) as “refresher training” should wait a minimum period of 2 weeks after course completion before being granted access to the relevant technical test.
Prerequisites
An ECITB level 3 vocational qualification in steel erecting or moving loads or recent verifiable experience in moving loads operations validated by a company or CV.