Unit Standard No: 116255
Unit Standard Credits: 20
NQF Level: 2

• At our tower crane school students learn how to operate the crane in a safe and efficient manner in accordance with the manufacturer’s instructions and the site specific lifting plan at a cheaper tower crane operator course fee.
• The Lifting Team
• Responsibilities of the PrincipalContractor (Site)
• Responsibilities of the Crane Operator
• Operator Qualifications and Health
• Resolution of Issues on Site
• Lifting Operations
• Wind and Taking the Crane out of Service
• Procedures
• Hand Signals
• At our tower crane training centre students learn how to operate the tower crane in hazardous areas and lifting operations which require care like lifting persons and blind lifting.
• During the tower crane driver training the student learns to operate a crane in strong wind, rain, lightening and hail with suspended load
• Extreme care should be taken with luffing jib cranes when working in high winds with the jib at minimum radius as the jib can be blown backwards