Safely & Efficiently Operate Personnel & Materials HoistsINTRODUCTION: Welcome to the Safely & Efficiently Operate Personnel & Materials Hoists course. This course only includes a challenge assessment designed to assess your knowledge and skills required to demonstrate competence in planning, checking, testing, operating, shutting down and securing personnel and materials hoists in accordance with work orders, manufacturer requirements, workplace procedures and safety controls. Safely and efficiently

INTRODUCTION:

Welcome to the Safely & Efficiently Operate Personnel & Materials Hoists course. This course only includes a challenge assessment designed to assess your knowledge and skills required to demonstrate competence in planning, checking, testing, operating, shutting down and securing personnel and materials hoists in accordance with work orders, manufacturer requirements, workplace procedures and safety controls.

Safely and efficiently operating personnel and materials hoists involves interpreting work documentation, selecting and checking hoists, tools and equipment, confirming signalling systems, assessing weather and site conditions, completing safety checks and recording test results before operation. In real workplace practice, this skill area is important because hoists must be operated within safe load capacity, with mechanical, electrical, braking, mast, wall bolting and safety systems confirmed before moving personnel or materials between floors.

The course assessment focuses on your ability to interpret work orders; plan hoist operations to meet legislative, regulatory, standards, codes, WHS, environmental and workplace requirements; select and check hoists, tools, equipment and PPE; erect signage and barricades; confirm signalling systems; assess weather, site conditions, damage, weakness and interference; check mechanical, electrical, braking and safety functions; conduct unloaded test runs; check mast security and wall bolting; record logbook results and report problems; calculate load mass; operate personnel and materials hoists safely; shut down, render safe and secure hoists; complete post-operational checks, clean-up, recycling, maintenance and storage.

By successfully completing this course assessment, you will have demonstrated that you can safely and efficiently operate personnel and materials hoists by interpreting work requirements, applying safety and workplace controls, checking equipment and site conditions, testing hoist operation, confirming load capacity, moving personnel and materials safely, documenting checks and completing shutdown, clean-up, maintenance and storage requirements.

TOPICS COVERED IN THIS ASSESSMENT:

This course assessment is based on the following topics:

1.    Interpreting work orders and associated documentation for personnel and materials hoist operation.

2.    Planning hoist operations to comply with legislation, regulations, standards, codes, WHS, environmental and workplace requirements.

3.    Selecting hoists, tools and equipment, checking serviceability and rectifying or reporting faults.

4.    Erecting required safety signage and barricades and selecting and fitting personal protective equipment.

5.    Confirming required signalling systems with relevant persons before hoist operation.

6.    Assessing weather conditions to confirm safe personnel and materials hoist operation.

7.    Checking hoist equipment and site conditions for damage, structural weakness or interference.

8.    Checking mechanical, electrical and safety functions according to manufacturer requirements.

9.    Conducting unloaded test runs through the full height of hoist travel.

10. Checking mast security, wall bolting, braking systems and safety systems before operation.

11. Recording safety checks and test results in hoist logbooks and reporting problems.

12. Calculating and checking load mass to confirm conformity with safe hoist load capacity.

13. Operating personnel and materials hoists safely to move materials and personnel between floors.

14. Shutting down, rendering safe, securing hoists and conducting post-operational checks.

15. Clearing work areas, recycling materials, cleaning, checking, maintaining and storing tools and equipment.

ABOUT THIS ASSESSMENT-ONLY COURSE:

This Assessment-Only course is designed for experienced professionals who already have a solid understanding of this subject area and simply wish to verify and document their existing knowledge. Instead of working through learning resources, you will go straight to a quiz that assesses your current competency in this field.

ASSESSMENT FORMAT & SUBMISSION ATTEMPTS:

This course assessment consists of a 20-question multiple-choice & true-or-false quiz with unlimited submission attempts during your enrolment period.

ESTIMATED COMPLETION TIME & VALIDITY:

The typical time to complete this assessment is approximately 10-15 minutes. Your enrolment is Valid for 12 Months from the date of purchase.

CERTIFICATION:

Upon successful completion of this course assessment, you will receive a customised digital “Certificate of Completion”.