Skills Boilermaking Lifting Techniques

GOOD DAY EVERYONE I AM MR MOFOKENG N.I BOILERMAKER LECTURER TOPIC OF TODAY IS LIFTING TECHNIQUES Downloaded from hlayiso.com

Planning a rigging task using rigging hand signals When you are on site you need to know what needs to be done each day When you, as the engineer, arrive on site, the foundation of the building will be ready for you to work on The first tasks that you need to do are: • Attaching the base plates if they separate to the columns • Lifting the columns into place and • Lifting the beams into places or any materials Downloaded from hlayiso.com

All these lifting tasks are called rigging tasks. Before you can start a rigging tasks, you need to know Downloaded from hlayiso.com

• The weight of the object that needs to be lifted. This is the mass of the load Downloaded from hlayiso.com

• The size of the load that needs to lifted. This information will be on the drawing Downloaded from hlayiso.com

• What equipment to use for the job. For example, must you use lifting equipment, hand operate equipment or mechanical hoist equipment such as Downloaded from hlayiso.com crane

What attachments such as slings, hooks and shackles, the rigging equipment will need Downloaded from hlayiso.com

SLINGS Downloaded from hlayiso.com

HOOKS AND SHACKLES Downloaded from hlayiso.com

RIGGING EQUIPMENT Downloaded from hlayiso.com