Element

1.1The roles and responsibilities of an offshore lifting operations team

1.1.1 Training instructors to explain the roles and responsibilities of personnel a typical offshore lifting operations team

Element 1.2 The principles of offshore crane operations

1.2.1 Basic crane operations terminology, to include luffing/jibbing, hoisting, and slewing.

1.2.2 Main crane components; their location on a crane and their principal function(s): A crane model or detailed graphic to be used for illustration.

1.2.3 Typical crane inspection criteria, pre-start checks, pre-operational checks, running checks, shutdown procedure, and the recording of same.

1.2.4 Basic crane principles of stability and configurations. 1.2.5 Crane safety devices, to include boom, hoist, and slew limiting systems.

1.2.6 Crane safe working loads (SWL) and how SWL is identified.

1.2.7 Crane operating principles, to include load charts.

1.2.8 Regionally-recognised banksman hand signals.

1.2.9 Radio-communication protocols and procedures for controlling crane operations, to include:

(a) Pre-use radio checks and tests

(b) Channel selection

(d) Confirming and message clarity

(e) Action to take if radio is faulty. 1.2.10 The purpose of crane rated capacity indicators (RCIs) and how to interpret RCI data. 1.2.11 Basic visual inspection of the condition and spooling of a crane wire rope. Learners to be shown examples of wire ropes in the training room or on an actual crane. 1.2.12 How conflicting activities may affect the lifting operations, to include: proximity and deck hazards.

1.2.13 Environmental conditions liable to affect the lifting operation to include: adverse weather, sea state, visibility and temperature extremes.

1.2.14 Safe lifting principles, to include: planning, centering the hook, knowing the load weight and load path, load path hazard identification and good lifting operation communications.

1.2.15 Crane operating techniques, to include: slew/swing control, height judgement and crane controls coordination.