Dogging and Rigging Course

✔ Comply with Commonwealth, state or territory OHS/WHS legislation, standards relevant to safe dogging and crane operations.
✔ Communicate and work safely with others in the work area.
✔ Apply Hazard prevention and control measures consistent with appropriate standards.
✔ Apply to move loads in conjunction with cranes including, the reading of tags, slinging, loading, directing and landing loads with a slewing mobile crane with a telescopic boom and a winch, in and out of sight of the crane/ operator, moving four loads of varying shapes, sizes and weights.
✔ Use fibre and/or synthetic rope as tag lines, and connecting to loads using clove hitch, rolling hitch, bowline and single sheetbend.
✔ Conduct pre and post operational checks of the lifting equipment.

✔ comply with OHS/WHS legislation.
✔ effectively communicate and work
✔ safely with others in the work area.
✔ effectively conduct risk assessment and management procedures.
effectively complete the following tasks:-
✔ inspection of all plant and equipment, and
✔ installation of a fall arrest system (Static line), and
✔ use of a safety harness / fall arrest system, and
✔ installation of crane loading platforms and
✔ installation of a safety net, and
✔ installation of a shutter and safety screen, and
✔ demonstrated ability to work safely at heights, and
✔ erection of structural steel, and
✔ erection of precast panel, and
✔ set up and operation of a winch for load movement, and
✔ installation of a materials hoist, or
✔ installation of a mast climber.
effectively demonstrate the following knots, bends and hitches:-
✔ Sheet bend,
✔ Becket hitch,
✔ Running bowline,
✔ Double bowline.
effectively demonstrate the following splices and whippings:-
✔ Eye splice,
✔ Back splice,
✔ Short splice,
✔ Sail makers whipping,
✔ Common whipping,
✔ West countryman’s

✔ comply with OHS/WHS legislation.
✔ effectively communicate and work safely with others in the work area.
✔ effectively conduct risk assessment and management procedures.
effectively complete the following tasks:
✔ adding and removing a tower crane section, or
✔ adding and removing a crane lattice boom section, or
✔ erecting a non guyed tower (e.g. light tower, and
✔ perform a multiple crane lift, or
✔ a multiple winch lift, or
✔ a combination of a crane and winch lift, and
✔ lifting and installing a series of tilt-up panels, or
✔ lifting and installing a series of scenery panels (i.e. entertainment industry), and
✔ demolish/remove a series of tilt-up panel structures, or
✔ demolish/remove a series of scenery panel structures, and
✔ demolishing a concrete encased structural steel column and beam.
NB : All specifications for these performance tasks are detailed in the endorsed assessment instrument.
✔ effectively conduct pre and post operational checks of intermediate rigging equipment.