Course Overview
This unit specifies the skills and knowledge required to safely operate a personnel and materials hoist, that is, a cantilever or tower hoist or several winches configured to operate as a hoist intended to carry goods, materials or people.
Following the successful completion of this unit, individuals may be eligible to sit an assessment to obtain a high-risk work licence. Successfully completing the high-risk work licence assessment will allow an individual to apply for a high-risk work licence through the WHS authority in their jurisdiction (E.g. WorkSafe QLD, SafeWork NSW, Work Safe VIC).
Campus Locations
What You'll Learn
During the course, students will learn to:
- Check relevant workplace information, including safe work method statements (SWMSs), equipment service and maintenance records and checklists
- Perform all activities in compliance with safe work practices and workplace-specific procedures and policies
- Check, use, maintain and store equipment in compliance with manufacturer requirements
- Identify hazards and use appropriate risk controls and safety measures and equipment
- Calculate load weights and confirm that they are within the capacity of the hoist
- Check and use safety devices
- Move load
- Implement shut-down procedures.
Recognition
Study Method
- In-classIn class delivery - predominately face to face course content conducted at a specific location
- BlendedBlended delivery - both online course content and partial face to face requirements
- OnlineOnline delivery - online course content with the exception of assessments and work placement
- VirtualVirtual Delivery - Live and interactive classroom-style learning conducted completely online
Locations
- New South Wales
- Sydney
- Ingleburn
- Sydney
- Queensland
- Brisbane
- Salisbury
- Brisbane
Duration and Study Load
- 3 days
Entry Requirements
Students must be over 18 years old for mandated assessment. High-risk work licence assessments are generally held on the final day of the training.
About Kallibr Training
Our Vision at Kallibr Training is to set the benchmark for excellence in safety, construction and high-risk work training.
Real equipment and real site conditions are what you get when you train with Kallibr Training. Whether it’s at your site or ours, our realistic training conditions prepare you for the best outcomes on the job. Kallibr Training is a Registered Training Organisation accredited to provide training and assessment for licences to perform high-risk work and other competencies.
We’re specialists in high-risk work licences, with experienced and knowledgeable trainers across a range of areas including lifting, access, earthmoving and safety. With large and well-equipped training facilities centrally located in Sydney and Brisbane (with a new Melbourne training facility under construction), we’re here to make your training experience as true to life as possible!
We replicate a real working construction site using our own equipment, so you can get a true-to-life training experience. Our trainers guide you through your chosen course, helping you gain the skills and confidence to operate equipment, erect scaffolding, rig loads or work in high-risk environments.
Kallibr Training is a Registered Training Organisation (RTO #32365)
