Lifting Operations and Lifting Equipment Regulations (LOLER)
Who will benefit from this training course?
Anybody who supervises the use or uses lifting
equipment.
Regulation 8 of LOLER states that employers shall ensure that every lifting
operation involving lifting equipment is properly planned by a competent person,
appropriately supervised and carried out in a safe manner.
This training programme aim is to increase the knowledge of the delegates to the
requirements of these regulations and help them develop an action plan to enable
those requirements to be met.
Course Objectives
By the end of this training programme, delegates will be able to:
Define the terms competent person for planning lifting operations,
competent person for thorough examination of lifting equipment, lifting
equipment, lifting accessory, lifting plan and examination scheme.
Develop a list of lifting equipment that they use, which is covered by
this regulation.
State the duties of the employer and self employed under these
regulations.
Carry out a risk assessment on lifting equipment that they control.
Identify the special arrangements required for lifting equipment used for
the lifting of persons.
State the requirements relating to marking of lifting equipment they
control.
Provide an example of a lifting plan on lifting equipment that they
control.
State the examination, inspection and reporting requirements of this
legislation.
Course Outline
Introduction to the syllabus and reasons for training.
Relevant legal requirements and published guidance material.
The types of lifting equipment and operations covered by these Regulations
