Overhead Gantry Crane

This course is designed to create safety awareness for experienced and inexperienced Gantry Crane Operators so as to avoid possible accidents in their workplace by teaching the participant how to operate the Gantry Crane safely.

•     Law

•     Hazardous situations

•     Good handling techniques and practice

•     Overloading

•     Operators Daily Checks

•     Good housekeeping

•     Practical

•     Introduction to the Overhead gantry crane

•     Controls and instruments

•     Daily inspection, take-over and maintenance

•     Start stopping operation

•     Safe use and manoeuvring of crane

•     Operation of controls

•     Weight assessment

•     Manoeuvring in confined spaces

•     Exam

•     Summary

• Be at least 18 years of age

• 1 x Passport Photo

• Personal Protective Equipment (i.e. Hard Hat, High Vis Vest, Steel Toe Capped Boots & Gloves)

•     PowerPoint presentation

•     Practical demonstration

•     Theory & Practical Assessment

1 Day

Full Safetech certification of attendance is provided on successful completion of the course. Certificates are valid for 5 years.

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Unemployed

If you are unemployed and seeking work, you may be eligible for funding from the Department of Social Protection to cover all, or some of the costs of your training. (means depending, you may be entitled to up to €1000).

Candidates who wish to avail of this must make an appointment with a case officer in their local Intreo office, discuss their case & apply for funding. The candidate will receive a funding application form which they must sign & bring/post to us. Upon completion, we will send this back to the case officer who will then review the funding application.

Upon receiving funding approval in the post from the Department of Social Protection, candidates must then call us to reserve a place on our course. We cannot confirm a place on our course until funding approval is gained.

Employed

If employed within the private sector or are a sole trader, there may also be funding assistance available through Skillnet funding. Skillnet may fund a percentage of your training, if eligible. For more details on this, please contact us on 074 91 27786.