Summery – Safe lifting in English

In this part of the training Safe Lifting – you will find a video that gives an English summary of the training in general. There are also listed videos and links to detailed knowledge that is necessary for your upcoming assignment as a slinger. Here, knowledge is conveyed that enables you as a slinger to understand the physical forces in motion and how technology and lifting equipment should be used in the workplace to achieve safer lifting.

After you have read and looked through and studied the material here, a test should be written. This takes place in connection with you completing the final test for the type of machine you are to train for.
That test will be in English

The first step in understanding and being able to handle lifting in a safe way is about understanding the regulations and laws that govern the work in today’s workplaces. Therefore, you first need to look at the section “Laws and regulations”

Basic laws and regulations at Swedish workplaces around lifting equipment

Here below you will find an English summary of the education “Safe lifting”. Watch the introductory movie and when you are instructed to watch another video, pause and enter the current movie according to the numbering provided
(there is a list of 8 videos to watch)

The basic video together with the 7 extra movies gives you a basic knowledge in “Safe lifting”

After watching this video then go down and look on the other seven videos below. They will support your knowledge and give you a good solid base to operate more safe as a slinger

Start your English tour by this video summery on the lecture for “Safe lifting” . When promted – pause this video and look on the videos below and start the one prompted for. (Video 1 to number 7)
Video 1 Lifting accident at Alphen ann den Rijn. The importance of making overall risk assessments and of course – the basics of stability

Video 2 A video about how you as a load coupler do to select and connect the load in the right way. Also includes signals for lifting operations.

Video 3 A video on rejection criteria för soft slings

Video 4 Stress test of new slings. When will they break? 1 LBS apx 0,5 KG

Video 5 Heavy lifting with soft slings and sharp edges. Please look back and forth on the actual break of the left side sling

Video 6 The new era of lifting chains.

Video 7 Basic safety in lifting operations
Video 8 Plan ahead where and how you are going to unload the cargo….

Now when yoy done this chapter in English – you have got the basic introduction of “Safe use of lifting”

Just connect to you instructopr on the day of practice and he/she will rehearse it all with you.