Slinger / Signaller – Controlling lifting operations slinger signaller operations
Awarding Body:
SQATraining course type:
• Level 2 NVQ Diploma in Plant Operations (Construction) • Work-place on-site assessmentNovice training course duration:
• Up to 1 year to complete all unitsCard options:
• 5-year NPORS CSCS competent operator blue card • 5-year CPCS CSCS competent operator blue cardMinimum age:
16Restrictions:
• Workplace experience in slinger signaller duties • CITB test for operatives with in 24 monthsInstructor:
Bertie Tupper & Tuppco assessors
What’s involved in the assessment?
The candidate will be assessed on NVQ units relating to health and safety and machinery operation by means of:
• Observation
• Questions
• Demonstrations
• Professional discussion
• Witness testimonies
Assessment criteria
Mandatory core NVQ units:
• Conforming to general health, safety and welfare in the workplace
• Conforming to productive working practices in the workplace
• Slinging/Signalling and the movement of suspended loads in the workplace
Venue and equipment requirements
• Suitable and safe area to operate machine
• Balanced and unbalanced loads
• Lifting straps and chains
• Lifting machine – telehandler, crane, excavator
• Suitable and safe area to complete paperwork
• Suitable welfare facilities
• Operators’ manual for lifting machine
• Risk assessment completed
• In date thorough test examination for machine
PPE Requirements
• Suitable head protection
• Suitable eye protection
• Suitable work clothes including wet weather
• Gloves
• Suitable work boots including steel toe protection
• High Viz
On-site NVQ assessments delivered
Southwest – Gloucestershire, Wiltshire, Dorset, Devon, Cornwall, Avon, Somerset, Herefordshire, Monmouthshire
Southeast – Oxfordshire, Kent, Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Hampshire, Surrey, Sussex, Middlesex
Midlands – Warwickshire, Worcestershire, Bedfordshire, Northamptonshire, Shropshire
East Anglia – Hertfordshire, Essex, Suffolk, Cambridgeshire, Norfolk, Aylesbury, Banbury, Basingstoke, Bath, Bedford, Birmingham, Brighton, Bristol, Cambridge, Cardiff, Cirencester, Cheltenham, Coventry, Exeter, Gloucester, Hereford, Hungerford, Milton Keynes, Newbury, Northampton, Oxford, Peterborough, Plymouth, Reading, Salisbury, Southampton, Stroud, Swindon, Taunton, Warwick, Winchester, Witney, Worcester, Yeovil
What is a slinger signaller?
A Slinger Signaller acts as the eyes and ears of the person operating the crane who won’t be able to see everything happening around them. An obstructed view for a Crane Operator increases loading and lifting risks, and general site safety can be compromised.