Course Information
The goal of this course is to equip delegates with the knowledge and skills required to safely and competently perform the duties of an Appointed Person / Lift Planner on construction sites, following CPCS guidelines and as defined in BS7121 Part 1 2016.
Course Content For A61 Appointed Person
The course involves a substantial mix of practical and theoretical tuition. Novice delegates undergo theory training to prepare for the Theory Test. Courses, taught by industry experts, aim to be enjoyable while ensuring candidates acquire the knowledge and skills needed for CPCS assessment. Delegates receive a CPCS operator’s card upon successful completion.
At the time of booking a Novice course, all delegates receive KH Plant Training’s CPCS Study Guides. Pre-course reading is encouraged.
Through our partnership with KH Plant, all of our courses are taught by experts with extensive experience in this field and are designed to be enjoyable whilst ensuring that candidates acquire the knowledge and skills required.
Our learning outcomes are as;-
- Health and Safety at Work Act
- Lifting Operations and Lifting Equipment Regulations
- Other current relevant regulations
- Stability
- Rigging and reeving
- Automatic safe load indicators
- Marking of safe working loads
- Establishing load weight, selection of slings, centre of gravity
- Wire rope slings
- Lifting gear
- British standard codes of practice CP 3010 and BS 7121
- Standard terminology
- Control of lifting operations
- Duties of the appointed person
- Management of the lifting operation
- Planning of the lifting operation
- Selection and duties of personnel
- Minimum attributes of personnel
Duration
5 days.
What You Need To Know
- All candidates must have achieved the relevant CITB HS&E test within 2 years of their booked CPCS test date
- A good understanding of spoken and written English
- All candidates will need to provide their own appropriate PPE for training and testing purposes
- Learners must have passed the Managers & Professionals Health, Safety & Environment test within the last 2 years before the course start date.
- Sufficient experience with cranes to meet the specifications outlined in British Standard 7121 Safe Use of Cranes
- If you already hold the CPCS A40 Slinger/Signaller category, successful completion of the CPCS A61 course also qualifies you for the CPCS code A62 Crane Supervisor Qualification
Outcomes
Successful candidates will obtain a CPCS ‘Construction Plant Competence Scheme’ card on completion, if they don’t currently hold a relevant NVQ they’ll be issued with a CPCS Red Trained Operator card (2 year validity).
During the 2 year lifespan of the card candidates will need to work towards the relevant plant operations NVQ that will enable them to upgrade their Blue Competent Operator card (5 year validity).
What’s included (Face to Face)
We provide everything you’ll need to undertake your training with us. You’ll just need to turn up with the relevant Personal Protective Equipment and we’ll do the rest for you.
Our Training Location
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South Yorkshire – Located at our training centre in Barnsley (S75 1BP)
