This is accepted for fulfilling the role of Appointed Person and also Crane Supervisor and/or Crane Coordinator. The training for these roles is usually a three day Appointed Person (Lifting Operations) course, as there is no Solas CSCS training requirement. On large projects, these roles will be fulfilled by different people, but on smaller sites a single person may be responsible for developing the lift plan and supervising the lifts. A crane coordinator is required on sites with multiple cranes, with overlapping slew radius.The Crane Supervisor is on site during the lifting operation and is responsible to ensure the lift is carried out as detailed in the lift plan.The Appointed Person (Lifting Operations) is responsible to ensure that the lift is planned and carried out safely.The management and supervision roles associated with lifting include: The lifting operation should be appropriately supervised.A lift plan should be in place to document the planning of the lifting operation.(For Solas CSCS cards for cranes, excavators, teleporters and slinger/signallers no other training is recognised in Ireland, although there is a process for the transfer of a UK CPCS card). The load should be slung and directed by a Solas CSCS trained Slinger/Signaller.The crane/plant operator must be Solas CSCS trained.Lifting accessories and appliances require a recorded weekly inspection.Mobile and tower cranes are also subject to a load test every four years.Lifting appliances (cranes, teleporters, excavators, etc.) should be inspected and certified every year.Lifting accessories (chains, slings, shackles, etc.) should be inspected and certified every six months.There are some general management controls that apply to them all: Lifting operation complexity can vary from multiple tower cranes to a single excavator completing a single lift.
In the reduction of manual handling hazards and the transfer of construction hazards to a controlled factory environment (for pre-fabricated components), there is the introduction of the (low probability) high hazard potential lifting operations. precast concrete beams/columns/walls, bathroom pods, modular houses Preference for off-site pre-fabricated materials e.g.Reduction in manual handling of materials by personnel.
There are also health and safety considerations in encouraging more mechanical lifting operations on construction sites: The use of cranes and lifting devices is mainly driven by practicality, programme and cost.
Of course, lifting operations are not limited to tower cranes: mobile cranes, teleporters and excavators are the less prominent lifting plant in use on almost every construction site. With about 100 tower cranes currently visible in Dublin, the importance of safe lifting operations cannot be underestimated. The number of tower cranes on the Dublin skyline is often seen as an indicator of the economic health of the construction sector.