Training on periodic inspections of lifting equipment

To apply the provisions of Book III of Part VI of the French Employment Code concerning the organisation of vocational training in the framework of lifelong learning, the entire technical department of AMIO Levage, accompanied by director Julien LAUNAY participated in a training session at HConform, led by Yannick HELIES with the title:

Training on periodic inspections of lifting equipment in the "crane" category

The learning objectives for this course:

• Meet regulatory obligations for overhead cranes
  • Lifting equipment: Order of 1 and 2 March 2004 and order of 27 October 2009
  • Obligations can be seen on the Légifrance site: www.legifrance.gouv.fr
• Fulfil the requirements of the order of 1 March 2004
• Reminder of 98/37/EC "Machinery Directive", as amended by Directive 98/79/EC and 2006/42/EC "Machinery Directive"

Detailed training program:

• Operating principle
• Safety equipment
• General principle
• Elements to monitor
• Texts in force
• Regulatory mechanisms:
  • Load plates
  • Safety instructions
• Manoeuvres and maintenance
• Periodic inspection:
  • Preliminary
  • Visual inspection
  • Test
• Texts in force
• Evaluation of training via a multiple choice questionnaire with a minimum of 12/20 
• Certificate of competence at the end of the training session.

After this training session, the whole of the technical department, as well as the director, Julien LAUNAY received a certificate attesting to them having followed the training session:

Training on periodic inspections of lifting equipment

This is to confirm the satisfactory results in the theoretical and practical tests for the "overhead crane" category and work equipment on:

• Periodic general inspections
• Commissioning checks
• Return to service checks