Slinger Course Online
Online Slinger Course providing learners with a comprehensive understanding of the duties and responsibilities of a Slinger Signaller, including safety protocols and communication techniques for both rigging and signalling.
A Slinger / Signaller plays a crucial role in construction and industrial settings, ensuring the safe and efficient movement of materials.
They are responsible for signalling crane operators, rigging loads, and ensuring lifting operations are conducted safely.
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This fully accredited, online Slinger course will provide you (or your staff) with a comprehensive understanding of the duties and responsibilities of a Slinger Signaller, including safety protocols and communication techniques for both rigging and signalling.
The course takes around 60 minutes. At the end your accredited slinger certificate will be emailed, and you will possess the knowledge needed to safely perform the duties of a Slinger / Signaller.
Course Content
UNIT 1 – Underpinning Knowledge – In this first section we cover the laws that slingers should know. Then we outline Slinger / Signallers role & responsibilities. We also outline common causes of lifting incidents and how they can be avoided.
UNIT 2 – Lifting Fundamentals – In the second unit we cover the underpinning information you need to know to work as a slinger. This includes the different types of lifting equipment and accessories. Plus, common Slinger / Signaller terminology.
UNIT 3 – The Lifting Plan – An effective Lift Plan is an essential part of LOLER compliance and lifting safely. In this 3rd unit we detail how to plan lifting operations effectively. Specifically, we cover; Risk Assessments, Lift Plan, Routine or non-routine lifts.
UNIT 4 – Conducting Safe Lifts – In this 4th unit of this online Slinger / Signaller course we explain how to conduct lifts safely. This includes standard safely protocols to follow before, during and while landing the load.
UNIT 5 – Slinger Signals – In the 4th unit we detail the main standard signals defined by the UK HSE for Slinger / Signallers to use while conducting lifts. This includes both hand and radio signals.
UNIT 6 – Quiz – The final section is a quiz providing learners the opportunity to earn their certificate and evidence that the key learner objectives have been understood.
Slinger Course Certificate
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- Written in compliance with the Lifting Operations and Lifting Equipment Regulations 1998 (LOLER)
- Developed by qualified health and safety professionals Accredited by CPD – learn more about CPD here
- Last Updated November 2024
- To gain the certificate you must complete the assessment which involves 20 questions.
- You can access our LMS any time to reprint certificates, check and set pass marks and act as proof of a commitment to ongoing legal compliance.
- The online Slinger / Signaller certificate is valid for 3 years.
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What are the objectives of Slinger training?
- Provide participants with the knowledge needed to work safely as a slinger / signaller.
- Help provide employers with an efficient way to train signallers and store training records.
What are the learning outcomes from slinger training?
On successful completion of this Slinger training, learners will:
- Know the key responsibilities of the LOLER regulations.
- Recognise the common hazards what add danger to lifts.
- Know how to mitigate the risks from lifting hazards.
- Learn the main hand signals defined by the BS7127 Code Of Practice.
- Know how to communicate clearly and concisely with crane operators to help ensure safe lifts.
What is the different between a Slinger and a Banksman?
Roles and terminology will vary from business to business.
Typically, the role of a Banksman is to provide instructions to vehicle drivers so they can manoeuvre safely around a site.
A Slinger’s role is to provide instructions to crane operators so the load can be manoeuvred then landed safely.
The Slinger is usually also responsible for connecting the load to the hoist and ensuring the use of safe lifting accessories.
Once the load has lander it will usually be a Slinger who will release the load safely.
What is LOLER?
LOLER refers to the Lifting Operation and Lifting Equipment regulations that came into force in 1998.
This regulation aims to reduce the risks to people’s health and safety from lifting equipment that is provided for use at work.
Lifting equipment is also subject to the requirements of the Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations 1998, known as PUWER. We cover PUWER in another course.
LOLER requires that lifting equipment that has been provided for your use at work is:
1. Strong and stable enough for the particular use and marked to indicate safe working loads
2. Positioned and installed to minimise any risks
3. Used safely – so the work must be planned, organised and performed by competent people, and subject to ongoing thorough examination and inspected by a competent person.
What is a slinger?
A Slinger Signaller plays a crucial role in construction and industrial settings, ensuring the safe and efficient movement of materials.
They are responsible for signalling crane operators, rigging loads, and ensuring lifting operations are conducted safely.
This online Slinger Signaller course will provide you with a comprehensive understanding of the duties and responsibilities of a Slinger Signaller, including safety protocols and communication techniques for both rigging and signalling.
