Responsibility and Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)
To begin, participants assess the consequences of swinging, falling and incorrectly rigged loads. They equip a training mannequin with a helmet, gloves, a radio and working load limit tables, identify damaged equipment and then investigate a near miss involving a falling steel beam. They correct an unsecured exclusion zone, distraction and an impermissible sling angle.
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Safe Slinging of Loads
Estimated time
0:45
Hours
Available languages
DE
Starting at
149€
per license, plus VAT
TOUGH creates certified training courses that can replace official mandatory training.
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Course Description
Rigging loads brings technical requirements, time pressure and significant hazards into direct conflict. Swinging or falling loads, crushing points, damaged rigging accessories, unsecured exclusion zones and unclear signals can cause serious accidents. The training recreates typical construction-site situations and covers personal protective equipment, visual inspections, rigging methods, hand signals, radio communication, trial lifts, hazardous areas and the safe lowering of loads.
Participants do not act as passive observers. They inspect equipment, identify defects, remove damaged work equipment from service and carry out complete rigging operations. They select suitable rigging accessories and load-handling attachments, assess weight, centre of gravity, sling angles and load-bearing capacity, and coordinate movements clearly with the crane operator. They must identify critical developments, stop the operation and take corrective action. This helps your company strengthen safe decision-making during crane operations and establish a shared understanding of clear procedures, responsibilities and stop signals.
Target Audience
The training is designed for employees who rig loads on construction sites or in comparable working environments, select and inspect rigging accessories, prepare lifting operations or work with crane operators. It is also suitable for people who coordinate, assist with or supervise rigging operations.
Course Content
Participants identify hazards caused by swinging, falling or incorrectly rigged loads and select suitable personal protective equipment and required tools.
Participants inspect chain slings, wire ropes, webbing slings, spreader beams and other work equipment at specific inspection points, removing damaged or insufficiently identifiable equipment from service.
Participants apply defined hand signals, structure clear radio messages using the recipient, sender, instruction and confirmation, and stop the operation when misunderstandings occur.
Participants select a direct hitch, choke hitch or multi-leg sling configuration to suit the load and check the hook position, centre of gravity, sling angle and potential crushing points before lifting.
Participants use identification markings and working load limit tables to assess load-bearing capacities based on the rigging method, nominal chain diameter and sling angle.
Participants carry out rigging operations in the correct sequence, keep hazardous areas clear and respond appropriately to unstable loads, swinging movements or damage.
Lesson Overview
Lesson 1
Lesson 2
Inspection Types for Rigging Accessories
Participants classify inspections before first use, visual inspections before use, periodic inspections and exceptional inspections. They then check a chain sling, wire rope, webbing sling and spreader beam at marked inspection points. Depending on their condition, they place the equipment in either the green area for approved equipment or the red quarantine area.
Lesson 3
Communication and Hand Signals
In a load-handling zone, participants observe hand signals and the corresponding crane movements. They distinguish between Stop, Slow, Emergency Stop, Raise, Lower, Travel Away and Come Towards Me. During radio exercises, they assess messages, request confirmation and correct misunderstandings. Finally, an unstable, rotating load requires a clear decision to abort the operation.
Lesson 4
Rigging Methods
Participants attach a concrete component using a direct hitch, secure a pipe with a choke hitch and connect a mesh box using a multi-leg chain sling. They check hook safety latches, correct a twisted hook and assess a shifting choke point. Working load limit tables demonstrate how the rigging method, nominal chain diameter and sling angle affect the permitted load-bearing capacity.
Lesson 5
Carrying Out Rigging Operations
In the practical scenario, participants move a steel beam and a pallet of stone. They determine the weight and centre of gravity, select a spreader beam, chains, a crane fork and suitable securing equipment, and carry out visual inspections. They then coordinate the lifting, travelling and lowering operations by radio. An unsuitable landing area causes the load to swing and damages scaffolding, requiring the area to be secured correctly and the incident to be reported.
Lesson 6
Knowledge Check
The knowledge check brings together the key content from the five learning modules. Participants test their knowledge of personal protective equipment, rigging accessories and load-handling attachments, inspection types, hand signals, radio communication, rigging methods and trial lifts. They also assess hazardous areas, unstable or swinging loads and deviations from the planned workflow, deciding when an operation must be stopped, corrected or allowed to continue safely.
Frequently Asked Questions
You can find more answers to frequently asked questions here. Alternatively, schedule a no-obligation consultation.
TOUGH goes beyond traditional e-learning: Digital, realistic
simulations recreate construction sites, railway stations or roads
in a practical way. Employees train safe decision-making in a
“serious gaming” format – increasing training effectiveness,
motivation and demonstrably improving learning outcomes. As a
subsidiary of HOCHTIEF, TOUGH also brings genuine industry expertise
to the content.
First, you determine how many licenses are required. The purchased
licenses can then be easily assigned in the TOUGH Dashboard via email
address or CSV import. Participants complete the training based on
real work situations in interactive simulations and practical
scenarios. At the end, a final test assesses the learning outcome.
Participation, results and certificates are automatically recorded
and centrally documented. This means that all records are available
at any time in a clear format for audits and internal documentation.
The costs depend on the number of participants and the selected
package. Each license gives you access to the entire TOUGH Training
portfolio. The digital training format can significantly reduce time
and costs, especially for larger teams.
Yes. Training courses can be centrally managed and assigned to
multiple employees at the same time. Each participant requires their
own device. Progress, results and certificates can be viewed clearly
in the Dashboard at any time.
The test can be repeated. The aim is to ensure that all participants
fully understand the content and can apply it correctly.
The certificate is automatically generated digitally after
successful completion and is available immediately.
Yes. The content can be accessed again at any time and used as a
refresher.
Yes. The training can be interrupted at any time. Progress is saved
for completed or fully processed modules. Modules that have been
started but not yet completed are not saved and must be completed
again from the beginning once the training has been closed.
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HOCHTIEF, as an international infrastructure group with around 62,000 employees, relies internally on innovative, scalable training technologies that prepare employees for risks in a practical and effective way, helping to prevent accidents.
With TOUGH Training as a HOCHTIEF subsidiary, this experience is now available to the external market, contributing to greater safety across the construction and infrastructure industry.
TOUGH develops digital safety training for construction, infrastructure, road, rail and office environments. The browser-based training courses combine real-world requirements with modern 3D technology, interactive learning methods and in-depth safety expertise.
With deployments in more than four countries and over 5,000 external employees trained, TOUGH supports companies in delivering mandatory training efficiently, transparently and with a strong practical focus. The multilingual, certified training solutions can be flexibly integrated into existing processes and can replace official mandatory safety training.
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