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How To Become a Crane Operator

Crane Operator Training
Last updated: September 10, 2024. This article has been updated to reflect the most current information and trends. Certified crane operators play a crucial role in construction, infrastructure projects, and various industries, operating cranes to safely lift and move heavy equipment and materials. This comprehensive guide will walk you through…
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What Is a Crane Load Chart?

Crane Operator Training, Safety and Training Tips
Note: this article was originally published in 2022 and has been updated for accuracy and comprehensiveness in June 2024. A crane load chart is an essential tool for crane operators to calculate a crane’s lifting capabilities. This chart ensures the crane does not exceed its lifting capacity, accounting for variations…
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Mobile Crane Inspections: A Comprehensive Guide

Crane Operator Training
Note: This comprehensive guide aims to provide you with a one-stop resource for all your mobile crane inspection needs. Much of this crane safety content consists has been consolidated from our previous blogs; and Total Equipment Training has incorporated the latest updates regarding crane inspections to ensure accuracy and relevance.…
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OSHA Rigging Training Requirements

Heavy Equipment Training
This article was originally written over two years ago. Total Equipment Training has reviewed and updated the content to make it more accurate to the current data. Rigger Qualifications and Certifications Rigging is a critical part of construction and heavy industry, ensuring the safe lifting and movement of massive objects.…
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CRANE ACCIDENTS: CAUSE AND AVOIDANCE

Crane Operator Training
The construction industry ranks highly in both the frequency and severity of accidents that occur in the workplace. This is understandable, as the industry is a leading employer that utilizes powerful machines to move great loads over heights and distances. Consideration of safety has become so essential, that regulatory bodies…
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CHOOSING THE RIGHT BUCKET TRUCKS FOR YOUR JOB

Heavy Equipment Training
Bucket trucks, also called boom trucks, are versatile pieces of mechanical equipment employed in several industries such as agriculture, construction, warehousing, forestry, electric, and utility. As the name implies, their base is a (diesel or gasoline-powered/hybrid) truck, fixed with a boom, with a man-carrying bucket or platform attached to the…
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Front-End Loader/Backhoe Safety

Heavy Equipment Training
The earliest recorded appearance of a tractor unit equipped with a front loader and a ‘back hoe’ is in 1953 in the United Kingdom by inventor Joseph C. Bamford. That first machine that Joe Bamford built started out as a general-purpose farm tractor. Joe added the two most useful tools…
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CONSTRUCTION SAFETY PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT

Safety and Training Tips
Construction and industry are core parts of today’s world. With their growth and development, both the necessity and awareness to carry out work in these industries safely have become essential. In turn, safety equipment, protocols, and procedures have been implemented worldwide, and even integrated into law. Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)…
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