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Lifting Gear & Lifting Accessories Inspection

Name: Lifting Gear & Lifting Accessories Inspection
Rating: 5.0 (17 reviews)

Build practical knowledge of lifting accessories, equipment types, load paths, common defects, and safe lifting practice

Created byAli OUBAYIDIR

Last updated 8/2026

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What you'll learn

Recognize and classify common lifting equipment including lifting appliances, accessories, attachments, and supporting structures.
Identify common lifting accessories such as chain slings, wire-rope slings, textile slings, shackles, hooks, eyebolts, lifting points, beams, spreaders, and cla
Understand the basic purpose, components, configuration, and load path of common lifting equipment used in industrial, marine, construction, and project-cargo
Recognize common visible defects and unsafe conditions such as deformation, wear, corrosion, broken wires, damaged fibres, poor seating, side loading,...
Check key lifting-equipment information including WLL/SWL, identification markings, compatibility, condition, and documentation.
Apply foundation-level lifting safety awareness by asking whether equipment is suitable for the intended use and identifying what could go wrong before a lift.

Course content

3 sections • 5 lectures • 40m total length

Introduction: Types of Lifting Equipment8:17
Build the foundation for the course by learning how to approach lifting equipment systematically. You will learn to identify equipment, understand its purpose and load path, recognize potential risks, and consider key factors such as WLL/SWL, markings, condition, documentation, and suitability for the intended use. This lecture also explains the foundation-level FOUG context and the important difference between equipment recognition and certification competence.
Introduction to Lifting Equipment – Knowledge Check

Fundamental Classification of Lifting Equipment9:20
Learn the basic classification of lifting equipment, including the difference between lifting appliances, lifting accessories, attachments, and supporting structures.
You will also learn how to follow the load path and apply five practical checks covering identification, capacity, validity, suitability, and equipment condition.
Fundamental Classification of Lifting Equipment – Knowledge Check

2.1- Lifting accessories: Chain Slings9:59
Learn the fundamentals of chain slings, including common configurations, components, identification, load sharing, sling angles, and centre-of-gravity considerations. You will also learn to recognize common defects such as stretched or distorted links, wear, corrosion, heat damage, damaged hooks, and unauthorized repairs.
Chain Slings – Knowledge Check
2.2- Lifting accessories: Wire-Rope Slings11:54
Explore wire-rope slings and their common configurations, terminations, components, and applications in marine, industrial, and project-cargo lifting. Learn essential terminology such as wires, strands, core, eyes, ferrules, and sockets, and recognize defects including broken wires, kinking, bird-caging, crushing, corrosion, and damaged terminations.
Wire-Rope Slings – Knowledge Check
2.3- Lifting accessories: Textile and Fibre Slings0:30

Requirements

This course is suitable for beginners and anyone building foundation-level knowledge of lifting equipment.

Description

Build a strong foundation in lifting equipment, lifting accessories, load paths, equipment selection, and common safety concerns through a practical, beginner-friendly course designed around real lifting operations.

This course introduces the major families of lifting equipment and helps you develop a systematic way of looking at each item. Rather than simply memorizing equipment names, you will learn to ask the questions that matter:

What is it? What is it used for? How does the load pass through it? What can go wrong? And what should I check?

Throughout the course, you will explore common lifting accessories and components including:

· Chain slings

· Wire-rope slings

· Textile and fibre slings

· Shackles

· Hooks

· Master links and connecting links

· Eyebolts

· Hoist rings and swivel lifting points

· Padeyes and fixed lifting points

· Lifting beams

· Spreader beams

· Modular spreader systems

· Beam clamps

· Plate clamps

· Specialist lifting attachments

You will learn how to recognize common configurations, understand basic load paths, and identify visible concerns such as wear, deformation, corrosion, damaged fibres, broken wires, incorrect connections, poor seating, side loading, unsuitable sling angles, and other unsafe conditions.

The course also reinforces important considerations including WLL/SWL, markings, equipment condition, compatibility, traceability, documentation, and suitability for the intended use.

Practical examples are used throughout to connect the learning to lifting operations in industries such as marine cargo, ports, construction, heavy industry, machinery handling, and project cargo.

This course is suitable for beginners as well as professionals who want to strengthen their foundation-level understanding of lifting equipment.

It is particularly relevant for:

· Lifting and rigging personnel

· Port and terminal professionals

· Marine and cargo surveyors

· Project cargo personnel

· HSE and safety professionals

· Inspectors and supervisors

· Construction and industrial workers

· Anyone preparing to build more advanced lifting-equipment knowledge

No previous lifting or rigging experience is required.

Who this course is for:

Learners only need a basic interest in lifting operations, safety, inspection, marine, construction, logistics, or industrial work.

Lifting Gear & Lifting Accessories Inspection

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Course content

Introduction1 lecture • 8min

Part 1: Fundamental classification1 lecture • 9min

Part 2: Lifting accessories3 lectures • 22min

Requirements

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