Offshore crane operator

Retraining course
Objectives1 & 2
Lifting and hoisting loads offshore are dangerous operations, responsible for most of the accidents in the petroleum industry. In this course, it is
intended to retrain experienced crane operators in up-to-dated logistics techniques for improved safety, better maintenance, more efficient op-
erations and pro-active reactions in emergency situations. A practical exercise in a state-of-art simulator dome, allows to apply developed knowl-
edge in real controlled situations.
1
Training according with OGP and OGUK best practices in offshore cargo lifting, hoisting and handling.
2
Training includes safety and operation requirements for retraining of offshore crane operators, in accordance with qualification system for cargo
handling professionals (QMC) from Petrobras, UO-BC.

Course content
• Health, Safety and Environment for the offshore crane operator: • Ambiance:
The basic concepts of HSE are introduced and the professionals are Conditions for the crane operation in the offshore environment,
retrained in the new concepts of the petroleum industry. the effect of the waves and of the wind.

• Types of offshore cargo: adequacy of storage units to varying cargo; • Crane maintenance:
labeling; specific processes for each type; tools and accessories for routine maintenance operations for a safer operation.
the handling of cargo; identification of non-conformities.
• Crane operation:
• Planning lifting and hoisting operations: routine procedures for the lifting and hoisting of cargo in the
The safe crane operation starts by a comprehensive plan that offshore environment.
encompass all possibilities of deviation.
• Emergency operations:
• Crane operation: What to do in various emergency situation.
the basic concepts of the operation are introduced together with the
application of operational tables and graphs of varying complexity. • Practice exercises in a high tech crane simulator dome.
What the crane is able to carry in safe conditions?

Key
information
Location Rolls-Royce Training Centre, Niterói, Brazil.

Duration 4 days.

Target group Offshore crane operators.

Group size Maximum 8 participants.

Teaching method Classroom hands-on training in simulator dome.

Course code DMAA2007-01.

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