Load Turning & Drifting

Load Turning & Drifting

Once you have completed Level 2 Advanced Rigging, you can develop more specialized rigging skills with our 8 hour Load Turning & Drifting rigging course.   Participants will gain the ability to calculate mechanical advantage, rotate a load safely, move loads in confined spaces using overhead anchor points and many other highly specialized rigging skills.

• Load Turning & Drifting Course
• Prerequisite – Level 2 Advanced Rigger Certification
• 1-Day Duration 7:30am to 4:00pm
• $1,200.00 + gst per person (Group discounts apply)
• Load Turning & Drifting Rigger Certificate of Competence valid for 5 upon successful completion
• Courses run at Bigfoot Training Center or your site

Blocks & Reeving

• Calculate mechanical advantage
• Calculate loads on lead lines and anchor points
• Block inspections
• Balanced reeving

Wire Rope

• Types of wire rope construction
• Creating wire rope terminations with clips and wedge sockets 

Auxiliary Hoists

• Correct use of lever hoists (come alongs), chain falls and base mounted winches

• Inspection of auxiliary hoists

Turning Loads

• How to rotate a load safely by applying knowledge of load weight, COG & tip point
• Correctly turning loads with choker hitches

Drifting Loads (Bull Rigging)

• Move loads in confinded spaces vertically and horizontally with overhead anchor points and chainfalls
• Calculating tension on the chain falls as the load moves through its lifting path