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Given this “Boom Truck Operator Safety ” participants will be able to:

• conduct a hazard assessment and determine the effectiveness of the controls

• calculate the weight of common objects such as steel plate and concrete blocks

• determine the tension exerted on the rigging

• conduct a pre-flight and pre operational inspection of both the machine and of the rigging

• determine the limits of approach to overhead power lines and equipment

• conduct a pre-operational inspection of the boom truck

• complete and interprete information contained within the log book 

• select the appropriate rigging hardware

• inspect the rigging as per Part 21 of the Code

• connect the rigging using a variety of different hitches and bridles

• communicate to others using hand signals and other commonly used methods

• interpret the load charts

• move a load  safely

• know wht to do in the event of an emergency situation occuring