Lifting and moving heavy timbers
We have doubled the grant rates for short course tiers 1 – 3. To address rising costs, you can now receive higher rates on course achievements from 1st April 2023
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Grant Tier |
Achievement date before 1 April 2023 |
Achievement date on or after 1 April 2023 |
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Grant Tier 1 Grant Tier 1 Refresher |
£30 £15 |
£60 £30 |
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Grant Tier 2 Grant Tier 2 Refresher |
£70 £35 |
£140 £70 |
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Grant Tier 3 Grant Tier 3 Refresher |
£120 £60 |
£240 £120 |
Overview
Duration
1 day of 6 learning hours
Purpose/scope
The purpose of this standard is to provide the delegate with the knowledge and skills to safely lift and move heavy timbers for a simple timber frame structure.
Scope:
- personal protective equipment (PPE)
- respiratory protective equipment (RPE)
- moving timbers in the workshop
- manual handling techniques
- lifting with multiple people
- rotating and positioning timbers
- jacks, levers, rollers & winches
- lifting with pallet trucks
- lifting operations
- mechanical equipment
- lifting using plant
- gin poles, shear legs and derricks.
Occupational relevance
Training delivered against this standard would be relevant to the following occupational groups:
operative and craft.
Delegates pre-requisites
There are no delegate pre-requisites as part of this standard, however a basic knowledge of the Oak Frame industry or carpentry terminology and techniques would be beneficial.
Instruction/supervision
As a minimum, course trainers must be able to demonstrate that, in relation to this standard, they have:
an award in education and training (or equivalent, as per requirements for approved training organisations)
successfully completed training to this standard
an LOLER training qualification
at least 2 years relevant industrial experience
a verifiable CV.
Delivery
Delivery may be in an on or off the job environment.
All materials and equipment must be of a suitable quality and quantity for delegates to achieve learning outcomes and must comply with relevant legislation.
The class size and delegate/trainer ratio must allow training to be delivered in a safe manner and enable delegates to achieve the learning outcomes.
The following delivery methods may be used in the delivery of this standard:
classroom.
This standard is considered to contain 51% or more practical training.
This standard is considered to be set at an intermediate level.
Assessment
For the successful completion of training, delegates must complete an end of course practical assessment or knowledge test that measures all learning outcomes and has a pass or fail criteria.
Where this training is assessed using multiple-choice questions, a minimum of 10 questions must be asked and delegates are required to achieve an overall pass mark of at least 80%.
Quality assurance
Assured
Quality assurance against this standard will require initial approval of the training organisation and their content mapped to the standard.
CITB will also conduct an approval intervention, either desk-based or centre visit, to ensure the training organisation can meet the requirements of the training standard.
Approved training organisations (ATOs) will be required to present information on records of training and assessment upon request to CITB for desk-based analysis. They will also be visited annually by the CITB quality assurance team
Renewal
There are no mandatory renewal or recommended refresher requirements for this standard.
Classification
Lifetime
Review cycle
On request or 3 years from approval date.
Learning outcomes
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The delegate will be able to: |
Additional guidance to support learning outcome |
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select, fit and use the appropriate Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) |
to include:
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store, maintain and report defects in training and work equipment |
to include:
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describe and apply risk assessment procedures to all timber movements |
to include:
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demonstrate where to find the workplace safety policy |
to include:
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demonstrate an understanding of safe manual lifting techniques |
to include:
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lift timbers with two or more people |
to include:
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rotate and position heavy timbers using assisted manual methods |
to include:
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position timbers using jacks and levers |
to include:
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move timbers using rollers |
to include:
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move timbers using winches |
to include:
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move timbers using high lift or low-level pallet trucks |
to include:
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describe the requirements for a lifting plan and risk assessment for all lifting operations |
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describe how to use materials lifts in accordance with manufacturer’s instructions |
to include:
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explain crane lifting operations |
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describe the principles of rigging and lifting using rope & blocks |
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recognise the safe WLL of different kinds of ropes and cables |
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assess suitability and use appropriate methods to anchor lifting equipment |
to include:
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lift and move timbers using rigging techniques |
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Additional information about this standard
Recommended reading:
- OAK FRAMED BUILDINGS – Rupert Newman
- FRAMING ROOFS – The best of Fine Homebuilding
- BARNS OF RURAL BRITAIN –Graham Hughes ISBN 0-906969-36-0
- TIMBER FRAME – Ted Benson ISBN 1-56158-281-6
- TIMBER FRAMED BUILDINGS – John Bailey Bed Bucks and Cam Historic Building Research Group
- CONSERVATION OF TIMBER BUILDINGS – F. W. B. Charles ISBN 0-7487-0376-4
Related standards
- Oak frame sector introduction
- Using and maintaining framing hand tools
- Using and maintaining framing power tools
- Scribing timbers for structural timber frames
- Design & drawing for structural timber frames
- Selecting, converting and grading timber
- Introduction to joint design and frame engineering
- Setting out structural timber frames
- Fabricating structural timber frames
- Site erection of structural timber frames
- Timber conservation & repairing timber frames