What the training covers
Rigging failures are rarely mysterious. A load was heavier than assumed, a sling angle multiplied tension past capacity, or damaged hardware stayed in service one lift too long. This course attacks each failure mode directly:
- Rigging hardware inspection — slings, hooks, shackles, wire rope, and attachments, with the removal-from-service criteria that pull damaged gear out of the lift
- Load weight calculation — because a lift plan built on a guessed weight is not a plan
- Sling angles and tension — how angle multiplies the load on every leg, and how to keep each hitch inside rated capacity
- Rigging configuration selection — matching sling type, hitch, and hardware to the load, the pick points, and the environment
- Identifying and correcting unsafe conditions — the authority and judgment to stop a lift before it becomes an incident
Everything maps to the standard. 29 CFR 1926.251 governs rigging equipment for material handling in construction; 29 CFR 1910.184 carries the parallel sling requirements in general industry.
Who needs rigging competent person training?
Any employer whose operations move loads with cranes, hoists, or other lifting equipment. 29 CFR 1926.251 requires rigging equipment to be inspected prior to use on each shift, and 29 CFR 1910.184(d) requires that daily inspection to be performed by a competent person designated by the employer. No trained competent person means no compliant inspection — and every lift after that carries citation exposure along with the load.
Crane work raises the bar further. 29 CFR 1926 Subpart CC requires a qualified rigger during assembly and disassembly and whenever employees work in the fall zone to guide, hook, or unhook loads. Construction contractors, industrial and manufacturing facilities, and any crew handling material under a hook should have designated, documented people in these roles before the first pick.
Taught on your site, built around your lifts
We deliver instructor-led training at your facility or jobsite, using your slings, your hardware, and the lifts your crews actually perform — never from boilerplate. Undertrained rigging is a risk you can see coming; this course closes it with hands-on inspection practice and configuration decisions made on real equipment. Steel erection crews should pair it with Subpart R steel erection training, where hoisting and rigging duties carry their own requirements under 29 CFR 1926.753.
Designation that holds up under inspection
Competent person designation is the employer’s call — our job is to make it defensible. Your people finish with training records that are documented, dated, and ready for the compliance officer who asks who inspected the rigging this morning. If the rest of your lifting program needs the same rigor, our OSHA compliance consulting finds the gaps before an inspector does.
Request a quote or call 213.290.3013. Tell us what you lift, what you rig with, and who you want designated — we will build the class around them.