Rigging Awareness (Cal/OSHA) Online Training

This online course gives awareness training on rigging in general industry and construction under the Cal/OSHA rules (8 CCR 5040 to 5049 (Article 101), 4994, 4995, 4999, 5001 to 5002, 5004, 5010.1(o), 1610(a) and 3203(a)(7)) and is written for California workers around lifts: laborers, ironworkers, carpenters, concrete and masonry crews, plant and warehouse crews, and others who use slings or who hook, unhook, guide or work near a hoisted load.

What you learn

• Who does what on a lift
• Sling types and their limits
• Markings and rated capacity
• Hitches and sling angle
• Safe rigging practices
• Inspecting slings and taking them out of service
• Signals and the signal person
• Staying out of the fall zone
• Lifts that need extra planning
• A final lesson listing what to review with your supervisor at your company

How it works

• You take the course online, at your own pace, on a phone or a computer.
• The final exam opens after at least 60 minutes of active study in the lessons.
• Each topic lesson ends with practice questions that do not count toward your score.
• The final exam has 25 questions drawn at random. You need 80 percent to pass, and you get 3 attempts.
• When you pass, you get a certificate of completion from M Squared Safety Solutions, Inc. The certificate expires 1 year after it is issued.
• This course is also available in Spanish: Concientización sobre aparejos (rigging) (Cal/OSHA): capacitación en línea.

Questions

Call an M Squared trainer at 949-954-6581, Monday to Friday, 8 AM to 5 PM Pacific time. A trainer answers in English and Spanish.

Your employer's part

This online course does not replace the training your employer must give on your own job: site-specific training, and hands-on practice and evaluation where the rule requires them.

What this course does not do

This course does not make you a qualified rigger or a qualified signal person. Your employer decides who is qualified for each rigging task, and on cranes and derricks in construction a signal person must also pass a practical test (Section 5001.3). Your employer must still train you on the hazards of your job (8 CCR 3203(a)(7)). The course does not teach crane operation, load weights, lift planning or crane assembly, or rigging for structural steel erection, which has its own rules in Section 1710(d). This is the Cal/OSHA course, and federal OSHA's rules differ in several places. The course is online only.