Sling Regular Loads Safely – US30072

Course Information

Our Sling Regular Loads Safely course (Unit Standard 30072) is a practical one-day program designed for people involved in lifting operations. It builds essential skills to prepare, sling, and secure regular loads safely in line with industry best practice and crane safety regulations.

This hands-on course blends theory and real-world application, giving learners the confidence and competence to use lifting gear safely and effectively. It also lays the foundation for more advanced crane and slinging training.

Applies To

This course is ideal for:

• Workers involved in slinging and lifting operations
• New team members needing to build foundational rigging and slinging knowledge
• Anyone working toward crane operation or Dogman qualifications

Pre-requisite:
No formal prerequisite, but see entry requirements below.

Entry Requirements:
At least three months of relevant work experience. Evidence can include:

• Employer verification letter
• Supervisor reference outlining students experience, skills and competency over a three-month period
• Work log or experience record signed by a manager

Related Courses

• Dogman (US3789): Sling varied loads & direct crane operations
• Overhead Gantry Crane Operator (US3800)
• Truck Loader Crane Operator (US16617)

Duration

In-class
1 Day (8 hours, includes theory + practical)

Price

$495 + GST per person
(No additional credit fee applies)

What You Will Achieve

NZQA Unit Standard 30072
Demonstrate and apply knowledge of slinging regular loads safely

• Level 3 | 14 Credits

Course Content

By the end of this course, you will be able to:

• Identify lifting hazards and apply effective hazard control measures
• Complete lift plans using approved procedures
• Demonstrate knowledge of lifting gear and working load limit (WLL) tables
• Prepare and sling regular loads safely using correct techniques
• Use communication signals during lifting operations
• Apply practical slinging methods including taglines, knots, and gear selection

Assessment

• Written knowledge assessments
• Practical exercises and observed lifts
• Assessment must occur in a crane workplace or equivalent non-simulated environment
• Two assessor-observed lifts and logbook evidence of at least 40 verified lifts across a variety of site, load, and communication conditions (as required for full unit sign-off)

Equipment Requirements

On-site or off-site delivery requires certified lifting gear:

• Cranes/Hoists: Excavator (min 3.5T), gantry, or chain hoist
• Slings: Chain, synthetic, or wire rope
• Hardware: Shackles, hooks, spreader bars, eye bolts, clamps, dunnage
• All lifting equipment must be current, certified, and in good condition

Off-site Delivery: We can deliver this course at your site with appropriate lifting equipment in place. Please call us to confirm requirements.

PPE Requirements

Participants must wear:

• Safety boots
• Hard hat
• High-visibility clothing
• Gloves

Industry Compliance

This course aligns with:

• The Health and Safety at Work Act 2015
• The Approved Code of Practice for Cranes (3rd edition, 2009)
• Industry good practice guidelines for rigging and slinging operations

📞 Company bookings available at your site or ours – call us on 0800 333 899 to learn more.

Rigging & Slinging: Direct Crane Operations – Dogman (US3789)

Course Information

Our Rigging & Slinging: Direct Crane Operations course (Unit Standard 3789) is designed for workers needing to safely sling varied regular loads and direct a crane during lifting operations. Delivered in person by experienced instructors, this one-day course provides a mix of theory and practical tasks that meet industry expectations in a supported, safety-first environment.

You’ll gain essential skills in hazard management, communication methods, lift planning, and the correct use of rigging equipment. This course is ideal for those working toward Dogman responsibilities or preparing for more advanced crane operation standards.

Post-course requirement: To complete the unit standard, students must log a minimum of 40 verified lifts across at least six variations. Each lift must be signed off by a supervisor or manager. We provide an evidence booklet to guide this process, and there is no time limit to complete the log – it’s flexible to suit your work environment.

Applies To

This course is for people who are:

• Involved in lifting operations using cranes or hoists.
• Seeking formal recognition of their rigging and slinging experience.
• Preparing to move into more advanced crane operation training.

Prerequisite:
US30072 – Demonstrate and apply knowledge of slinging regular loads safely

Entry Requirements:
Minimum three months of relevant industry experience. Evidence can include:

• Verification letter from the employer
• Work logbook or record of experience signed by the manager
• Reference letter from a supervisor or Manager outlining students experience, skills and competency over a three-month period

Related Courses

• Sling regular loads safely (US30072)
• Prepare and sling complex loads (US3801)
• Configure a lattice boom track crawler crane (US27676)

Duration

In-class
1 Day (plus completion of post-course evidence log)

Price

$550 + GST per person
(No additional credit fee applies)

What You Will Achieve

NZQA Unit Standard 3789
Sling varied regular loads and safely direct a crane during crane operations

• Level 3 | 15 Credits

Course Content

By the end of this course, participants will be able to:

• Plan lifting operations with appropriate risk management and hazard controls.
• Demonstrate the difference between regular and irregular loads.
• Use rigging gear correctly: slings, shackles, taglines, packing, and dunnage.
• Communicate using crane industry standards and signals.
• Safely sling and direct at least two types of loads.

Assessment Methods:

• Written assessment
• Practical demonstration
• Workplace-based lift log (40 lifts minimum, including two observed by assessor)

Equipment Requirements

We supply certified rigging and slinging equipment. For on-site or off-site delivery, your organisation will need:

On-site Delivery:

• Excavator (min 3.5 tonne) or 2-tonne gantry
• Chain or webbing slings
• Shackles, hooks, eye bolts
• Taglines and packing
• Certified lifting points

Off-site Delivery: We can deliver this course at your site with appropriate lifting equipment in place. Please call us to confirm requirements.

PPE Requirements

All students must bring:

• Safety boots
• Hard hat
• High-vis clothing
• Gloves

📞 Company bookings available on your site or ours – call us now to find out more: 0800 333 899

Emergency Rescue Plan and Techniques

If you work at heights, it is important that you have the correct training to perform the task safely and understand the risks involved. Our training course will provide you with the knowledge and hands-on experience to ensure that you understand your responsibilities and have the skills to work safely at height.

Course Overview

This course is designed to equip participants with the knowledge and skills necessary to respond effectively to emergency situations involving suspended individuals after a fall in a workplace environment. Participants will learn about the principles of emergency response, risk assessment, rescue equipment, and techniques for safely recovering suspended individuals.

At BeSafe Training Ltd. We foster a learning environment that embraces and welcomes all students.

Unit Standards

Unit Standard: 23232: Prepare an emergency rescue plan and perform a rescue to recover a suspended individual after a fall in a work context. Level 4, Credit 5

Entry requirement: Employees involved in relevant tasks covered by the Unit Standard or those who hold Unit Standard 17600, 23229 and 15757 or rope access training.

Pre-requisite: Unit Standard 23229

(Source: Best practice guidelines for working at height in New Zealand)

Manual handling means transporting or supporting a load by hand or bodily force. It includes lifting, putting down, pushing, pulling, carrying or moving loads.

This course on manual handling will help employees, contractors to practice safe manual handling in the workplace. It covers how to assess the risks associated with manual handling tasks, perform the tasks to avoid injury, and report manual handling risks as they are encountered.

Target Audience:

This manual handling training course is suitable for all employees, contractors and at the end of the course, learners do a short assessment to check their understanding, and to confirm their responsibility to promote health and safety in the workplace.

Topics covered:

The following topics are covered in this manual handling training course:

• Define manual handling
• The 5 principles of manual handling
• Hazard identification, risk assessment and control measures
• Roles and responsibilities
• Demonstrate techniques for avoiding manual handling injuries

This course will develop your knowledge of occupational health and safety statutory obligations, roles, and responsibilities so you can lead and implement high standards of health and safety management system. The course will also develop your ability to identify hazards and controls for the workplace environment.

You will explore theories of incident causation and prevention and gain the knowledge and skills to communicate and apply safe work strategies.

Delivered to Unit Standards 5607 – over a 1 day workshop (*Optional assessment and submission of evidence is required to achieve Unit Standard)

Topics

✓ Legislative requirements including but not limited to Health and Safety at Work Act 2015 (HSW Act), Human Rights Act 1993, privacy Act 1993
✓ Occupational health and safety responsibilities
✓ Occupational health and safety statutory obligations
✓ Hazards in the workplace
✓ Health and safety training plans
✓ Evaluation of health and safety activities
✓ Health and safety incident investigation
✓ Theories of incident causation and prevention

Learning Outcomes

By the end of this course you will be able to:

• Communicate job specific health and safety requirements and practices in accordance with legislative requirements, industry specific codes of practice, and standards to a team in a specific business operation.
• Lead consultative and participation processes that involve workers in the development of job specific health and safety policies and procedures for a team in a specific business operation.
• Supervise the implementation of and monitor the maintenance of organisational and job specific health and safety policies and procedures for a team in a specific business operation.
• Apply knowledge of incident causation models to investigate an incident and prepare a report that complies with organisational and legislative requirements and make recommendations to improve workplace incident investigation methods where appropriate.
• Describe and apply health and safety requirements for the various jobs and teams in their workplace, in accordance with the requirements of the Health and Safety at Work Act 2015.
• Identify relevant health and safety risks and apply practicable controls.
• Promote beneficial health and safety practices for a specific team, with measurable results, in accordance with organisational requirements.
• Create and apply a health and safety plan for a team to meet the organisations operational requirements.
• Identify and coordinate health and safety requirements, in accordance with the requirements of the Health and Safety at Work Act, and the organisational requirements

Class B & A Asbestos Removal — Remove Friable and Non-Friable Asbestos

US29765 + US29766

Our combined class B & A asbestos removal course combines the legislative and regulatory components to provide trainees with increased time and emphasis on the practical elements of this critical training.

The training maximises the use of our specially built training area for our trainees to complete removal tasks. The outcome of this course is to acquire the knowledge and skills to remove both friable and non-friable asbestos.

This course allows you to remove friable asbestos for an asbestos removal contractor who holds a Class B and/or Class A licence issued by Worksafe, dependant on the type of asbestos being removed. You will not hold the licence yourself. To apply for your own licence to remove asbestos, please contact Worksafe for the requirements.

Features of our combined course:

• Increased practical time
• Less theory as the overlapping content is combined
• Reduced overall course duration

People credited with these unit standard are able to:

• prepare for non-friable and friable asbestos removal;
• prepare asbestos removal area and removal site;
• isolate removal site;
• carry out non-friable and friable asbestos removal process;
• carry out decontamination process;
• clean-up work site; and
• contribute to and use documentation in line with New Zealand regulatory requirements.

Company bookings available on your site or ours – call us now to find out more 0800 333 899

Expert Delivery:

Besafe Training Ltd is proud to partner with SQN Consulting Ltd to deliver NZQA-accredited training in asbestos health and safety courses. Through this collaboration, we combine SQN’s industry expertise with Besafe’s Category 1 status as an NZQA-accredited Private Training Establishment (PTE), ensuring the highest level of quality in every course.

As an NZQA Approved Subcontractor, SQN delivers these courses on behalf of Besafe Training Ltd, who reports all credits to the New Zealand Qualifications Framework (NZQF). With Besafe’s rigorous quality management systems, you can be sure that the NZQA qualifications you receive meet the highest standards. This partnership allows us to broaden our course offerings and bring you industry-leading, expert-led Asbestos training sessions.

Book now or explore our Asbestos training schedule – Discover how our combined expertise can help you and your team stay safe and compliant in the workplace. For a full list of Besafe’s Asbestos courses, visit the course catalogue.

Our Stage 2 Advanced first aid course will help you to gain the confidence to provide 1^st aid when it may be required for more than one patient in an emergency. You will learn to assess and manage multiple patients for: shock, bleeding, burns, fractures, soft tissue injuries, poisonings, heart attack, asthma, stroke, seizure and diabetes.

You will also be able to provide basic life support through CPR and management of a foreign body airway obstruction (choking).

This one day foundational health and safety course will provide students with the foundational knowledge to understand the roles and responsibilities within the health and safety at work act as well as being able to apply risk assessment to a job role.

Our 2 day Workplace Safety course will provide learners with a strong foundation of skills and knowledge to enter the workforce. This interactive course utilises our industry leading digital learning platform for pre-learning and the 2 days of in-person training.

Make sure your students are well prepared for todays working environment.

Our 2 day Construction Safety course is a highly interactive course with a specific emphasis on safe working at heights.

Investigations by the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment into falls while working at height show that more than 50 percent of falls are from less than three metres and approximately 70 percent of falls are from ladders and roofs. The cost of these falls is estimated to be $24 million a year – to say nothing of the human cost as a result of these falls.

This course will ensure students have the knowledge and skills to enter the workforce with a strong understanding of safety.