Program eBook
Fundamentals of
Rigging Engineering
Table of Contents
About ITI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-4
Program Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5
Instructors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6
Program Outline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7
Course RE-110: Introduction to Rigging Engineering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8
Course RE-120: Cranes & Derricks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9
Course RE-130: Rigging, Equipment & Applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10
Course RE-140: Alternative Load Handling Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Course RE-150: Lift Planning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12
Course RE-160: Specialized Transport . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12
Course RE-170: Standards & Regulations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13
Course RE-181: Master Rigger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Course RE-182: Certified Rigging Gear Inspector Level I . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15
Course RE-183: Mobile Crane Inspector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15
Instructional Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Pricing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Supporters & Customers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
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Who We Are
The world’s foremost provider of educational and technical services
for those who use cranes, rigging and load handling equipment.
Training Field Services
ITI conducts the majority of its crane and rigging training Educated minds and experienced hands have always
courses at client locations in North America and around been the foundation of the ITI Field Services and Training
the world. In addition, many clients choose to send key Staffs. These traits are the reasons why many customers
personnel to open-enrollment courses offered at ITI request the following services:
Training Centers throughout the Western Hemisphere.
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complete marketplace for books, reference and training enrollment educational events since 1986. Notice, these
materials, and field tools for those conducting crane, are not “conferences”. ITI Workshops are single-track,
rigging, and lifting activities. ITI Bookstore is a Division of interactive learning events that bring ITI course content
Industrial Training International, a world leader in crane, to a specific region, tailored to a specific industry, with a
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Lifting Workshops.
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use cranes and rigging in easy-to-understand modules free webinar presentation for you to learn and discuss
for beginners and veterans alike, accompanied by open- crane, rigging, and lifting matters important to your
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Who We Are
We serve a variety of industries, wherever heavy loads are moved.
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Introduction
The Fundamentals of Rigging Engineering is a comprehensive training program that
introduces participants to the science and art of the engineering behind heavy crane and
rigging, lifting, and transport activities.
These activities take place in a variety of industrial environments. Engineers come on the scene
with backgrounds in mechanical, civil, structural or other branches of engineering. However,
in most engineering degree programs, students learn little to nothing about crane and rigging
activities. Most engineers who enter this field are then required to learn on-the-job.
Another group of potential participants include a multitude of non-engineers who have
graduated through the ranks to take on the roles of lift planner, equipment superintendent, or
master rigger. In general, these individuals have learned a great deal on-the-job but lack the
formal education that the risky activities they are conducting call for.
Purpose and Scope
This program was built to prepare key personnel with foundational knowledge in rigging
engineering, exposing students to what they need to consider, and provide them with the
resources to solve a challenge when it arises.
Program Format and Delivery Methods
Fundamentals of Rigging Engineering is comprised of five required courses and five electives;
two electives are required to complete the program. Each course is comprised of three to six
modules, with students moving through the following program requirement tasks within each
module:
• Reading and Media Viewing
• Lecture Videos and Presentation Review
• Discussion Questions
• Assignments and Workshops
• Exams
Online & On-Demand
Students are able to complete the entire Program online and at their own speed – lectures are
recorded by subject matter experts. The five required courses and two of the available elective
courses are available online.
Hands-on at ITI Training Centers
To enhance the learning experience with hands-on training, participants are offered three
elective course options at ITI Training Centers. If a participant has completed one of the ITI
Training Center Course options in the past three years, that credit can be carried over to the
Fundamentals of Rigging Engineering Program.
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Instructors
J. Keith Anderson P.E. Marco van Daal
• Author, Rigging Engineering Basics • Owner, The Works International
• Chief Rigging Engineer, Bechtel • Author, The Art of Heavy Transport
• Member, ASME P30 Main Committee • Member, ASME P30 Main Committee
• Formerly with Mammoet and Sarens • Formerly with Mammoet and Fagioli
David Duerr, P.E. Ron Kohner, P.E.
• Owner, 2DM Associates • Owner, Landmark Engineering
• Author, Telescopic Hydraulic Gantry • Charter Commissioner, NCCCO
Systems • Formerly with American Crane
Jim Lory Don Mahnke, P.E.
• Rigging Engineering Manager, • Owner, Hydra-Slide
Fluor Corporation • Former SVP Special Projects, Mammoet
• Former Project Manager, • Former President, Engineered
Chicago Bridge & Iron Co. Transportation & Rigging Co.(ETARCO)
Larry Means, P.E. Roger “Skip” Ohman, Jr., P.E.
• Owner, Means Engineering • Technical Adviser, The Crosby Group
• Chair, ASME B30 Main Committee • Member, ASME B30.26
• Former Director of Engineering, • Former Director of Training,
WireCo World Group The Crosby Group
Jonathan Parnell, P.E. Mike Parnell
• Project Manager, • President/CEO,
Industrial Training International Industrial Training International
• Member, ASME B30.22 • Vice Chair, ASME B30 Main Committee
• BS in Civil Engineering, • Chair, ASME P30 Main Committee
West Point Military Academy
Larry Shapiro, P.E. Paul Sweeney, P.E.
• Manager of Cranes & Lifting Equipment,
• Partner, Howard I. Shapiro & Associates
General Dynamics Electric Boat
• Author, Cranes & Derricks
• Member, ASME B30 Main Committee
Jim Wiethorn, P.E. Jim Yates, P.E.
• Chairman & Principal Engineer, • SVP of Engineering & Technical
Haag Engineering Services, Barnhart Crane & Rigging
• Member, ASME B30 Main Committee • Member, ASME B30.1
• Member, ASME P30 Main Committee
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Program Outline
ITI - Online & On-demand
- Training Center
Required Courses
ITI #RE-110 Introduction to Rigging Engineering
ITI #RE-120 Cranes & Derricks
ITI #RE-130 Rigging, Equipment & Applications
ITI #RE-140 Alternative Load Handling Equipment
ITI #RE-150 Lift Planning
Elective Courses *
ITI #RE-160 Specialized Transport
ITI #RE-170 Standards & Regulations
#RE-181 Master Rigger
#RE-182 Certified Rigging Gear Inspector Level I
#RE-183 Mobile Crane Inspector
*Two electives required to complete program.
Courses may be taken individually.
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Introduction To Rigging Engineering ITI #RE-110
24 hrs
Required Course
Module I : Statics & Dynamics
a) Module Introduction & Major Considerations e) Pressures
b) Mass, Gravity, Density & Weight f) Introduction to Dynamic Loading on
Load Handling Equipment
c) Forces and Vectors
d) Moments & Couples
Module 2 : Principle of Center of Gravity
a) Module Introduction & Major Considerations d) Determining Location by Calculation
b) Weight Control Concepts e) Determining Location by Weighing
c) Calculating Support Reactions f) Weight & Bouyancy
Module 3 : Direct Lifting vs. Mechanical Advantage
a) Module Introduction & Major Considerations d) Levers
b) Unassisted lifting e) Reeving Principles
c) Use of ropes and pulleys f) Winches & Blocks
Module 4 : Basic Structural Analysis & Design
a) Module Introduction & Major Considerations f) Columns
b) Shear & Bending g) Combined Forces
c) Stress & Strain h) Deflection Calculations
d) Tension Members i) Connections
e) Beams j) Introduction to Reinforced Concrete Design
Module 5 : Hydraulics & Powered Lifting
a) Module Introduction & Major Considerations g) Power Calculations
b) Principles of Hydraulics h) Jacks and Cylinders
c) Energy Transfer i) Hydraulic Principle Applications:
d) Force Magnification Cranes & Derricks
e) Elements of Hydraulic Systems j) Hydraulic Principle Applications:
Alternate Lift Systems
f) Hydraulic Diagrams
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Cranes & Derricks ITI #RE-120
32 hrs
Required Course
Module I : Intro to Cranes & Derricks
a) Module Introduction & Major Considerations d) Powered Lifting, Luffing, Derricks
& the Contemporary Crane
b) Hoisting, Drums, Sheaves
e) Basis for Load Ratings
c) Wire Rope & Fittings
Module 2 : Crane Configurations
a) Module Introduction & Major Considerations d) Load Spreading
b) Derricks e) Tower Cranes
c) Mobile Cranes f) Various Cranes
Module 3 : Loads & Forces
a) Module Introduction & Major Considerations c) Dynamic Loads
b) Static Loads d) Wind Loads
Module 4 : Stability Against Overturning
a) Module Introduction & Major Considerations c) Tower & Self-Erecting Cranes
b) Mobile Cranes d) Dynamic Stability
Module 5 : Crane Use & Planning
a) Module Introduction & Major Considerations d) Derrick Installations
b) Mobile Crane Installations e) Controlling Risk
c) Tower Crane Installations
Module 6 : Crane Applications
a) Module Introduction & Major Considerations c) Crane Selection
b) Load Charts d) Mobile Cranes on Barges
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Rigging, Equipment & Applications ITI #RE-130
32 hrs
Required Course
Module I : Slings & Shackles
a) Module Introduction & Major Considerations d) Synthetic Slings & Protections
b) Wire Rope Slings e) Chain Slings
c) Exotic Wire Rope Slings f) Shackles & Hardware
Module 2 : Below-the-Hook Lifting Devices
a) Module Introduction & Major Considerations c) Spreader Bars
b) Lifting Beams d) Lifting Lug Design
Module 3 : Lifting Equipment
a) Module Introduction & Major Considerations e) Tirfors
b) Chain blocks f) Jacks
c) Lever hoists g) Correct use, restrictions
d) Manual winches
Module 4 : Rigging Applications
a) Module Introduction & Major Considerations g) Chain Hoists & Load Drifting
b) Rigging Selection, Hitch Types, Capacities h) Levers, Jacking, Rolling
c) Center of Gravity & Calculations i) Reeving
d) Load Distribution j) Winches & Blocks
e) Sling Tension k) Off-Level Pick Points
f) Load Control l) Load Turning
Module 5 : Rigging Arrangements & Techniques
a) Stability & Equilibrium g) Hanging Loads from Horizontal Lines
b) Tandem Lifting (BCD) h) “Tailing” techniques
c) Upending & Inverting Loads i) Slinging arrangements - general
d) Vessel Upending Techniques j) Selection of lift points
e) Load Sharing & Equalizing Arrangements k) Suspension arrangements
f) Modularization
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Alternative Load Handling Equipment ITI #RE-140
24 hrs
Required Course
Module I : Hydraulic & Strand Jacks
a) Module Introduction & Major Considerations e) Elephant foot jacks
b) Strand Jacks f) Mast systems
c) Jack and Pack Systems g) Strand jacks with cranes
d) Heavy duty proprietary systems
Module 2 : Telescopic Hydraulic Gantries
a) Module Introduction & Major Considerations c) Lift Planning & Operations
b) Application & Engineering d) Strand jacks on THGS
Module 3 : Modular Lift Towers & Various Systems
a) Module Introduction d) Operations of MLTs & ALMs
b) Engineering Considerations for MLTs e) Reeving Principles
& Alternative Lift Methods f) Winches & Blocks
c) Layout & Construction Guidelines
for MLTs & ALMs
Module 4 : Horizontal Load Handling Systems
a) Module Introduction & Major Considerations c) Rolling Systems
b) Skidding Systems d) Alternative Horizontal Rigging Systems
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Lift Planning ITI #RE-150
16 hrs
Required Course
Module I : Introduction to Lift Planning
a) Module Introduction & Major Considerations e) Lift Director & Other Roles
b) Rationale for Lift Planning f) Analyzing Risk
c) Lift Planning Content g) Lift Planning Software
d) Preparing a Lift Plan
Module 2 : Executing Critical Lift Plans
a) Module Introduction & Major Considerations d) Lifting Personnel
b) Lift Plan Categories e) Critical Lift Plan Workshop
c) Lift Plan Specifics
Module 3 : Analysis of Crane & Rigging Accidents
a) Crane Accident Studies & Statistics c) Root-Cause Analysis
b) Categories of Accidents
Specialized Transport ITI #RE-160
32 hrs
Elective Course
Module I : Road Transport
a) Module Introduction & Major Considerations d) Other Equipment
b) Hydraulic Platform Trailers Overview & Case e) Operational Considerations, Regulations &
Studies Permitting
c) Hydraulic Platform Trailers Engineering f) Securement & Lashing Design
& Calculations
Module 2 : Rail Transport
a) Module Introduction & Major Considerations c) Operational Considerations, Regulations
& Permitting
b) Equipment
d) Securement Design
Module 3 : Water Transport
a) Module Introduction & Major Considerations d) Engineering
b) Ballasting & Mooring e) Quays, jetties, docks
c) Barging f) Heavy lift ships etc.
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Standards & Regulations ITI #RE-170
12 hrs
Elective Course
Module I : Global Standards
a) Module Introduction & Major Considerations g) ISO
b) ASME B30 - Load Handling Equipment h) BS
c) ASME P30 - Lift Planning i) DIN
d) CSA Z150 - Mobile Cranes j) EN
e) CSA Z248 - Tower Cranes k) Additional Various Standards
f) (Additional, relevant CSA standards?)
Module 2 : Government Regulations
a) Module Introduction & Major Considerations e) LOLER & PUWER
b) OSHA 1910 f) Australia
c) OSHA 1926 g) Brazil
d) Canadian Federal and Provincial Regulations h) Various Regulations
Module 3 : Industry-Specific Requirements
a) Module Introduction & Major Considerations e) State DOTs
b) NRC f) MSHA
c) DOE g) Canadian Mining Act
d) API h) Various Industy Standards
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Master Rigger #RE-181
32 hrs
Elective Course
The Master Rigger Program is a premier ITI course that has been demanded by dozens of
industries for nearly twenty-five years. It has served those who have sought the next level
of rigging information, technical knowledge and skill. It exposes participants to a variety of
equipment and applications which include multiple-crane lifts, load turning, load drifting
with chain hoists, jacking and rolling using mechanical, pneumatic and hydraulic systems,
incline planes and managing the center-of-gravity in all three axes.
This course also meets the new USA Federal OSHA regulation requiring training for riggers.
A written and practical exam can be administered to further qualify the riggers.
• Inclined Planes Load Control - Center of Gravity
• Snatch Block & Winch Systems
• Come-a-Longs & Chain Falls
• Jacking & Rolling
• Rigging Design
• Lifting Angles
• Compound Loading
• Multiple Hitch Systems
• Load Turning
• Applicable Federal, State, and Provincial Regulations & Standards
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Certified Rigging Gear Inspector Level I #RE-182
32 hrs
Elective Course
The original Rigging Gear Inspector Program is designed to build or enhance the skills
of the student to become a qualified, in-house rigging gear inspector. This three-day
program includes classroom workshops and multiple hands-on inspection activities.
Course Subjects
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• Wire Rope ▲ L TRAINING INTE
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RN
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INDUSTRI
• Wire Rope Slings
• Synthetic Slings QUAL
IFICATION
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• Chain Slings ▲▲
• Rigging Hardware
• Below-the-Hook Lifting Devices
• Applicable Federal, State, and Provincial
Regulations & Standards
Mobile Crane Inspector #RE-183
40 hrs
Elective Course
The mobile crane inspection training curriculum consists of a multitude of subjects that
prepare a participant to conduct comprehensive mobile crane inspections. A three year
ITI Qualification is issued to participants who successfully pass the written and practical
evaluation.
Course Subjects ▲▲ ▲▲
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• Inspection Requirements
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RN
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• Safety Procedures
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• Inspection Components YEA R
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• Mechanical Systems
• Structural Components Electrical, Hydraulic
and Air Systems
• Hoist Systems
• Safety Items OSHA/ANSI Standards
• Applicable State & Provincial Requirements
• State/Province-Specific Crane Inspection Requirements
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Instructional Design
Program Delivery Methods
• On-Demand E-Learning - Students are able to complete the Program fully-online at their own speed - lectures
are recorded by industry subject matter experts and the learning modules include reading, discussion
questions, assignments and exams.
• Virtual Instructor Led Training - Students are able to enroll and learn alongside other students with live, virtual
instruction.
• ITI Training Centers - Three elective courses are offered at ITI Training Centers throughout North America for
hands-on, practical learning opportunities.
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Pricing
Required Courses
ITI Introduction to Rigging Engineering 24 hr Online $1,795
ITI Cranes & Derricks 32 hr Online $2,195
ITI Rigging, Equipment & Applications 32 hr Online $2,195
ITI Alternative Load Handling Equipment 24 hr Online $1,795
ITI Lift Planning 16 hr Online $995
Elective Courses *
ITI Specialized Transport 32 hr Online $2,195
ITI Standards & Regulations 12 hr Online $995
Master Rigger 32 hr Training Center $495
Certified Rigging Gear Inspector Level I 32 hr Training Center $495
Mobile Crane Inspector 40 hr Training Center $495
*Two electives required to complete program.
Courses may be taken individually.
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