Elements and Performance Criteria
- Check a container side lifter and ancillary equipment
- Job hazards are identified and required action is taken to minimise, control or eliminate identified hazards
- Load lifting capacity for side lifter and ancillary equipment, as required, is identified in terms of maximum rated capacity
- Pre-operational checks and inspections are conducted on side lifter, lifting assemblies, specialist lifting equipment, and ancillary equipment, as required, to ensure serviceability and suitability for task and readiness for operation
- Ensure site safety
- Load loaded container from the ground onto side lifter vehicle
- Container weight is checked to ensure it is within specified maximum lifting capacity of side lifter vehicle
- Side lifter is positioned, lifter engine is started, and side lifter readiness for lift, including deployment of stabiliser legs, is completed in accordance with manufacturer specifications and organisational requirements
- Lifting equipment is attached to container, checked, and adjusted as required, in accordance with manufacturer specifications and organisational requirements
- Pre-lift physical check is performed to ensure side lifter is capable of lifting container safely
- Container is lifted and placed onto side lifter twist locks in accordance with manufacturer and organisational requirements
- Loaded container is secured and vehicle is made ready for on-road travel, in accordance with regulatory requirements, manufacturer specifications and workplace procedures
- Unload loaded container from side lifter vehicle onto the ground
- Container weight is checked to ensure it is within side lifter vehicle specified maximum lifting capacity
- Side lifter is positioned, lifter engine is started, and side lifter is made ready for lift, ensuring that deployment of stabiliser legs is completed in accordance with manufacturer specifications/organisational requirements
- Load securing devices are unlocked or removed and lifting equipment is attached to container, checked and adjusted as required, in accordance with manufacturer specifications and/or organisational requirements
- Pre-lift physical check is performed to ensure side lifter is capable of lifting container safely
- Container is lifted and placed on ground, in accordance with organisational requirements, allowing access to the container doors and surroundings
- Lifting equipment is removed from container and side lifter vehicle is made ready for on-road travel, in accordance with manufacturer specifications and regulatory requirements
- Transfer loaded container from one vehicle to another
- Receiving vehicle and container are checked to ensure they are compatible and that receiving vehicle load capacity is adequate for intended load
- All vehicles are positioning in accordance with intended transfer requirements
- Lifter engine is started and side lifter is made ready for lift
- Load securing devices are unlocked or removed and lifting equipment is attached to container, checked, and adjusted as required, in accordance with manufacturer specifications and/or organisational requirements
- Pre-lift physical check is performed to ensure side lifter is capable of lifting container safely
- Container is transferred to receiving vehicle in accordance with manufacturer and organisational requirements
- Lifting equipment is removed from container and both vehicles are made ready for on-road travel, in accordance with regulatory requirements and manufacturer specifications and workplace procedures
- Loaded container is secured in accordance with regulatory requirements and manufacturer specifications
- Documentation is completed in accordance with workplace procedures