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Lifting & Rigging Operations

Lifting & Rigging Operations.

Lifting & Rigging Operations.

Train critical lifts, rigging decisions and banksman communication on your own cranes and loads, with nothing suspended over anyone.

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Lifting incidents concentrate where the lift deviates from the plan: a changed load, a moved exclusion zone, a misread signal. Preparation keeps the plan and the lift identical.

Lifting & Rigging Training

Lifting and rigging training covers the whole chain of work that puts a load in the air safely:

  • Lift planning and categorization
  • Rigging selection, inspection and configuration
  • Crane and lifting equipment operation
  • Banksman signals and communications
  • Exclusion zones and load paths
  • Loose gear inspection and quarantine

The risks concentrate where the lift deviates from the plan: a changed load, ground conditions the plan didn't assume, a misread signal or a person inside the exclusion zone.

Lifting and rigging training keeps the plan and the lift identical. Riggers learn selection, configuration and what condemns equipment. Banksmen learn to own the signals and the exclusion zone. The whole team learns the abort criteria, and critical lifts get dedicated preparation built from the actual lift plan.

A banksman guiding a crane lift in a VR scenario
Lifting & Rigging Training

Lifting and rigging training covers the whole chain of work that puts a load in the air safely:

  • Lift planning and categorization
  • Rigging selection, inspection and configuration
  • Crane and lifting equipment operation
  • Banksman signals and communications
  • Exclusion zones and load paths
  • Loose gear inspection and quarantine

The risks concentrate where the lift deviates from the plan: a changed load, ground conditions the plan didn't assume, a misread signal or a person inside the exclusion zone.

Lifting and rigging training keeps the plan and the lift identical. Riggers learn selection, configuration and what condemns equipment. Banksmen learn to own the signals and the exclusion zone. The whole team learns the abort criteria, and critical lifts get dedicated preparation built from the actual lift plan.

Lifting & Rigging Training

Lifting and rigging training covers the whole chain of work that puts a load in the air safely:

  • Lift planning and categorization
  • Rigging selection, inspection and configuration
  • Crane and lifting equipment operation
  • Banksman signals and communications
  • Exclusion zones and load paths
  • Loose gear inspection and quarantine

The risks concentrate where the lift deviates from the plan: a changed load, ground conditions the plan didn't assume, a misread signal or a person inside the exclusion zone.

Lifting and rigging training keeps the plan and the lift identical. Riggers learn selection, configuration and what condemns equipment. Banksmen learn to own the signals and the exclusion zone. The whole team learns the abort criteria, and critical lifts get dedicated preparation built from the actual lift plan.

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Why SHIIFT

SHIIFT's difference is simple: we're format agnostic. There's no medium to sell here, just whichever mix fits your lifts, your crews, your gear and your schedule. Critical lifts get content built from the actual lift plan.

  • Training videos: real lifting incidents and the quiet drift that caused them, so planned lifts stay planned
  • Animation: sling angles, center-of-gravity surprises and failure modes, visible in ways a toolbox talk can't manage
  • E-learning: gear inspection and planning rules for everyone in the lifting chain, completion recorded
  • Interactive scenarios: the same lift run repeatedly with wind, load and pressure turned up, judged on decisions rather than luck
  • VR: operator and banksman coordination with full spatial realism where depth perception matters
  • Posters: inspection criteria and signal charts at the laydown and the lifting store
  • PowerPoint materials: lift-plan briefing decks so pre-lift meetings run off the same page

The whole lift team trains on the same scenarios from their own positions, and assets join your reusable library for whatever lifts come next.

Why SHIIFT

SHIIFT's difference is simple: we're format agnostic. There's no medium to sell here, just whichever mix fits your lifts, your crews, your gear and your schedule. Critical lifts get content built from the actual lift plan.

  • Training videos: real lifting incidents and the quiet drift that caused them, so planned lifts stay planned
  • Animation: sling angles, center-of-gravity surprises and failure modes, visible in ways a toolbox talk can't manage
  • E-learning: gear inspection and planning rules for everyone in the lifting chain, completion recorded
  • Interactive scenarios: the same lift run repeatedly with wind, load and pressure turned up, judged on decisions rather than luck
  • VR: operator and banksman coordination with full spatial realism where depth perception matters
  • Posters: inspection criteria and signal charts at the laydown and the lifting store
  • PowerPoint materials: lift-plan briefing decks so pre-lift meetings run off the same page

The whole lift team trains on the same scenarios from their own positions, and assets join your reusable library for whatever lifts come next.

Why SHIIFT

SHIIFT's difference is simple: we're format agnostic. There's no medium to sell here, just whichever mix fits your lifts, your crews, your gear and your schedule. Critical lifts get content built from the actual lift plan.

  • Training videos: real lifting incidents and the quiet drift that caused them, so planned lifts stay planned
  • Animation: sling angles, center-of-gravity surprises and failure modes, visible in ways a toolbox talk can't manage
  • E-learning: gear inspection and planning rules for everyone in the lifting chain, completion recorded
  • Interactive scenarios: the same lift run repeatedly with wind, load and pressure turned up, judged on decisions rather than luck
  • VR: operator and banksman coordination with full spatial realism where depth perception matters
  • Posters: inspection criteria and signal charts at the laydown and the lifting store
  • PowerPoint materials: lift-plan briefing decks so pre-lift meetings run off the same page

The whole lift team trains on the same scenarios from their own positions, and assets join your reusable library for whatever lifts come next.

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Programs cover the full chain: gear inspection and selection, lift planning, exclusion zones, communication protocols and the abort decisions nobody likes making.

Critical and first-of-a-kind lifts get dedicated preparation scenarios built from your actual lift plan, with results reported to your LMS via the optional SCORM add-on.

Talk to our team about the lifts on your schedule.

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Programs cover the full chain: gear inspection and selection, lift planning, exclusion zones, communication protocols and the abort decisions nobody likes making.

Critical and first-of-a-kind lifts get dedicated preparation scenarios built from your actual lift plan, with results reported to your LMS via the optional SCORM add-on.

Talk to our team about the lifts on your schedule.

Contact us
Get Started

Programs cover the full chain: gear inspection and selection, lift planning, exclusion zones, communication protocols and the abort decisions nobody likes making.

Critical and first-of-a-kind lifts get dedicated preparation scenarios built from your actual lift plan, with results reported to your LMS via the optional SCORM add-on.

Talk to our team about the lifts on your schedule.

Contact us

Common questions

What does lifting and rigging training cover?

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We cover gear inspection and selection, sling angles and load control, communication and signals, exclusion zones and abort criteria, built on your procedures.

Can you prepare crews for a specific critical lift?

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We consider that one of the strongest use cases: your actual lift plan becomes a scenario the whole crew prepares before the day.

Which roles does it train?

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We train riggers, banksmen, crane operators and lift supervisors, each from their own position in the same scenario.

What equipment do learners need?

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A computer covers the program as standard: desktop scenarios run in a browser and e-learning runs in your LMS through the optional SCORM add-on. Headsets only enter where you choose VR for the highest-risk lifts.

Can training assets be reused for future courses?

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Where a program builds 3D assets, we reuse your crane and site models across future lifts, inductions and dropped-object training, so the library compounds.

How is lifting competence evidenced?

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We record every decision and signal in assessment mode, per learner, and we report it to your LMS through the optional SCORM add-on.

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Operators, banksmen, supervisors

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Operators, pedestrians, supervisors

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From a 3D animation built to supplement an ADNOC e-learning module.

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The award-recognized Maersk hand safety campaign.

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Trainer-led deck rebuilds

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SCORM online modules

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Lockout tagout training with full hand tracking in VR.

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Navigable sites & equipment

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Tracking in your systems

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Competency you can prove

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