CPCCLHS3002A – License to Operate a Materials Hoist (HM)
Course Overview
This training course is a legal requirement for anybody required to operate a materials hoist (also known as a builders hoist) by which ONLY goods and/or materials (not people) may be hoisted and where the car, bucket or platform is cantilevered from, and travels up and down externally to, a face of the support structure for licensing purposes.
NOTE: The course does not allow the HM hoist operator to erect or dismantle hoist equipment. The installation, dismantling of cantilevered platform materials hoists and mast climbers must be carried out or directly supervised by a person with the relevant licences.
Course Content
- Compliance with WHS licensing legislation
- Communicate and work safely with others in the work area
- Risk assessment, hazard identification and management procedures (particular awareness of the risks associated with the movement of loads)
- Pre-operational checks, operations of a materials hoist including lifting of loads to the safe working rated capacity of the hoist, and shut down procedures
- Appropriate mathematical procedures for estimation of loads
Course Outcomes
On successful completion of training and assessment, participants will receive a Statement of Attainment for CPCCLHS3002A License to Operate a Materials Hoist and can apply to SafeWork NSW for a National License to Perform High-Risk Work (Class HM).
High-Risk Work (HRW) Licenses are valid for 5 years from the date of issue.
To receive a SafeWork NSW issued HRW license, participants MUST lodge their license application form at an Australia Post outlet together with a passport-sized photo and pay the prescribed SafeWork NSW processing fee within 60 days of the final HRW assessment. Failure to lodge paperwork on time will result in the applicant being unlicensed.
Course Duration
3 days (2 days training & 1 day assessing)
Course Cost
$695 per person, GST-free
A SafeWork NSW HRW license processing fee is additional and payable by each successful applicant at Australia Post Office
Course Prerequisites
Participants must be over 18 years of age, be able to speak and read English; and provide suitable 100 points of identification. If a participant fails to bring 100 points of identification a re-booking fee of $100 will be charged for assessment to be re-scheduled.
Course Delivery
FACE TO FACE
AT OUR SITE – A private course can be scheduled at our Wetherill Park training facility for your group of 5-8 people.
AT YOUR SITE – You must provide hoist equipment, loads and a classroom for courses conducted at your site, and a minimum 5 to maximum 8 people is required per course
Minimum 5 people required to maximum 8 people per course.
PLEASE NOTE: If the hoist you are operating can transport personnel / people as well as goods / materials then you will require a CPCCLHS3001A License to Operate a Personnel and Materials Hoist which is different course and class of High-Risk Work License (class HP). Ask us for details about this course if required.