Course Description

Expand Your Horizons

Your career needs a major lift, but you’re not sure how to get there. We hear you! Why not put your D License to work and take advantage of our high-skills, hands-on Boom Truck Zero to Eight Ton Crane operator course to elevate your career. Gain the critical experience you need to help build tomorrow’s infrastructure, and move high-value commodities through shipping, railroad and lumber yards. Enroll in our week-long, immersive training program and become a highly qualified and certified boom truck operator, recognized by the Ontario Ministry of Labour. Boom! It’s that easy.

Course Outline

IT’S ALL ABOUT THE BASE

Operating a boom truck zero to eight ton crane takes a high degree of accuracy and precision. We’ll start by showing you how to make sense of load charts and correctly calculate load on equal-length slings.

SETTING UP YOUR EQUIPMENT

Step by step, you will learn how to properly set up your crane’s equipment from rigging hardware to wire rope, and outriggers and stabilizers. You will also work through the various operational signals and communications.

HIGH VOLTAGE EQUALS HIGH RISK

There’s no room for error when you’re working near high voltage. Here you will learn how to operate safely in this high stakes environment.

FOR SAFETY’S SAKE

Know your manuals, regulations and policies inside and out. In this section, we’ll cover an overview of those derived from the Occupational Health and Safety Act, as well as important training standards from the Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities.

BEFORE YOU HIT THE ROAD

Here, we will walk you through a rigorous pre-operational inspection to ensure you’re ready to get behind the wheel of our boom trucks and operate a zero to eight ton crane.

A FULL DAY OF FIELD OPERATION

You will have a full eight hours to practice field-testing your new boom truck operator knowledge and skills, before taking your ministry examination.

Notes

Ministry testing is not included. Cost is approx. $100. This can be scheduled with our Durham College Whitby Testing Centre – Whitby Campus 1610 Champlain Ave, Whitby. Test Centre: 905-721-2000, ext 4233