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Rigging, Lifting & Material Handling

Mechanical path · Free · Plant-floor course outline

Safe rigging and lifting practices for maintenance work. Covers sling selection, load calculation, crane signals, rigging hardware inspection, and critical lift planning for plant equipment moves.

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On the job

Most rotating equipment failures that get blamed on rigging, lifting & material handling start as a lubrication or alignment miss. The housing is the last thing to come off, not the first. Check lubrication method and interval against the actual duty. Check alignment with the coupling still telling the truth. If the numbers do not hold, the insert will not save you.

The useful version of Rigging, Lifting & Material Handling is the version you can run on nights without a specialist on the radio. Safe rigging and lifting practices for maintenance work. Covers sling selection, load calculation, crane signals, rigging hardware inspection, and critical lift planning for plant equipment moves. Keep the as-found. Change one variable. Hand the next crew a log, not a story.

What you will cover in Rigging, Lifting & Material Handling

Safe rigging and lifting practices for maintenance work. Covers sling selection, load calculation, crane signals, rigging hardware inspection, and critical lift planning for plant equipment moves. This page is the crawlable outline Google and a curl-no-JS client can read. Quizzes, video, and progress tracking live in the course player.

Who it is for

Millwrights, maintenance mechanics, and rotating-equipment techs who get handed a housing, a pump, or a conveyor and are expected to make it hold.

Who it is not for: license mills, VR demos, or anyone looking for a fake testimonial. We do not invent customer quotes. Certificates of completion after quizzes go in the file. They are not a journeyman card, an ISA credential, or NFPA 70E qualification by themselves.

Catalog facts

ForgeLine Academy currently lists 78 industrial maintenance courses. 44 of those are free (Mechanical and Electrical). Premium unlocks I&E (18) and Engineering (16). That is the whole catalog — not a 22-course teaser and not a four-hour overview of the plant. Call +1 580 421 5714 or email support@forgelineacademy.com for plant cohorts and on-site classes.

Rigging, Lifting & Material Handling is one course in that 78-course ladder. Mechanical and Electrical remain free. I&E and Engineering are premium. On-site and plant cohorts are scheduled through on-site training or plant support.

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Training is educational. It does not replace your site's lockout/tagout, permits, PPE, or required licenses. Certificates of completion go in the file. They are not a license.