Crane Handbook

Crane Handbook offers extensive advice on how to properly handle a crane. The handbook highlights various safety requirements and rules. The aim of the book is to improve the readers' crane operating skills, which could eventually make the book a standard working guide for training operators.
The handbook first reminds the readers that the machine should be carefully tested by a regulatory board before use. The text then notes that choosing the right crane for a particular job is vital and explains why this is the case. It then discusses how well-equipped and durable the crane should be. The next chapters talk about the crane's operating controls; each control is identified and explained. The book lists the requirements that the crane must meet, while the final chapters explore proper set-up, maintenance, and precautions.
The text is a very helpful reference for crane operators, owners, and contractors and could be of interest to casual readers as well.

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Part I Mobile Cranes

1. Machine Selection and Equipment Requirements
   Machine Selection
   Equipment Requirements
2. Inspection and Examination, Testing and Maintenance
   Inspection and Examination
   Testing
   Maintenance
3. Machine Assembly and Set-up
4. Operating Procedures and Precautions
   Management Responsibilities
   Operator's Responsibilities
   General Operating Requirements
   Part 2 Tower Cranes
5. Machine Selection and Equipment Requirements
   Machine Selection
   Equipment Requirements
6. Inspection and Examination, Testing and Maintenance
   Inspection and Examination
   Testing
   Maintenance
7. Erection, Climbing, Dismantling and Transport
   Erection
   Climbing
   Dismantling
   Transportation the Crane
8. Operating Procedures and Precautions
   Management Responsibilities
   Operator's Responsibilities
   General Operating Requirements
   Appendices
   A British Standards and Principal Statutory Requirements
   B HSE Area Offices and Other Addresses