GUIDELINES FOR RIGGING GEAR STORE (LOFT) MANAGEMENT

TABLE OF CONTENTS

1. RIGGING LOFT REQUIREMENTS 03

2. RIGGING LOFT CONTROLLER 03

APPENDIX – A: RIGGING STORE REGISTER 05

APPENDIX – B: QUARANTINE AREA REGISTER 06

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1. RIGGING LOFT REQUIREMENTS
The Rigging Loft will consist of a suitably sized lockable container fitted out with the appropriate storage hooks, racks and bin
compartments. It will be supplied complete with a register and a procedural document to control issues, receipts etc.

Quarantine areas will be designated 'For Inspection' and 'Hold - Do Not Use'.

The container will be equipped with an inventory of portable equipment. The equipment will be colour coded and complete with
certification. The Rigging Loft shall contain an issuing register (see Appendix-A)

2. RIGGING LOFT CONTROLLER

The Rigging Loft Controller shall have sufficient knowledge and skill to examine and identify defective equipment and shall be
responsible for withdrawing it from service, placing it in quarantine to prevent further use and maintaining the records
appropriately. The rigging loft controller should have loft management training emphasizing on rigging loft register keeping,
rigging gear inspection, managing unreturned equipment, etc.

The rigging loft controller shall have access to applicable equipment examination checklists and rejection criteria.

Each individual item of Lifting Equipment will be colour coded to indicate the current inspection status. The current colour code
will be clearly displayed at the entrance to the Rigging Loft.

All items of lifting equipment will be recorded in the Issue Register as follows:

1) Date issued
2) Name and company of personnel using
3) Date returned
4) Return inspection comments

Upon return of ANY item, the item shall be located in the 'hold-inspection' area of the Rigging Loft.

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ALL returned items shall be subjected to inspection prior to acceptance back into the Rigging Loft.

Items awaiting inspection will be held in the designated 'for inspection' area of the Rigging Loft until such time as they can be
inspected by the Rigging Loft Controller.
Dependent upon satisfactory inspection of the item, the item will be returned to its allocated storage area.

Non-conforming items shall be quarantined in the designated hold area of the Rigging Loft and tagged accordingly. A
quarantine area register shall be kept (see Appendix-B).

Items of defective lifting equipment shall be quarantined by means of either individual identification (e.g. 'HOLD - DO NOT
USE' label) or posted location until returned for repair. They should also have any current colour code painted over in red.
Defective equipment can be identified by anyone.

If the defective equipment is in a dangerous condition (and obviously scrap) it should be rendered unusable to prevent any
inadvertent use. The scrap date should be recorded in the quarantine area register.

Should it be expected that the defective equipment may be scrapped or will take extended time to be returned to the
Installation, replacements should be requested from the Rigging Loft Supplier.

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 APPENDIX – A: RIGGING GEAR STORE REGISTER
ISSUANCE LOCATION: ____________________________________

Issuance Returned

SWL Returned
Item ID. Lifting Equipment Date Date
Issued by Received By Received By Remarks
No. Description Out In
By

(Ton) Name Sign Name Sign Name Sign Name Sign

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APPENDIX – B: QUARANTINE AREA REGISTER

Repair/
I.D. Date
SWL Equipment Description Reason for quarantine Disposal Date Sign
Number Scrapped

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