Providing the best service means taking the time to listen. We will work with you every step of the way to make sure that you receive the services and information that you need. Our business is client-oriented, and we will happily do as much as we can to assist in your needs.

Our consultancy partners are industry leaders and the standards of our work are second to none.

Although specialising in Crane Control assessments, we can arrange through our business partners a full range of training and assessment services.

We can arrange for worksite assessments for all Railway Safety Critical Duties and have agreements with training houses to offer a full range of competency training including initial Machine / Crane Control and Tandem Lifting courses at a preferential rate.

Our primary service is Assessing Machine / Crane Controllers and mentoring, but we can also offer a host of specialty services to cater to the unique needs of our clients. Our partners and staff are highly professional and experts in their own field.

If you have any questions about the new assessment procedure then feel free to contact us at any time and we will gladly explain how the process will work and what we need to do as both employers and employees.

For a copy of our latest rates please contact us

Newly qualified Crane Controllers require a period of mentoring before they become eligible to undertake a workplace assessment.

We can assist you, by supplying experienced Crane Controllers to work alongside the newly qualified CC's ensuring that they do not pick up any bad habits and to offer their real world experience first hand. This service helps us to promote best practices in the workplace and helps to make the Railway a safer environment for all of us who work on or around it.

One of our Crane Controller mentors will shadow your newly qualified candidate for the FULL length of each shift.

The mentor will:

• Go through all paperwork prior to work commencing.
• Identify any hazards whilst travelling to and from the track.
• Ensure on / off tracking is conducted correctly.
• Check the Operator briefing.
• Ensure that the operator and machine paperwork is valid and sufficient.
• Mentor the work being carried out safely and to best code of practice standards.
• Be onsite to offer full support and advice to the candidate.

The core of our company services are Work site Assessments. Our Assessors are approved by the R.T.A.S after undergoing the CC assessment approval procedure.

We can assess your MC's and CC's in the following competencies, depending on their new NCCA MC/CC card and training experience:

• Core Module
• RRV Module 1 RRV Generic
• RRV Module 2 360 Excavator (non lifting)
• RRV Module 3 Crane Controller 360 excavator / crane
• RRV Module 4 Tandem Lifting Crane Controller 360 excavator / crane
• RRV Module 5 Dumper
• RRV Module 6 Lorry
• RRV Module 7 Personnel Carrier / Land Rover
• RRV Module 9 Self Propelled MEWP (purposed Designed, not an attachment
• RRV Module 10 Dozer
• RMMM Module 1 Group 2 Other personnel carriers (EGO 4/5's, Alumicarts)

During the Assessment the candidate will be assessed to Network Rail required Standards on:

• Good knowledge of safe working practices.
• Identify any hazards whilst travelling to and from the track.
• Ensure on / off tracking is conducted correctly.
• Excellent safety Critical communication skills
• Ensure that the operator and machine paperwork is valid and sufficient.
• Ensuring that the work is being carried out safely and to best code of practice standards.
• Any changes in work site conditions are dealt with promptly and competently, e.g. passing engineering trains etc..

(The above list is not exhaustive and each candidate will be assessed individually depending on what competencies they hold/require.)

We can create site specific lifting plans supported by extensive site diagrams, hazard lists, load assessments and risk assessments to complement work plans and Method statements.

All of our lifting plans surpass the requirements defined as a minimum, set down in the Railway Infrastructure Contractors M & E Engineers Networking Group Code of Practice. (C.O.P 11 Planning and Executing Lifting Operations). Any Crane Controllers holding a CHRANE Ltd. Lifting Plan will have a full understanding of the method of work, hazards and responsibilities.

We are able to offer a full consultancy service in all forms of Machine / Crane Controller duties, purchasing or hiring plant, operating standards and training etc...

For more information please contact us.

We firmly believe that Crane Control Assessors should have many years experience of the job and we can offer your company this skill and experience.

• To provide the best customer service possible.
• To make each client feel like the only client.
• To promote a safer workplace for all those working on the Railway Infrastructure.

Chrane Ltd     48 Hazel Avenue      Whiston      Merseyside     L35 2UZ

Phone: 0771-589-3537

Email: chrane.co.uk