Dogging
Worksafe requirements in relation to dogging include the following criteria.
- the selection of slings
- the method of slinging
- the exercise of judgement in realtion to the load and its centre gravity
Please consider if you operate a vehicle crane, forklift with jib attachment, telehandler with jib attachment, overhead pendant gantry crane - the chances are you probably require a doggers licence.
The Occupational Health and Safety (Certification of Plant Users and Operators) Regulations 1994 define dogging as:
"the application of slinging techniques, including the selection or inspection of lifting gear, or the directing of a crane or hoist operator in the movement of a load when the load is out of the operator's view."
Slinging techniques in relation to dogging are defined as:
"those slinging techniques that require judgement to be exercised in relation to the suitability and condition of lifting gear, and the method of slinging, by consideration of the nature of the load, its mass and its centre of gravity."
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