Cranes and Lifting SHOWCASE

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THE CRANE INDUSTRY COUNCIL OF AUSTRALIA (CICA) SUPPORTS UPDATED SHOWCASE

With over 170 crane hire businesses supplying information on the premium cranes in their fleets, the 2022 Cranes and Lifting SHOWCASE provides an interesting insight into the make up of Australia’s crane industry.

THE CRANE INDUSTRY COUNCIL OF

Australia (CICA) is the authority for the crane industry and exists to benefit and further the interests of the crane industry. Issues that impact the safety, efficiency and productivity of our members businesses are what matter most to CICA. We are continuously looking for ways to work with governing bodies to find workable solutions and to create safety resources and onsite tools that our members have access to. We are also analysing crane incident data to map any gaps, and then looking for ways to fill those gaps. Our membership continues to grow as more and more crane companies and businesses affiliated with the crane industry see the value in what CICA provides. CICA commends Cranes and Lifting for the 2022 Showcase initiative, an excellent and timely resource for the construction and mining sectors. As the 2022 Showcase is circulated electronically and across different platforms, it will no doubt become the ‘go to’ guide for anyone requiring crane services in Australia. This 2022 showcase highlights how many different cranes we have in Australia and CICA has developed three programs that ensure operators and cranes are well equipped to do the job safely. These three programs are CraneSafe, CrewSafe and StartSafe.

CICA’s CraneSafe ‘Green Sticker’ program has a long history of ensuring that cranes are well maintained and safe to use when they arrive on a site. CraneSafe is a way of continuously monitoring the condition of the crane to determine when maintenance, service, or repair are required and is the only NATA approved, independently audited program in Australia.

The CrewSafe program is the crane industry’s VOC and meets the requirement for assessing differentiating skills with modules that are designed to be machinespecific, reflecting the current state of knowledge and best practice. All assessments are filmed, documented, and accessible on a CrewSafe application, so site supervisors and crane operators have a centralised point of reference available on their mobile phones.

CICA are currently testing an exciting new initiative called StartSafe which is a prestart inspection app. StartSafe provides confidence to crane owners, because they have documented evidence that pre-start inspections on their cranes are being completed to the highest standard. The major advantage is that information from the pre-start can be sent back to the business, so that the maintenance team can see the condition of the crane even if it is working remotely. While still in the testing phase, this will be available soon. If you would like more information on any of these initiatives or would like to know more about becoming a CICA member, head to the CICA website www.cica.com.au