NCCCO Exam - Rigger and Signal Person Practice

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Angle of loading - ✔✔The acute angle between horizontal and the leg of the rigging, often referred to as the horizontal angle.Bridle Sling - ✔✔Sling composed of multiple wire rope legs with a fitting that attaches to the lifting hook.Cable-laid wire rope - ✔✔A wire rope consisting of several independent wire ropes wrapped around a fiber or wire rope core.Choker - ✔✔Sling, wire rope with eyes spliced on each end, which is used to life the load.Choker hitch - ✔✔Sling with one end passing under the load and through a loop end attachment on the other end of the sling.Clevis - ✔✔A U-shaped fitting with holes in each end through which a pin or bolt is run.Come-along - ✔✔Lever-operated chain or wire rope devices designed for pulling, not lifting; also called pullers. Unlike hoists, the tension is held by a releasable ratchet. Much smaller and lighter than hoists of equal capacity, they are not intended nor allowed for lifting, but are suited for activities such as skidding machinery.Design Factor - ✔✔Ration between nominal or minimum breaking strength and rated load of the rigging hardware.Designated person - ✔✔A Person who is selected or assigned by the employer and employer's hardware Eye / Eye Splice - ✔✔A Loop with or without a thimble formed in the end of a wire rope 1 / 2

Page 2/6 Crafted for Academic Insight by KatelynWhitman. All rights reserved © Hook / Rigging - ✔✔A Hook used a part of tackle. Any hook used in hoisting and rigging that is not the primary hook or main load hook.Horizontal Angle - ✔✔Angle between the lines and the top of the load Included Angle - ✔✔Is the top angle between two slings Lifting Devices - ✔✔Devices that are not reeved onto the hoist ropes, such as hook-on buckets, magnets, grabs, load-spreader bars; and other supplemental units used for ease of handling certain types of loads.The weight of these devices is to be considered part of the working load.Lifting Eye - ✔✔A Point of attachment on the item to be lifted, having a looped head designed to accommodate a hook or shackle. Also called a slinging eye.Molly Hogan - ✔✔A type or method of making a wire rope eye splice. Same as a Flemish eye.Qualified Person - ✔✔A person who, by possession of a recognized degree in an applicable field or certificate of proffesional standing, or who, by entensive knowledge, training, and experience, has successfully demonstrated the ability to solve or resolve problems relating to the subject matter and work.Reach - ✔✔The distance between the bearing surfaces on a chaing sling.Rigging - ✔✔The act of attaching hoisting equipment to the load Shackle - ✔✔A Type of clevis normally used for lifting Shock load - ✔✔Any condition which causess a momentary increase in the forces in a loadsupporting component beyond the weight of the actual load being lifted Slings - ✔✔Wire ropes, chaings, or synthetic fabric made into forms, with or without fittings, for handling loads.

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