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Applicable to all Oil & Gas Operators Service Providers GUIDELINES AND PROCEDURE FOR LIFTING EQUIPMENT AND LIFTING OPERATIONS

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Applicable to all Oil & Gas Operators 
and 
Service Providers 
GUIDELINES AND PROCEDURE FOR LIFTING EQUIPMENT AND LIFTING 
OPERATIONS  
Code: DPR Guide 0024 - 2020 
 
Revision Date: 1st August 2020 
 
 
This is a property of the Department of Petroleum Resources. All rights reserved  
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the relevant laws, local & admin orders, codes of practice and inspection techniques. 
Nobody is allowed to perform inspection independently without having appropriate 
qualification and training.    
   
3.12 
Training   
All persons who use lifting equipment must have received adequate training for purposes 
of health and safety, including training in the methods which may be adopted when using 
the lifting equipment, and be aware of any risk which such use may entail and precautions 
to be taken.    
 Any person who supervises or manages the use of lifting equipment must have received 
adequate training for purposes of health and safety, including training in the methods 
which may be adopted when using the work equipment, and be aware of any risk which 
such use may entail and precautions to be taken and methods of safely controlling the 
equipment. Minimum training requirement as contained in Appendix II of these guidelines 
shall be strictly adhered to.  
  
3.13 
Reports and Defects     
A person making a thorough examination for an organization must:    
i. 
Notify the organization of any defect in the lifting equipment which in his opinion is 
or could become a danger to persons.    
ii. 
As soon as is practicable, make a report of the thorough examination in writing, 
authenticated by him to the organization and any person from whom the lifting 
equipment has been hired or leased.    
iii. 
Owner/User of lifting equipment who has been notified of defects must ensure that 
the lifting equipment is not used before the defect is rectified.