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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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ii. 
Chain, Wire Rope repetitions see above and Webbing Slings,   
iii. 
Rings, Links, Hooks, Shackles, Eye Bolts, Swivels, Blocks, Snatch Blocks,   
iv. 
Beam Clamps and Plate Clamps,   
v. 
Lifting Beams / Spreader Beams.   
  
2.5 
Competent persons    
The Competent personnel carrying out a Thorough Examination (TE) must be deemed 
competent by virtue of attaining the appropriate theoretical and practical knowledge, 
together with experience that will enable them to detect defects or weaknesses in the 
equipment. This will be a combination of experience; training and qualifications some of 
which are listed in Appendix II. The competent personnel must be “independent and 
impartial”. This does not prevent someone working for the same organisation being the 
competent 
person 
but 
should 
not 
be 
someone 
who 
is 
responsible 
for 
production/operation/profit. The competent personnel must have a minimum of 3 years 
hands-on experience within a relevant engineering discipline related to lifting equipment 
and appropriate knowledge of the relevant laws, local & administrative orders, codes of 
practice and inspection techniques.   
  
2.6 
Inspection   
Any physical activity, related to ensuring that an item of “Lifting Equipment”, in its entirety 
and at a given location or environment, meets the specified design and operating 
Standards and is safe to operate or utilize for a specified period. This includes, but not 
limited to, activities such as measuring, testing, and recording, checking, analysing, loading 
and charting one or more characteristics of the equipment.