Cranes and lifting appliances regulations

​Cranes and lifting appliances: guidance

This guide applies to all workplaces where cranes or lifting appliances, including fork lift trucks, excavators, piling machines and winches are used.

The guide sets out general requirements relating to cranes and lifting appliances and also lifting operations.

It also includes certificates of exemptions and forms containing the approved particulars which must be recorded following different types of examination and testing, and a form for certifying operators as competent.

Download guidance on the cranes and lifting appliances (Jersey) regulations 1978 (size 463kb)

Cranes and lifting appliances: forms

Some regulations under the Cranes and Lifting Appliances (Jersey) Regulations 1978 require statutory examinations to be carried out on cranes and certain lifting appliances.

Download approved particulars which must be included in every certificate of test and thorough examination of a crane or prescribed lifting appliance - CLA.1 (size 8kb)

Download approved particulars which must be contained in the report of the results of every thorough examination of a crane or prescribed lifting appliance - CLA.2 (size 4kb)

Download approved particulars which must be included in the report of every test carried out on the security of the anchorage or the adequacy of the ballasting of a crane - CLA.3 (size 5kb)

Download approved particulars which must be included in every report of the results of every test or thorough examination of an automatic safe load indicator - CLA.4 (size 5kb)

Download approved particulars which must be included in every certificate of test and thorough examination of a chair, skip or other receptacle - CLA.5 (size 4kb)

Download certificate of competency of operator of a crane, excavator, fork lift truck, mechanical grab, mechanical shovel, and piling machine - CLA.6 (size 4 kb)​​​​​​