Todd McPhee Crane Hire use the Approved Code of Practice for Crane’s hand signals on a daily basis, these are industry standard hand signals. These hand signals are pictured below for your convenience.
To learn more about hand signals you can refer to Unit Standard 3789 - Sling regular loads and communicate during crane operations and Unit Standard 3801 - Prepare and sling complex loads for crane operations.
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STOP: Extend one arm and ...
STOP (B): Arm extended, p...
HOLD EVERYTHING: Clasp ha...
MOVE SLOWLY: Place one ar...
HOIST: With forearm ve...
LOWER: With arm extended ...
USE MAIN HOIST: Tap fist ...
USE FLYLINE (AUXILIARY HO...
RAISE BOOM (LUFF UP): Arm...
LOWER BOOM (LUFF DOWN): A...
SLEW: Arm extended, point...
RAISE THE BOOM AND LOWER ...
LOWER THE BOOM AND RAISE ...
EXTEND HYDRAULIC BOOM OR ...
RETRACT HYDRAULIC BOOM OR...
TRAVEL: Arms bent at the ...
TRAVEL (ONE TRACK - CRAWL...
FINISHED WITH CRANE: Plac...