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Cranes and lifting appliances regulations

​Guidance on cranes and lifting appliances

This guidance applies to all workplaces where cranes or lifting appliances are used, including:

  • fork lift trucks
  • excavators
  • piling machines
  • winches

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

It 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.

Guidance on the cranes and lifting appliances (Jersey) regulations 1978

Forms on cranes and lifting appliances

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

Approved particulars which must be included in every certificate of test and thorough examination of a crane or prescribed lifting appliance: CLA.1

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

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

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

Approved particulars which must be included in every certificate of test and thorough examination of a chair, skip or other receptacle: CLA.5

Certificate of competency of operator of a crane, excavator, fork lift truck, mechanical grab, mechanical shovel, and piling machine: CLA.6​​​​​​

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