Alberta Picker Truck Training: What Employers Need to Know Picker trucks and knuckle boom cranes are used every day across Alberta in oilfield service, construction, utilities, municipal work, transportation, equipment service, and industrial maintenance. They are practical machines, but they are still cranes. A light-duty crane can tip, overload, contact overhead hazards, damage property, or injure workers when operators do not understand setup, stability, load radius, manufacturer limitations, and safe operating practices. For Alberta employers, the important point is this: Operator training is not just a paperwork exercise. It is part of the employer’s responsibility to ensure workers are properly trained, supervised, authorized, and competent for the work they are assigned to perform. Does Alberta Require Picker Truck Operators to
Hy-Rail Railway Crane Training Program
In spite of the ability to ride the rails, these knuckle boom cranes can actually be more dangerous. The ONE most critical issue with cranes that we promote – STABILITY– and once you have this ingrained into the operator, the rest comes easier. HOWEVER…what we find is that with Hy-Rail Crane Trucks primarily, that while sitting on the tracks, the issue is the ground around the rail lines slopes downward at an angle, making it very difficult to use the outriggers properly and get a good, stable working platform. Many companies are “used to” this and simply use short reach cranes (less than 25′ – see photo below) to offset the reduced stability, good practice but makes it very challenging