Second to last day before my big exam!
My exam on Wednesday can be one of the following: Rigging, stowing, load securing or forklift. I am pretty confident in three of them. One of them is still annoyingly tricky to nail. That is the rigging.Therefore, today, I told myself that I would train my rigging methods. I trained rigging a gate, a barrel, a pole and a block of concrete. The external examiner is going to look after a few things: Is the item straight in the air, are the straps twisted and do I know what I am doing? Can I perform a lift safely?
The barrel first, since that is the most annoying one to rig. I nailed that in 5 minutes. Next was the gate. That was an even bigger pain in the rear, so it took about 15 minutes. Next up, the pole. Not the most tricky thing to rig, so that took just 5 minutes. Then, it was the concrete block. 5 minutes to rig that one. That meant, all four elements took me 30 minutes to rig, and I have 30 minutes to perform all 4 lifts. That means I will be able to make all 4 lifts, just in time. I need to shave off some time with the gate, which can be done.
If I don't rig all the elements, it's okay. As long as the external examiner can see that I know how to lift something safely, I should be okay.
I am pretty good on the stowing side of the exam. Load securing is also something I have nailed down. I am also pretty confident in the forklift, so all I really need to do is to train the rigging more.
If I had to pick one of the tasks to perform on Wednesday, it's stowing. I have 30 minutes to stow some cargo into a truck, and the last time I did it, it took me 16 minutes. It is the one thing I know I can do with my eyes closed.
We'll see how it goes on Wednesday.
I also have a possible apprenticeship lined up. I will know more about that tomorrow!
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It's no mercy here, when it comes to securing the load, as it should be. Some of the things truckers haul can kill people if their cargo falls of their trailer