Slinger Signaller Employment Contract UK

Responsibilities reflected in the contract

• Review lift plans and load information.
• Select inspect and attach accessories.
• Establish exclusion and landing areas.
• Give agreed signals to operators.
• Stop lifts and report unsafe conditions.

A realistic working scenario

The load's centre of gravity is uncertain, so the signaller stops and requests verified lifting information before slinging.

Outputs to agree

• correctly attached loads
• clear controlled lift signals
• safe landing and exclusion zones

Records and evidence

• Lift load and plan briefing.
• Accessory identity check and configuration.
• Signal method route and landing.
• Stop defect incident and return.
• Work records.
• Handover notes.

Reporting relationship

Typically reports to Line Manager or Department Manager. Confirm the employer's actual reporting structure in the builder.

Authority and escalation

• The signaller cannot guess loads, use damaged or underrated accessories, permit people beneath loads, give conflicting signals or alter plans without authority.
• Obtain approval before committing expenditure, changing contractual commitments or making regulated or staffing decisions outside the assigned role.

Tools and systems

• Vehicles.
• Route systems.
• Vehicle.
• Vehicle check records.
• Risk assessment records.

Workplace context

• Depot, route, warehouse or customer delivery locations.

Training and certification

• Complete employer-required health and safety training.

Contract priorities

• lift types sites and competence
• loads centres accessories and angles
• signals radios exclusions and tag lines
• landing defects incidents and records

Information the employer should prepare

• the lifting operations and equipment
• the qualification and appointment model
• the accessory and load-information controls
• the signal and exclusion-zone rules
• the lift supervisor and emergency routes