# NSW Mobile Crane Safety Checklist (/docs/form-guides/building/nsw/nsw-mobile-crane-safety-checklist)



Use this guide when you complete the SafeWork NSW **Mobile Crane Safety for PCBUs** checklist in Tradie Forms.

[Open the form](/forms/nsw-mobile-crane-safety-checklist) before the crane activity starts. The checklist helps record the site review, but it is not a lift plan or a complete risk assessment.

## Before You Start [#before-you-start]

* Walk the lift area and check the crane records before crane activities begin.
* Have the crane company, lift plan, SWMS, and site controls handy.
* Treat each **No** as an issue to investigate and control before the crane activity proceeds.

## In the App [#in-the-app]

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## Checklist Details [#checklist-details]

Enter the PCBU name, date and time, site address, crane owner or company, and the person completing the checklist.

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## Crane Pre-start [#crane-pre-start]

Check registration, logbooks, maintenance, manuals, load charts, the pre-start check, compliance plate, and crane condition. Use comments to record any action needed.

Check evidence rather than relying on a verbal answer. Record the missing document, defect or follow-up action in the comments.

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## Pre-job Planning [#pre-job-planning]

Check the crew induction, consultation, load path, site assessment, SWMS, competent people, crane selection, and communication of the safe system of work.

Make sure the selected crane and lifting method match the load, radius, ground conditions and work area.

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## Site Set-Up and Equipment [#site-set-up-and-equipment]

Check crane standing, powerlines, underground services, engineering advice, wind, exclusion zones, and lifting equipment before the lift begins.

Recheck site conditions if weather, ground, access, load or nearby work changes.

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## After download [#after-download]

1. Preview every answer and comment.
2. Resolve or control recorded issues before the crane activity.
3. Brief the people involved on the lift plan, SWMS, exclusion zones and communication method.
4. Keep the completed PDF with the site safety file.

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  The SafeWork NSW checklist says it is not exhaustive. Use the current legislation, codes, standards and site documents that apply to the lift.
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