Singapore legislation
Regulation 19
of Workplace Safety and Health (Operation of Cranes) Regulations 2011
Regulation 19
Appointment and duties of signalman
Subregulation 1
It shall be the duty of the responsible person to appoint a signalman before any lifting operation involving the use of any mobile crane or tower crane is carried out in a workplace by a crane operator.
Subregulation 2
It shall be the duty of the responsible person —
not to appoint any person as a signalman in a workplace unless the person has successfully completed a training course acceptable to the Commissioner to equip him to be a signalman; and
to ensure that the signalman who is appointed under paragraph (1) is attired in such a way as would distinctively identify him as a signalman.
Subregulation 3
No person shall give signal to the crane operator unless he is a signalman appointed in accordance with paragraph (1).
Subregulation 4
It shall be the duty of the signalman appointed under paragraph (1) to —
ensure or verify with the rigger that the load is properly rigged up before he gives a clear signal to the crane operator to lift the load; and
give correct and clear signals to guide the crane operator in the manoeuvre of the load safely to its destination.