The planning of individual routine lifting operations may be the responsibility of those who carry them out (eg a slinger or crane operator). For complex and high-risk operations, the planning and organisation should be extensive and meticulous. These people should have sufficient theoretical and practical knowledge of the work and equipment in question, as well as the requirements of the law, to be able to do this properly. Each of these elements requires a person or people with sufficient competence to be involved at each step.

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