banksman

Initially I worked as a banksman, who give the directions to the crane driver from the ground, before becoming a fully fledged tower crane driver myself."

After 32 years at the pit, latterly as the banksman who sees the men into and out of the cage, Nigel, 50, is redundant with no prospect of work.

The road to accreditation began in 2011 with a range of approvals for offshore survival, banksman slinger and rigger training.

A Health and Safety Executive investigation found Mrs Rose was acting as a banksman, assisting a lorry driver to reverse park on a slope.

Other changes have included barriers around the assembly area and the introduction of a banksman to control personnel working within it.

When you start the job you will usually have some initial training, including health and safety, manual handling, working with hazardous substances, working at heights, helicopter and helideck safety and banksman slinging (using hoisting equipment).

"So they made me a banksman in which I controlled the crane driver.

"You don't want to lose the art of being a rigger, or a banksman, or a crane operator," says Foster.

The crew safe range includes Banksman Radar and Auto Braking, VT-Live, Zone Safe II, Forward and Rear Light Boards and Traffic Alert.

Health and Safety Executive inspector Christopher Wilcox said minimum guidelines for the operation of a fork-lift truck on building sites required a banksman to guide and advise the driver.

understands he was acting as a banksman as the lorry reversed into a loading bay at City Tower.

Prosecutor Philip Evans QC said: "The defendant was the only other person present and was supposedly acting as the 'banksman' keeping a lookout.