At-a-Glance: To become a crane operator, you’ll need a nationally recognized third-party crane operator certification for your crane type, a signalperson and rigger qualification, a current ...

Crane Inspection & Certification Bureau (CICB) Online Assessement Testing is an internet-based multiple-choice testing application evaluates potential or existing employees’ knowledge of OSHA and ANSI ...

If you’re going to operate a crane in a competition, you want weather like Saturday’s bright, cool sunshine. “It couldn’t be a better day,” said Andrew Seid, 28, who flew out from Boise on Saturday as ...

The NCCCO Foundation has launched a web-based directory designed to help employers navigate OSHA’s rules on crane operator qualifications. “OSHA anticipated this service being needed when it included ...

The air conditioner was buzzing and blowing to keep up with the desert sun, but the small window unit had already lost its cool. My hands—shaky and slippery with sweat—were having trouble keeping a ...

When crane picks go awry, they can do so with catastrophic consequences to life, limb and property. These periodic punctuations to the need for greater safety are stimulating a nationwide appetite for ...

SUMMARY: On August 9, 2010, OSHA issued a final standard establishing requirements for cranes and derricks used in construction work. The standard requires employers to ensure that crane operators are ...

The 2018 crane rule from OSHA provided a framework for establishing operator competency for the construction industry. The operator must be: Trained + Certified/Licensed + Evaluated = Qualified. In ...

With the exception of the evaluation and documentation requirements, the final rule will become effective on Dec. 9, 2018. The requirements for evaluation and documentation will become effective on ...

OSHA has partnered with the National Commission for the Certification of Crane Operators (NCCCO) and the NCCCO Foundation to enhance the protection of crane operators by addressing some of the most ...

Students and instructors from the Heavy Equipment College of America (HEC) assembled and tested a 110-ton lattice boom crawler crane at the school campus in Stonecrest, Georgia. The school’s newly ...