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forces to create a task force todefine
theknowledge and skills required
for certification. Staff from the two
organizations, alongwith representatives
frommanufacturers, equipment
suppliers, contractors, serviceproviders,
and safetypersonnel, aswell as other
expert volunteers,will contribute the
development of theprogram.
SteveHall, executivedirector of thePile
DrivingContractorsAssociation (PDCA),
saidNCCCOwas theperfect partner to
help create thenewprogrambasedon its
track recordof success and acceptance.
“NCCCO’s expertise in thedevelopment
of operator certificationprograms for the
crane andheavy equipment industries,
aswell as thewidespread adoptionof its
programs throughout these industries,
are twoof themany reasonsPDCA
believes thatNCCCO is the ideal
organization todevelop and administer
thisnewprogram.”
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NCCCO joins
crane safety
coalition
NCCCO has joined nine other leading
construction industry organizations to call
on theOccupational Safety andHealth
Administration (OSHA) to correct and
reissue long-awaited crane operator
certification requirements.
The ten organizations that now
comprise theCoalition for CraneOperator
Safety (CCOS), of whichNCCCO is a
chartermember, areworkingwith both
Congress andOSHA to amend and
finalize controversial aspects of theCrane
&Derricks inConstruction Standard.
CCOS is specifically calling for OSHA to
rescind the crane capacity certification
requirements, aswell as a provision that
essentially equates employer certification
with qualification.
GrahamBrent, chief executive officer of
NCCCO, said the organization has joined
CCOS alongwith two other certification
organizations to help ensure theOSHA
provisions regarding certification promote
crane safety, rather than impede it.
“WhileOSHA has confirmed it will
address these concerns during the
recently announced three-year delay, the
industries supportingCCOS have created
this coalition to ensure it is done right and
done expeditiously,” he explained.
Formore info. go to nccco.org/CCOS.
NCCCOCommissioners gather
for 37th biannual meeting
Baltimorewas once again the host city for the fall meetings of theNCCCOCommission and
several of its exammanagement committees, concludingwith the full Commissionmeeting
onOctober 17.More than 70Commissioners and guests participated in the nearly week-
long event, whichwasmade possiblewith generous support fromGold Sponsors
Essex
Crane Rental Corp.
, Buffalo Grove, IL, and
Lifting Solutions
, Brooklyn, NY; The
Crosby Group, Tulsa, OK, was a Silver Sponsor.
N
ot tobe confusedwith the
existingCCO latticeboom
mobile crane certification that
covers piledrivingoperations through
crane attachments, thePileDrivingRig
Operator programwill dealwithpurpose-
built, dedicated equipment (seephoto,
right).
JoelOliva, director of operations and
programdevelopment atNCCCO,
said thekey to creating a top-notch
certificationprogram is to call on awide
rangeof experts.
“Thenewprogram–whichwill bemade
available in early2016–will drawon
industry support, subjectmatter expertise,
andpsychometric guidance,”he said. “All
the elements of thisnewPileDrivingRig
Operator certificationwill bedeveloped
according to the same strict standards
that havebecome ahallmarkof allCCO
certificationprograms.”
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