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NCCCO NEWS
FEBRUARY 2014
ACT
ANSI commends
NCCCO for
data security
The American National Standards Institute
(ANSI) has granted continued accreditation
to NCCCO for all its currently accredited
programs following an annual audit of its
operations.
Furthermore, ANSI awarded NCCCO
a commendation for the integrity of its
security systems, and expanded the
accreditation to include the new CCO
Digger Derrick Operator certification (see
story at left).
This latest commendation was awarded
in response to NCCCO’s elective Security
Test and Evaluation Audit to the National
Institute of Standards of Technology NIST-
800 standard conducted last year. All
security controls for which NCCCO has
full or partial responsibility both at its
own offices and those of its contracted
testing provider, International Assessment
Institute (IAI), were evaluated against the
rigorous standards defined by NIST.
NCCCO readies
Boom Truck
certification
This year will see the launch of a new
CCO certification program from NCCCO
especially designed for operators of
boom trucks.
Currently, boom truck operators take
either the telescopic boom – fixed cab
crane exams or the telescopic boom-
swing cab crane exams for a TSS or
TLL certification, respectively. The new
boom truck certification will have two
designations: Boom Truck – Fixed Cab
(BTF) and Boom Truck – Swing Cab
(BTS).
Similar to the Service Truck Crane
certification program, current and future
TSS and TLL certificants do not need to
take the boom truck exams, and will be
automatically awarded the BTF and/or
the BTS certification when they certify.
ANSI accredits Digger
Derrick certification
The American National Standards
Institute (ANSI) has awarded
accreditation to the CCO Digger
Derrick Operator certification program
following a comprehensive review of its
test development and administration
protocols. This brings to nine the
number of CCO certification programs
that have been accredited by ANSI to the
ISO/IEC 17024 International Standard
for organizations that certify personnel.
The scope extension of NCCCO’s ANSI
accreditation to include the CCO Digger
Derrick Operator program came after
careful analysis of test data, and rigorous
audits of NCCCO’s management systems
and psychometric procedures.
Although digger derrick operators
are excluded from OSHA’s operator
certification requirements for utility
work, they are required to be certified
for work that falls outside the “utility”
definition, such as erecting signs, lights,
and telecommunication equipment, as
well as other construction work.
Practical exam tasks include auguring a
6-foot hole and placing a 35-45-foot long
pole in place.
