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NCCCONEWS
ACT
JANUARY 2015
The Fall NCCCO
Commissionmeeting held
inOctober inBaltimore
saw twoCommissioners
elected, three re-elected,
and one retire.
E
lected to five-year terms as
Commissionerswere
BRIAN
HAIGHT
,CranesTechnical
Specialist,CraneCertificationProgram
Supervisor,Washington
StateDepartment of Labor
and Industries (Olympia,
WA), and
WILLIAM
DAVIS (left)
, Senior
RiskEngineer, Zurich
(Richmond,VA). Brian
Haight brings a regulatoryperspective
to theCommission,whileBillDavis–a
formerAlternateCommissioner–has an
extensive, diversebackground that helps
roundout the expertise representedon
theCommission.Haightwill serve in the
Government/Regulatory category,while
Davis is thenewPublicMember.
Re-elected toadditional five-year
terms asCommissioners
were
TIMARKILANDER
,
representing the
ArticulatingCrane
Council ofAmerica
(ACCNA);
BETHO’QUINN
(left)
, representing
theSpecializedCarriers andRigging
Association (SC&RA); and
DOUGLAS
STEGEMAN
, representing IUOELocal 139.
Also electedas anAlternative
NCCCOmarks
20 years
TheNational
Commission for
theCertification
of Crane
Operators
(NCCCO) is
preparing a
slate of activities and announcements as
part of a special recognition program that
will mark the twentieth anniversary of the
founding of the non-profit organization.
“Over the past two decades, CCO
certification has become established as
the premier crane-related credential in
theUnited States, if not theworld,” said
NCCCOChief ExecutiveOfficer, Graham
Brent. “None of themajor improvements
in jobsite safety advances that have come
with the introduction of professional
personnel certificationwould have been
possiblewithout the industry foundation that
establishedNCCCO and has continued to
support it ever since.”
NCCCOwas founded by the Specialized
Carriers &RiggingAssociation (SC&RA)
in January 1995with the singular goal of
improving the safety of crane operations. It
followed almost a decade of commitment by
a dedicated group of volunteers to establish
effective performance standards for those
whowork in and around cranes. The result
of this vision and determinationwas a fair,
valid and reliable assessment of crane
operator knowledge and skills, Brent said.
“Naturally, wewant to be sure that
we celebrate this historicmilestone
appropriately,” Brent said, “andwe’ve
selected a number of projects that will tell
the story of NCCCO and help position the
organization for further growth over the next
two decades through a number of important
announcements during the year.”
Keep abreast of 20thAnniversary
Developments at: nccco.org/20Years.
TheNCCCO Pile Driving Rig Operator Task Force held its inaugural meeting in December
in Orange Park, FL hosted bymeeting sponsor, the Pile Driving Contractors Association
(PDCA). The subject matter expertswho comprise the Task Force represent stakeholder
groups reflecting all interests of the pile driving industry. Collectively, they bring hundreds
of years of experience in pile drivingwork to the development project, saidNCCCO Director
of Operations, Joel Oliva. The certification program, forwhich PDCA has contractedwith
NCCCO, is expected to launch in the first quarter of 2016.
NCCCO
elects new
commissioners
Commissioner to
PAULMOSLEY
of ShellOil
was
JOHNHELLUMS
, BusinessDevelopment
Manager atBishopLiftingProducts, Inc.
(Houston, TX).
Retiringafter 19years’ service to
NCCCOwas
RONKOHNER
, Landmark
Engineering (Roseville,MN).Kohner,
a chartermemberof theCommission
(above, center),with
ELLISVLIET
,
CommissionChairman (right) and
GRAHAMBRENT
,CEO, observedhow the
achievementsofCCO certificationhad
far exceeded initial expectations. “The
effortsof dozensof dedicated individuals
have takenus indirections that Inever
envisioned,”he said. “Workingwith these
individualshasprovidedmepersonally
witha learningopportunity forwhich I
will always be appreciative.”
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