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The highly anticipated OSHA Compliance Directive for the Cranes and Derricks in Construction Standard (29 CFR Part 1926 Subpart CC) (dated February 11, 2022) has been published.

The 52nd Biannual NCCCO Commissioners Meeting was held on April 22, 2022, at Orlando World Center Marriott in Orlando, Florida.

The CCO Concrete Pump Operator certification program will launch later this summer, and CCO recently spent some time with Kyle Rask, chair of the task force developing this new program.

CCO certification cards issued beginning May 1, 2022, will include a QR code that links directly to the Verify CCO Online (VCO) system.

A new version of the CCO Signalperson Practical Exam has been released as of April 1. The new exam consists of 30 scenarios of still imagery for which the candidate needs to provide the correct hand or voice signal to match the scenario.

Signal persons can have the greatest impact on jobsites with cranes. In essence, they are the eyes and ears of the operator—especially in situations where the operator cannot see the load.

Taking advantage of CCO’s newly restructured sponsorship program, Associated Training Services (Sun Prairie, WI) has signed on as a top-tier Platinum Level corporate sponsor.

Join us in congratulating Bob Mahlman, CCO Director of Certification & Credentialing, and Joel Oliva, CCO Senior Director of Innovation, who recently earned the Institute for Credentialing Excellence (I.C.E.) new Certified Credentialing Professional (ICE-CCP) certification.

Graham Brent, Chief Executive Officer of the NCCCO Foundation, will retire July 29, 2022, bringing to a close a 26-year career with the National Commission for the Certification of Crane Operators.

A federal judge in Alabama has awarded CCO a nearly $1 million judgment for copyright infringement, as well as a permanent injunction against the two defendants involved in the misconduct.

NCCCO discusses the fundamental benefits of registering copyrights.

More than 150 volunteers and guests attended celebration of 25th anniversary of when CCO certifications first became available.

Accredited Safety Solutions (Indianapolis, IN) is the new exclusive Platinum Sponsor for the myCCO smartphone app, available for Apple and Android devices.

CCO has made available for paper/pencil test (PPT) applications the batch processing system recently introduced for practical exam applications.

Effective January 1, 2022, NCCCO will further simplify its exam fee schedule for Mobile Crane Operator written exams.

Fourth in a series of related articles reviewing the personnel roles that have been identified when working with cranes, explaining Crane Operators' responsibilities, defining their training requirements, and outlining their documentation requirements.

At a gala on November 11, NCCCO will celebrate the anniversary of when CCO to celebrate 25th anniversary certifications first became available.

CCO is adopting standardized test site layouts for the Mobile Crane Operator certification program.

To improve fairness across all exams and candidates, CCO is migrating away from shortened recertification exams and replacing them with the initial (longer) certification written exams to be taken by all candidates.

NCCCO continues to permit continued written (paper/pencil and computer-based) and practical testing safely during COVID-19.

Because one of its primary activities is lifting and moving loads, a digger derrick may be performing as a crane in construction activities and needs to follow OSHA regulations.

Third in a series of related articles reviewing the personnel roles that have been identified when working with cranes, explaining Lift Directors' responsibilities, defining their training requirements, and outlining their documentation requirements.

Second in a series of related articles reviewing each of the roles that have been identified when working with cranes, this article explains the responsibilities of Site Supervision/Controlling Entity, Crane Owner, and Crane User.

First in a series of related articles reviewing each of the roles that have been identified when working with cranes, explaining the responsibilities, defining the training requirements, as well as outlining the documentation requirements.

Those the pile driving industry may not have realized that they were also impacted by the OSHA crane rule that went into effect in November 2018, including the requirement for operators to be certified.

Find out how NCCCO and CCO certification programs can help employers ensure personnel working in and around their equipment have documented qualification through fair, unbiased, defensible certification, thereby avoiding costly OSHA fines.

Reflecting its expanding scope into personnel certifications for load handling equipment other than cranes, NCCCO is transitioning to a new logo, effective January 1, 2021.

Federal OSHA has specific—but different—qualification requirements for signalpersons and riggers. In both cases people often wonder whether “certification” equals “qualification,” and, if not, what the difference is.

Written and practical exams are developed after a comprehensive job analysis process.

NCCCO is honored to announce that 25 industry experts have been selected to develop a new certification program for concrete pump operators.

NCCCO is honored to announce that 26 industry experts have been selected to develop a new certification program for operators of telehandlers.

In response to numerous industry requests to serve the growing Spanish-speaking construction labor force, NCCCO has made available its CCO Articulating Crane Operator written certification exams in Spanish.