New England Crane School

Books We Recommend

Jerry Klinke's Rigging Pocket Guide is well-organized, easy to read, and fits in your pocket. Participants in our Qualified Signalperson and Rigging class receive a copy as part of their class registration fee. You can also order it from Industrial Training International (ITI).

Bob's Rigging & Crane Handbook by Bob De Benedictis

Mobile Craning Today by D.H. Campbell

Magazines We Recommend

Crane & Rigging Hotline

International Cranes and Specialized Transport

American Cranes & Transport

What’s New

OSHA Publishes Final Rule on Operator Certification and Qualification

On November 9, 2018, OSHA published the long-awaited final rule addressing both operator certification and operator qualification. The final deadline for operator certification was December 10, 2018, and certification must be by type but is no longer required to be by capacity. Employers are required to pay for the cost of certification for any currently employed operator, and the re-certification requirement remains at every five years.

Recognizing that certification is not enough to ensure an operator is qualified to perform specific tasks on specific equipment, the final rule also adds a requirement for the employer to conduct a task- and equipment-specific evaluation of each operator, and make documentation of that evaluation available on the jobsite. This is the most important change to the regulation. To read more about this requirement, click here for our recent newsletter on the subject.

Self-Qualifying Quiz

Thinking of self-qualifying as a signalperson and rigger? Take this quiz.