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

Announcement

We are pleased to report that in February of 2017, we became an NCCER certification provider!

The NCCER (National Center for Construction Education and Research) is a well-respected organization founded in 1996 as a non-profit education foundation. It was developed with the support of more than 125 construction CEOs and various association and academic leaders who united to revolutionize training for the construction industry. The NCCER offers curricula for more than 70 craft areas and more than 70 assessments, and New England Crane School is now offering NCCER certification in four types of mobile crane operations: industrial cranes, lattice boom cranes, telescoping boom cranes, and boom trucks. These certifications are nationally accredited by ANSI and recognized by OSHA as meeting the requirement for operator certification or qualification by November of 2017.

Our 2018 season schedule is up! Click here for signal/rigging classes, and here for operator certification classes.

Info on OSHA’s Extension of the Certification Deadline

After a year and a half of public comment and debate, OSHA finally made the extension of the operator certification requirement official in 2014.

Self-Qualifying Quiz

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