Qualified Signal Person and Basic Rigging

This is a full-day class which meets the requirements of OSHA's 2010 standard for third-party qualification. Participants must pass a written and practical signal test, and a written rigging test in order to receive their certification card.

Event	Event Date	Location	Capacity	Register
Qualified Signal Person and Basic Rigging - Portland	02-11-2019	Portland, ME	22	Register (Individual) Register (Group)
Qualified Signal Person and Basic Rigging - Burlington	02-20-2019	Burlington, VT	22	Register (Individual) Register (Group)
Qualified Signal Person and Basic Rigging - Portsmouth	04-01-2019	Portsmouth area	22	Register (Individual) Register (Group)

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 is 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.