So you’ve decided you want to work in heavy industry, specifically with cranes, but where do you begin? To help you make informed choices, and start you on the way to a fulfilling career, we’ll briefly review the crane industry’s primary career paths and the specific education, training, and experience required for each. Crane operator […]
The National Commission for the Certification of Crane Operators (NCCCO), Fairfax, Va., announced today the availability of a new CCO certification program for digger derrick operators. Digger derricks are multi-purpose machines primarily designed to dig holes, set poles, and position materials and apparatus. Due to digger derricks’ unique configuration and versatility, users and manufacturers requested […]
MCM Events is delighted to name the first members of the Canadian Hoisting & Rigging Safety Council (CHRSC), which will be inaugurated at its Crane & Rigging Conference (CRC) Canada on Sept. 13-14 at the Sutton Place Hotel in Edmonton, Alberta. CHRSC acting chairperson Fraser Cocks, executive director, British Columbia Association for Crane Safety, said: […]
Grove and JLG veteran Paul Shockey passed away last week at the age of 89. Paul Kenneth Shockey was a native of Maryland and started his career at Landis Tool in Waynesboro, Pennsylvania, later moving to Fairchild Aircraft in Hagerstown, Maryland. In 1959 he joined the Grove brothers at Grove manufacturing as the company’s first […]
On September 12, the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) hosted a roundtable with OSHA, industry, labor and certification organizations to discuss the issue of requiring crane operators to be certified at different levels based on type and capacity of equipment. In a May 2012 FAQ sheet, OSHA interpreted the regulation to mean that all certification […]
Vertex Pharmaceuticals workers wondering what the view will look like out their office windows after the Cambridge firm’s big move to Fan Pier should ask Chris Rand. But they might have to climb up 18 stories to find him. The veteran tower crane operator has been perched high above the Vertex headquarters project for months, […]
Latin America’s largest civil works project is the $5 billion expansion of the Panama Canal, and expanding it to double its size is an international effort. At the center of the action are 14 Potain tower cranes and four Grove cranes. Hired by the government of Panama to construct the canal, the multinational consortium of […]
Cranes and specialized transport equipment from across the United States are being dispatched to hurricane-ravaged New York City, Staten Island and throughout the state of New Jersey in the wake of clean-up from Hurricane Sandy. After the initial rescue, recovery and emergency delivery of supplies to those stranded in heavily impacted areas has been the restoration […]
Crane & Rigging Hot Line is proud to announce the winners of Top Trainer 2012. Brian Fuller, southeast regional safety manager for All Erection & Crane Rental Corp., has won the Corporate Top Trainer award, and Don Jordan, president of American International Crane, has been named the Professional Top Trainer for 2012. Additionally, the following […]
JLG has reported a 42 percent rise in revenues for the 12 months to the end of September, while profits more than tripled. Total revenues for the year were $2.92 billion, 42 percent higher than last year, the breakdown shows a 45 percent increase in aerial lifts sales to $1.39 billion, while telehandler sales increased […]
