crane operators

Crane Institute of America announces the availability of the newest edition of the industry’s favorite rigging handbook. Rigging, by James Headley, has been converted from imperial to metric. Providing practical…

A boom truck overturned yesterday on Interstate 40 to the east of Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Fortunately no one was injured in the incident.

The other day I was asked “what training do you need to drive a crane?”. While this might seem a simple question with a simple answer, it is actually a good deal more challenging.

Tower crane operator Barry Kelly of Irish crane & lifting was recently filmed by Irish television company RTE and named as the highest fan of country and western singer Garth Brooks.

A new lifting related training company, SWL Training has been established in the UK by Kevin Bennison.

Crane & Rigging Hot Line announces that key organizations in the crane and rigging industry have signed up to sponsor the 2014 Top Trainer program.

Unic Cranes Europe has provided spider crane training for UK and Danish military servicemen in order to carry out helicopter maintenance and repair work.

The National Commission for the Certification of Crane Operators (NCCCO) now offers the first phase of its CCO certification program specifically designed for boom truck operators.

Crane Institute Certification (CIC) announces that it achieved accreditation for four of its crane operator certification programs.

CCO certification reached a historic milestone last month when the 100,000th person to be certified through the nationally accredited program since its launch in April 1996 received his certification card.