Definition:
“Crane-related experience” – operating, maintaining, inspecting, or training on cranes.
1,000 hours of “Crane-related experience” voids the requirement of the practical exam during recertification. Otherwise the practical exam remains required during recertification.
“Candidates who can attest to at least 1,000 hours of crane-related experience during their period of certification do not need to take the practical exam to recertify.”
Note, 1,000 hours is reduced to 500 hours for Service Truck Cranes.
Reference: CCO MOBILE CRANE OPERATOR CANDIDATE HANDBOOK, p. 1, 10 (“RECERTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS”).
California / Cal-OSHA Title 8
§5006.2. (d)(3) Re-certification. Crane operators shall re-certify every five (5) years and shall be required to meet all of the qualifications set forth in subsection (d)(1). Operators with at least one-thousand (1,000) hours of documented experience operating the specific type of crane for which re-certification is sought as covered by this section during the immediately preceding certification period and who meet the physical examination, substance abuse, and written examination requirements set forth in subsection (g)(1)-(g)(3) shall not be required to take the “hands-on” examination specified in subsection (g)(4) to re-certify.
3 specifics are highlighted in Title 8 here, which are:
- 1,000 documented hours of experience
- Operating
- The specific type of crane
For more information please read ‘Eligibility for Operating a Crane in California‘.