Having already addressed what can be done with Massachusetts 1A, 1C, and 1D Hoisting Licences, this article focuses on the remaining Class 1 license, the 1B. A 1B license holder may operate any equipment covered by a 1C or 1D. That includes forklifts (1D) and “equipment with hydraulic telescoping booms and any other hydraulic equipment…
If you are reading this article, you are probably exploring the idea of a career as a crane operator. If you have just begun your investigation, you have probably discovered that there is a lot more to being a crane operator than you originally assumed. If you are further into the learning process you know…
There is no point pursuing a Hoisting 1D License in Massachusetts if you don’t know what that license permits you to do. The Code of Massachusetts Regulations (CMR) offers a simple answer to the question at hand: “1D operators may operate general industrial warehouse fork lift equipment primarily used in indoor facilities.” (CMR 520 6.10)…
Yana Tcharnaia, the sales manager of Jonas Construction Software, ensures that future customers have the information they need about the company’s software products and the industry in order to help them research and buy construction software. We recently spoke with Yana about how construction management software is becoming more widespread in the construction industry. Briefly…
Introduction The Engineering Division of the Massachusetts Department of Public Safety (DPS) oversees the licensing applications and exams for more than 47,000 individual operators in the construction and engineering related occupations within the state. 1 Hoisting licensing is conducted in compliance with Section 520 of the Code of Massachusetts Regulations (CRM), Section 6.0, which defines…
Don’t PANIC! If you are a pessimist, you expect things to go wrong. If you are an optimist, you might say, “Every day is a good day. Some are just better than others.” In the grander scheme of things, it doesn’t matter if you are a pessimist or an optimist. Things go wrong. If you…
Never take safety for granted. “When any one asks me how I can best describe my experiences of nearly forty years at sea I merely say uneventful. Of course, there have been Winter gales and storms and fog and the like, but in all my experience I have never been in an accident of any…
Continuing through this series of “What You Need to Know When Getting Your Hoisting 1A,” readers will become more aware that the overarching issue for securing a Massachusetts-issued Hoisting License is not simply about how to operate lifting equipment, but how to operate it safely. This is characteristic of all hoisting courses, whether for cranes,…
“Hook ‘er up and let’s get ‘er done! We’ve done this dozen of times before. What could possibly go wrong?” Those sentences could well become part of a list of famous last words. One thing that never matters is how many times you have hoisted a load like this before. The only thing that matters…
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