Information about obtaining and renewing a Massachusetts contractor’s license.
Life is about choices – and so far, you’ve made some pretty good ones. You’ve chosen to work in the construction field, which employs over 110,000 people in Massachusetts. You’ve chosen a good employer where you have received substantial real-world experience. Perhaps you’ve even chosen to complete a vocation-technical program, earn a college degree, and/or…
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)…
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…
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,…
That phrase used to be the common enigma faced by many men and women choosing a career or hunting a job. “How can I have experience if I can’t get a job where I can get experience?” Those days have largely disappeared along with the classified ads and the newspapers in which they appeared. Although…
That’s an interesting question – and one that should be asked and answered. A quick response is “less than a ticket, a beer, and a hot dog for yourself and a friend at Fenway.” The last we checked, the latter cost $130.68. The fee to take the exam to get a Massachusetts Construction Supervisor License…
A Look at Life Wanting to get a construction license in Massachusetts is no different that wanting to get anything else. We want what we want right now, but the reality is that getting what we want takes just a bit longer. You can wish upon a star, but all of life is comprised of…