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BC Crane Trade Moves to Compliance Verification Model

BC Crane Safety has adopted the Compliance Verification Model. This model translates into fewer barriers, lower overall costs, streamlined administration, greater mobility, easier match to other jurisdictions, alternate paths to certification, flexible training alternatives, and access to alternate careers.

Logbook App Available to All Operators

Did you know that as a BC Crane Operator you have a SkillRecord profile which includes a mobile logbook? Your crane operator logbook is available to you as an app for IOS or Android, or online. It allows you to record your daily activity, upload photos, get sign-offs, and show others what you can operate […]

ECOL Invites Natoc and BC Crane Safety

The European Crane Operator Licence Committee invited BC Crane Safety and the National Occupational Council of Canada to participate in their working committee meeting on September 19, 2016 in Amsterdam as they work to create the common baseline for an EU Mobile Crane Operator Licence. The vision is a common baseline standard for the European […]

BC Crane Safety Joins ICVS

BC Crane Safety is now a member of the International Compliance Verification System (ICVS), administered in Canada by the National Occupational Council of Canada (Natoc). BC recognizes more crane operator credentials than any other jurisdiction in Canada. Currently, thirteen Canadian jurisdictions, the USA, and Ireland are recognized. Crane operators can work in BC based on […]

European Crane Operator Licence Project Moves Forward

ESTA, the European association for abnormal road transport and mobile cranes, is creating a European Crane Operator Licence (ECOL). The project is on schedule and moving forward. Click here for the full article.

SCC Rigging Report Now Available

The primary objective of the Industry Report on Standards Referenced in Canadian Regulations for the Hoisting and Rigging Industry is to provide relevant and up-to-date standards information to the CHRSC and its stakeholders, to assist in the identification of areas where harmonization and alignment efforts across jurisdictions may benefit industry from safety, mobility and economic perspectives. The […]

2015 Crane & Rigging Conference

November 9-10, 2015 For the fifth year, the Crane & Rigging Conference Canada will take place in Edmonton, Alberta, bringing a high level of educational opportunities to crane owners, users, and trainers. Visit The Crane & Rigging Conference website for more information.