In Alberta, many people often ask us if “certification” equals “qualification,” and, if not, what the difference is. The main difference is the level of testing required. Qualification is done by the employer (think along the lines of competency), and may or may not involve formal testing; It is at the discretion of the employer’s qualified evaluator. Certification requires third-party testing to provide a consistent and accurate means to determine a person’s technical knowledge and hands-on skills related to the task. If you would like to know more or have more questions, such as: “Is picker training mandatory?”, or “do I have to recertify my picker operators every 3 years?” All great questions and we get that a lot. In
Light Duty Crane Training in Alberta and Saskatchewan
If your Company Has Any of the Cranes Shown in The Photo and You Want Training for Them, We Have The Program You Need. We provide On-Site training for your operators no matter where you are located in Alberta or Saskatchewan! Knuckle boom cranes are the most common of them, they are very versatile, are generally installed on a variety of trucks, equipment, boats, and so much more! The brands we have trained our customers on are HIAB, Palfinger, Fassi, Ferrari, Copma and more! Knuckle Boom Crane Safety Training The bigger your crane becomes it’s likely to have remote control on it for operations and this is by far the BEST scenario as you are always moving with the load
Southern Alberta Light Duty Crane Training
Are you located in Southern Alberta and Looking for the Following Crane Training Programs for Your Operators? Just some of the locations we have trained in are: Medicine Hat, Lethbridge, Taber, Brooks, Calgary, Innisfail and Red Deer. These locations are covered by our instructor in Calgary. We don’t charge a travel fee based on most of these areas are within 2 hours of our office, thereby reducing your cost for training. We also don’t charge any LOA fees, again we are doing what we can to ensure your training costs are kept as low as possible. Some of the programs we offer are: Knuckle Boom (Picker) Training up to 8-tons – See HERE for more details Carry Deck Crane Training
COVID19 – Training Cancellations
Due to the pandemic of Covid-19, we have made the difficult but necessary decision to cancel all training classes for the next 3 weeks or longer. Once the governments across Canada have given the all clear to resume business, group settings, etc, we will then announce this to our customers. I will everyone the very best in this very trying time we are experiencing, God speed to us all! For more information or to talk with us directly, please call us at (844) 334-8847 or send us an email on our contact us page HERE
Do You Need Crane Training?
For Crane Training in Alberta, Saskatchewan or NWT, actually all across Canada we have a CSA “Standard” that each Province in Canada will take it’s own “standard” from to develop respective OH&S standards for. While there is no “laws” per-se as we are always asked about in many phone calls, there is the minimum standard required to provide specific training for specific tools. Did you know that OH&S officers have the power to charge you or your operator with a criminal offence if warranted. If that doesn’t get one thinking nothing truly will. A crane gets no more specific to lifting than does a Rigid 300 power thread unit to…well threading pipe, it simply doesn’t. Some of the training that
Knuckle Boom Crane Winch – Clearing up the confusion
Who would have thought that a winch could create so much confusion on a knuckle boom crane in Alberta, Saskatchewan and other provinces as well. The winch shown to the left is pretty unique compared to the one below. What is the biggest difference you ask? Well the one on the left is controlled by the cranes overload system, meaning it is tied DIRECTLY into the cranes controls and safety overload system. Now, most if not all now should be factory supplied winch systems in Western Canada, but there are literally 1000’s of the “old-school” winches in service today and the issue is BIG against these systems as many owners more than likely already know…no A2B or alternate that will