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Training to Craning in 60 Minutes: Putting My VR-learned Skills to the Test with a Real 22 Ton Crane [From RoadToVR]

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Training to Craning in 60 Minutes: Putting My VR-learned Skills to the Test with a Real 22 Ton Crane [From RoadToVR]

Guest Article by Eric Liga

Last week, I traveled to the Houston Area Safety Council in Pasadena, Texas, to put Industrial Training International VR’s new crane simulator through its paces. While ITI has been training crane operators, riggers, and signallers for 30 years, the inclusion of VR in their training programs is a recent development. To test the effectiveness of their VR crane simulator ITI offered to let me —someone who has never operated heavy machinery in their life — spend an hour training with the system and then apply what I learned to operating an actual crane.

Read the full article at www.roadtovr.com.

NCCCO Certified Lift Director [Flowchart]

Sparked by a number of industry forces, including 29CFR 1926.1400 (Federal OSHA), ASME P30.1 (Lift Planning), ASME B30.5 (Mobile and Locomotive Cranes), the responsibilities of a Lift Director, and in turn, nationally recognized Certified Lift Director status, continues to grow in both interest and importance in the crane, rigging, and load handling industries. NCCCO's Lift Director certification program was developed by a task force made up of experts covering the full range of the crane industry including, but not limited to:

Management
End Users
Trainers
Safety Supervisors

So what does it take to become an NCCCO Certified Lift Director?

Find out here!

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Monty has applied his skills and abilities on numerous projects the world over with Bechtel and before than as an ironworker.

Monty was kind enough to be a guest presenter on the ITI Showcase Webinar Series, giving all of us some insight into Bechtel's take on tagline use.

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CONEXPO 2017

Once every three years, the construction leaders gather in Las Vegas for the industry's biggest event. With over 2,500 exhibitors, and hundreds of thousands of attendees, the 2017 version of CONEXPO will be no different. Visit ITI at the show at booth #G71407, and reserve time on one of three Virtual Reality Simulators in the booth by visiting the link below! Hope to see you there!

www.iti.com/conexpo!

Fundamentals of Rigging Engineering [Demo]

The Fundamentals of Rigging Engineering Program is a comprehensive introduction to the science and art of the engineering behind heavy rigging, lifting, and transport activities.

This program was built to prepare key personnel with foundational knowledge in rigging engineering, exposing students to what they need to consider, and provide them with the resources to solve a challenge when it arises.