NEW CRANE RULES- How are we going to get our employees trained? What are in the crane standards? Certified Training for crane operators, certified riggers and signalmen, a lot of training and a lot of training companies out there….. but who is good and how is the small company going to afford the training?
People have been asking me for my two cents; and here it is. Do you want training or just a certificate. I have attended several Rigging Training Courses and Mobile Crane Inspection Training courses over the last 25 years, most of them average at best. Along comes Mike Parnell and Woodland, Washington; Industrial Training International….. BINGO.
Real classroom training and real hands-on training. I have attend three rigging workshops out west and have had Mike and his company do training for CERTEX and Certex Customers in Birmingham, Decatur, Mobile and Atlanta.
There are many trainers and companies conducting crane and rigging training and they issue a nice, printed certificate. Mike Parnell's trainers spend 40-50-60% on hands on training…HANDS ON TRAINING. People tell me, "You are the best when it come to rigging." I might be a good Toast Master, a good for a speech at a Safety Conference, but the best Crane & Rigging Trainer is Mike Parnell and his crane & rigging team.
Danny Callies, Safety Director
G&R Mineral Services
