Oklahoma College of Construction Crane Operator Training

Heavy equipment operator training school news video on crane accident interview on safety from the Oklahoma College of Construction

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• certification

[MammoetFan]

I have heard that the training at Mammoet is 13 weeks long. So i don't under stand why this can be done in4 to 6 weeks.

[TheQuixoticelixer]

Do they teach ya to eat cheese in this course? I smella rat!

[hawaii3r]

All you people complaining about a 6 week course... where do you expect someone to get formal training? I know for a fact that a lot of you old timers don't even want to teach the younger generation due to job security or for other selfish reasons. Sure, you may have the hours but was it 5000 hours of bad habits? Can you do it all or was you just stuck at a construction site slinging the same stuff for years?

[douggiephresh1985]

6 weeks (3 considering 50% of the time is classroom instruction) is a joke. I wonder what they charge for this class. You may learn how to hoist up and down, but get out in the field after 120 hours in the seat and your outrigger is going through a drainage ring. It takes years of practical training and on the job experience before you could think of being a responsible crane operator. The Operating Engineers apprenticeship training is the closest one can get to proper training.

[kingmike40]

Funny thing is after I posted my last comment 11 months ago. An electrician comes up to me at a job site where I am operating my boom truck. He starts telling me about the crane operator school he is planning to start with a friend. This electrician has NO experience with a crane. He went to some school in california for 6 weeks so now he thinks he is qualified to train others. I had to walk away to keep from laughing in his face. I still laugh about it.

[tnwolfwalker]

before I could take my CCO test, I had to document 5000 hrs of crane work, (now on third renewal) and I'm still learning,,,what the hell can you learn in 4-6 weeks

[getn2it454]

Most apprenticships take 4 years to complete. The IUOE will give you more knowledge and skill that employers and thier insurance companies are looking for. You work while you learn, get paid good money plus benefits. If you are a greenhorn, six weeks isn't even going to get you close enough to even understand the CCO test yet alone pass it. Not every job has a brand new rt working at 10->20 % of it's capacity. Lets keep the shiny side up and get propper training.

[MegaSKYHOOK]

If you guys really want to operate a crane and need to learn how first, Go join your local Operating Engineers local ! First off it's free and far more safeir then these nit wits courses like this are to run a crane not operate.

[getmerexcramer]

experience is the best teacher, I was an iron worker, certain cranes could lift more even though they were not rated for it. Steel was better long ago.

[olegravyleggs]

Im getting pissed watching this... 6 week course??????? Assholes are stealing peoples money... In 6 weeks maybe you can learn how to read the load charts and overall crane basics for example ' this is a boom,this is a penent line, this is a becket...