The importance of crane training

摘要

Today, many tree companies rely on the use of cranes for removing trees. Whether a tree company owns orrents cranes, employers will be held to the standards and requirements of Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and the ANSI (American National Standards Institute) Z133 Standard.Currently, OSHA does not require tree care operators to comply with its Construction Crane standard. However, tree care companies that own a crane and perform at least one non-tree-related job at any point during a year, such as lifting an air-conditioning unit atop a building or setting trusses, will need to comply. That standard's compliance deadline for operator certification is November 10, 2017. In any case, arborist crane operators and riggers need to be properly trained oncrane-related safety and operational procedures.