Hoisting Engineer
- Exam
- State exam
- Education
- None
- Experience
- None
- Background check
- None
The Department of Public Safety (Department) licenses and regulates the operation of hoisting equipment. The Department derives its authority to regulate hoisting operators from Massachusetts General Laws chapter 146, section 53. Additionally, the Department has promulgated regulations which are codified in section 6.00 of title 520 of the Code of Massachusetts Regulations. Anyone who wishes to operate hoisting equipment (including derricks, cableways, machinery used for discharging cargoes, and temporary elevator cars used on excavation work or used for hoisting building material) must obtain a license from the Department. Hoisting operators must be 18 years of age, complete an application, and successfully pass an examination covering all working parts of the hoisting machinery, safe operating practices, hand signals, and inspection procedures in order to obtain a license
Requirements reported by the state
- Licence type
- Stand-alone license
- Exam
- State exam required
- Education
- No education required
- Continuing education
- Continuing education required
- Certification
- No mention of certification
- Experience
- No experience
- Background check
- No criminal record requirements
Issuing body
- Department
- Department of Public Safety
- Division
- Engineering Division
- Address
- One Ashburton Place Room 1301 Boston, MA 02108
- Phone
- (617) 727-3200
- Agency website
- http://www.mass.gov/eopss/agencies/dps/
- Licence page
- https://www.mass.gov/hoisting
- Last updated
- May 9, 2018
Occupations (O*NET)
- Crane Operator 53-7021.00
Source and verification
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