32-hour Rigging Supervisor 4 Days: Saturdays & Sundays, Feburary 28 and March 1, 7, and 8, 8:00 AM- 5:00 PM Brooklyn Saturdays and Sundays, March 7, 8, 14, and 15, 8:30 AM – 5:30 PM Per DOB guidance: This course is a requirement for an individual who is not a licensed rigger or a designated foreman of a licensed rigger – to supervise the hoisting or lowering of articles on the outside of a building with hoisting equipment. In lieu of completing this course, the individual may instead possess a Department-approved national rigging certification. This course is also a Licensing requirement for applicants for a Master Rigger license.
Per NYCAC §28-404.3.1 All applicants for a master rigger license shall submit satisfactory proof establishing that the applicant: • Possesses valid certifications for both rigging supervision and lift direction. The certifications must be acceptable to the commissioner and be issued by a rigging supervision and lift direction certification program that is accredited by the National Commission for Certifying Agencies (NCCA) or the American National Standards Institute (ANSI). The certifications shall cover areas including, but not limited to, the inspection and use of rigging hardware, rigging techniques, signaling, hazards associated with rigging, and calculations and problem solving with respect to rigging; • Has, within the one (1) year prior to application, satisfactorily completed a department-approved training course for lift directing that is at least 32 hours in length and in accordance with the requirements of section 28-424.3 of this code; • Has, within the one (1) year prior to application, satisfactorily completed a department-approved training course for rigging supervision that is at least 32 hours in length and in accordance with the requirements of section 3316.9.2 of the New York city building code; and Meets one of the following experience criteria: • Has at least five (5) years of experience, within the seven (7) years prior to application, working as a designated master rigging foreman in the city of New York under the direct and continuing supervision of a licensed master rigger; • Is a licensed professional engineer and, within the five (5) years prior to application, has developed and provided onsite verification of the critical pick plan in accordance with section 3316.9.1 of the New York city building code for at least twenty-five (25) separate New York city certificates of on-site inspections; or • Has at least five (5) years of experience, within the seven (7) years prior to application, working as a licensed lift director in the city of New York.
Per NYCAC §3316.9.1 Supervision. All members of the rigging crew engaged in the hoisting or lowering of any suspended article on the outside of any building in the city, the supervisor of such individuals, and signalpersons communicating with such individuals, shall either: Possess a valid certification for both rigging and signaling. The certification shall be acceptable to the commissioner and issued by a rigging and signaling certification program that is accredited by the National Commission for Certifying Agencies (NCCA) or the American National Standards Institute (ANSI). The certification shall be valid for a term of no more than five years before it has to be renewed and shall cover areas including, but not limited to, the inspection and use of rigging hardware, basic rigging techniques, signaling, and hazards associated with rigging. The certification for a supervisor shall, in addition to the foregoing, include calculations and problem solving with respect to rigging; or • Have completed an initial department-approved training course, and four years following the completion of the initial training course, and every four years thereafter, complete a department-approved refresher course. The courses shall be in accordance with the following: • The initial training course for members of the rigging crew, including signalpersons communicating with such crew, shall be, at a minimum, 16 hours long, with the refresher course, at a minimum, 8 hours long. The initial training course for a supervisor shall be, at a minimum, 32 hours long, with the refresher course, at a minimum, 16 hours long.
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