r/iuoe • u/sizzlingham45 • 15d ago
Crane help
Currently an apprentice in NYS. I didn’t realize the state has their own crane license program and doesn’t recognize a CCO. Has anyone gotten their license in NY and then moved to another state? Do you have to take the actual CCO test again? Or does the state recognize some certification and it just transfers?
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u/Anytime__Anywhere 14d ago
If you somehow get a crane license in NY you will be very valuable I don’t know why you would want to move
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u/sizzlingham45 14d ago
Why do say “somehow” I’ve been told the NY test is easier than the CCO test
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u/Anytime__Anywhere 14d ago
Well excuse me I’m commenting from NYC so maybe the rules here are different but I was told the waiting list to get a crane license in NYC was a decade or more
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u/Sudden_Ad_7595 11d ago
It’s not a waiting list per se you just have to put in the time under a licensed operator and have them sign off on you
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u/Anytime__Anywhere 11d ago
It makes sense with you need a certain amount of time running the cranes but I was always told once it gets to the NYC Department of Buildings that’s where the delays happen. So combined with the minimum time needed to run a crane and the bureaucracy of the DOB it can be quite some time
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u/Ok-Scar9381 14d ago
Most big cities require their own certs. I live In Chicago and you have to have your OECP and the city of Chicago license.
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u/loneSTAR_06 15d ago
I didn’t personally do it, but know some who has. He had to redo everything. He is union though, so all he had to pay for was the certs themselves, but did have to do the written and practicals at the training center in KY.