Regional Crane Operator and Rigger Skills Competitions Start Fall 2014

July 22, 2014 - Crane Institute Certification (CIC) will plan and manage at least eight regional crane operator and rigger skills competitions from fall 2014 through fall 2015.

Tentative locations include North Carolina and Alabama in the Southeast, as well as Northeast, Southwest,  Northwest, and Midwest locations.

In addition, CIC will host the Western regional competition in Las Vegas at World of Concrete, which takes place Feb. 3-6, 2015. The Western regional event is hosted by Crane Institute of America. In addition to the mobile crane operator competition, the CIC event at World of Concrete will feature a tournament for knuckleboom crane operators.

Top qualifiers from the CIC Regionals will advance to a championship, to be held at a high-profile venue in late 2015. The championship is co-hosted by CIC and Crane & Rigging Hot Line magazine. Regional hosts will sponsor the travel and hotel expenses for the finalists to compete at the championship.