ITI Rigging Engineering Training Program Approved by ASME for CEUs

November 25, 2015 - The American Society of Mechanical Engineers has audited and approved all courses in the ITI Fundamentals of Rigging Engineering Program for continuing education units (CEUs) in compliance with the International Association for Continuing Education and Training Standard. This program from ITI is the first crane and rigging-related curriculum to be approved by ASME Training & Development.

Students who complete courses in the Rigging Engineering Program will receive several additional benefits from ASME and ITI due to this partnership:

•  Individual Course Certificates with CEUs - Students will receive ASME CEUs for completing individual course requirements, as indicated on course certificates.
• Program Certificate with CEU Summary - Students who complete the entire Program requirements will receive a Program Certificate summarizing ASME CEUs earned.
• Free One-Year Membership to ASME - Students, upon beginning a course, will have the ability to apply for a free membership to ASME for one year.

"When we set out to create this program three years ago, we did so with the aim of building a resource for aspiring and existing rigging engineers through which they could learn from leading experts in the various disciplines that combine to form 'rigging engineering’,” said Keith Anderson, ITI's program manager of rigging engineering, and chief rigging engineer at Bechtel. “The support of ASME lends significant credibility to the program and the drive to formalize rigging engineering as an acknowledged engineering profession."

ITI President, Zack Parnell, ITI president, added: “I believe a big part of ASME’s trust in ITI and this program lay heavily on the subject-matter experts selected to produce the curriculum. It is such a credit to the hard work and expertise of the instructor team, and Keith's leadership, that earned this approval from the world's leading organization of mechanical engineers."

A program demonstration and test drive is available at www.riggingengineering.com, which offers prospective students a chance to experience the unique learning environment and course contents. Included in the demo are outlines of each course lesson and lecture samples.