Sec. 29-224. Crane operators' license required. Certificate of registration for crane operator apprentices. Exceptions.
Sec. 29-224. Crane operators' license required. Certificate of registration for
crane operator apprentices. Exceptions. (a) No person shall engage in, practice or
offer to perform the work of a crane operator, except as provided in subsection (b) of
this section, who is not the holder of a valid license issued by the board. Each licensed
crane operator shall carry his license on his person when operating a crane. No person
may engage in, practice or perform the work of a crane operator apprentice unless he
has obtained a certificate of registration from the board. An apprentice's certificate may
be issued for the performance of work of a crane operator for the purpose of training,
which work may be performed only under the supervision of a licensed crane operator.
No crane owner may operate or permit the operation of any of his cranes in this state
unless he has obtained a certificate of registration from the board. Nothing in this subsection shall be construed to require a hoisting equipment owner to obtain a certificate of
registration from the board.
(b) The provisions of subsection (a) of this section shall not apply to: (1) Any person
engaged in the occupation of crane operator in the state on October 1, 1981, provided
such person shall be required to obtain a license within one year of October 1, 1981,
(2) engineers under the jurisdiction of the United States, (3) engineers or operators
employed by public utilities or industrial manufacturing plants, (4) any person operating
either a bucket truck or a digger derrick designed and used for an electrical generation,
electrical transmission, electrical distribution, electrical catenary or electrical signalization project, if such person: (A) Holds a valid limited electrical line contractor or journeyman's license issued pursuant to chapter 393 or any regulation adopted pursuant to said
chapter, or (B) has engaged in the installation of electrical line work for more than one
thousand hours, or (C) has enrolled in or has graduated from a federally recognized
electrical apprenticeship program, or (5) persons engaged in boating, fishing, agriculture
or arboriculture.
(P.A. 81-321, S. 4; P.A. 82-472, S. 67, 183; P.A. 84-381, S. 8, 12; P.A. 04-27, S. 7; P.A. 08-59, S. 2.)
History: P.A. 82-472 made technical changes; P.A. 84-381 added provisions re issuance of a certificate of registration
for a crane operator apprentice, and requiring that crane owner obtain a certificate of registration before operating cranes;
P.A. 04-27 amended Subsec. (a) to provide that nothing in subsection shall be construed to require a hoisting equipment
owner to obtain a certificate of registration from the board and made a technical change in Subsec. (b), effective April 28,
2004; P.A. 08-59 amended Subsec. (b) to add new Subdiv. (4) re exemption for operators of certain bucket trucks and
digger derricks and redesignate existing Subdiv. (4) as Subdiv. (5), effective May 12, 2008.