9 self-paced courses · Florida crane work

Exam prep courses for operators, riggers and signalpersons

Each course below lines up with a nationally accredited certification that Florida contractors, port operators and utilities commonly ask for. Pick by the equipment you run or the role you fill on the lift crew, study at your own pace, and use the practice questions to find the weak spots before exam day.

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Exam prep courses

  • Mobile Crane Operator

    Online prep for the NCCCO mobile crane written exams, the Core plus the LAT, TLL or TSS specialty you plan to test in, framed around Florida ground, weather and job types.

  • Rigger Level I

    Self-paced prep for the NCCCO Rigger Level I written exam, covering sling and hardware inspection, basic hitches, connections and knots, with Florida examples from ports, high-rises and industrial plants.

  • Signalperson

    Online prep for the NCCCO Signalperson written exam, covering the standard hand signals, voice and radio signaling, crane movements and the OSHA rules on when a signal person is needed.

  • Tower Crane Operator

    Prepare for the single NCCCO tower crane written exam online, then test hands-on on a hammerhead, luffer or self-erector. Lessons lean into Florida wind, storms and congested urban sites.

  • Articulating Crane Operator

    Prep online for the NCCCO articulating crane written exam that fits your truck, whether a standard knuckleboom, a winch-equipped unit or a grapple loader, with Florida delivery conditions in mind.

  • Service Truck Crane Operator

    A focused course for techs who run the crane on a mechanics' body: get ready for the NCCCO TSS-STC written exam, then take a practical built for remote and pendant controls.

  • Digger Derrick

    Self-paced study for the NCCCO Digger Derrick Operator written exam, written around Florida distribution work, hurricane restoration and the point where a line truck becomes a crane under OSHA.

  • Rigger Level II

    Online prep for the NCCCO Rigger Level II written exam, focused on estimating weights, finding centers of gravity, picking rigging components and laying out lifts on Florida ports, high-rises and plants.

  • Mobile Crane Recertification

    A self-paced refresher for Florida operators whose NCCCO mobile crane card is coming due: the recert written exams, how practical-exam hours are counted, and scheduling around storm season.

Start with the machine you sit in

Hydraulic truck cranes, rough-terrains, all-terrains and crawlers set steel on Tampa warehouses, precast on I-4 interchanges and girders on bridge jobs, and all of those fall under the mobile crane operator course. Tower cranes over downtown Miami, Fort Lauderdale, Orlando and St. Petersburg belong to the tower crane operator course, which also spends time on the high-wind and weathervaning procedures Florida's hurricane securing law now leans on.

Knuckle-boom delivery trucks dropping block, trusses and roof tile across the state's subdivisions are covered by articulating crane operator. Fleet mechanics and field service techs running cranes mounted on service bodies should look at service truck crane operator. Line crews setting poles and transformers for Florida's electric utilities and co-ops, including the big push after every storm, will want digger derrick operator.

Prep for the people around the crane

Subpart CC sets requirements for more than the operator. Anyone hooking, unhooking or guiding loads in certain situations has to be a qualified rigger, and the person giving signals has to be a qualified signal person. Many Florida GCs and port terminals satisfy that by asking for an accredited card.

  • Rigger Level I: inspecting slings and hardware, hitches, basic load weights and centers of gravity
  • Rigger Level II: estimating weights and centers of gravity on irregular loads, multi-crane and engineered picks
  • Signal person: standard hand signals, voice signals and when each is allowed

Coming up on five years?

NCCCO certifications are good for five years. If you've logged at least 1,000 hours of crane-related experience during that period, you may not have to sit the recertification practical exam, though the written exam is still required. The mobile crane recertification course reviews load charts, rule changes and the topics people tend to forget after years in the seat.

Not sure which course matches your situation? Send the enrollment form with the crane you run and the card your contractor asked for, and an enrollment advisor will point you to the right one.

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Line up your Florida crane exam prep today

Send a few details: the card you need, the equipment you run and the part of Florida you work in. An enrollment advisor writes back with a matching course and a plan for getting your written and hands-on exams on the calendar.

  • Self-paced lessons that open on a phone, tablet or laptop
  • Practice questions written in the style of the NCCCO tests
  • Pointers on finding a practical test site near your county

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