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4-288-010 License – Required.
4-288-020 Definitions.
4-288-030 Application – Qualification for examination.
4-288-040 Examinations – Administration, regulation and enforcement.
4-288-050 Examination – Exemptions and waivers.
4-288-060 License – Issuance.
4-288-065 Building permit privileges – Suspension.
4-288-070 License – Classification.
4-288-080 Reserved.
4-288-090 License – Term – Renewals – Reinstatement fee.
4-288-100 Examination and license fees.
4-288-110 Apprentice crane operators – Permit required.
4-288-120 Carrying license, certificate or permit while operating crane – Required.
4-288-122 Permit to assemble or jump cranes – When required – Unlawful acts.
4-288-125 Notification of accident or safety issue – Required.
4-288-127 Safe Equipment – Required.
4-288-128 Failure to comply with rules and regulations – Unlawful act.
4-288-130 License – Revocation or suspension.
4-288-140 Violation – Penalty.
It shall be unlawful for any person to operate any crane, as defined in this chapter, on any construction, rehabilitation, repair or demolition project undertaken where a permit for such work is required by this Code, without first having obtained a crane operator's license. It shall be unlawful to employ any person or to permit or direct any person on such a project to operate a crane as defined in this chapter unless such person holds a valid crane operator's license.
(Added Coun. J. 12-9-92, p. 25465)
For the purposes of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:
“Apprentice crane operator” means an individual training to operate a crane under the direct supervision and responsible control of a crane operator properly licensed under this chapter.
“Approved accredited certifying entity” means any organization whose certification program for crane operators is accredited by the National Commission for Certifying Agencies (NCCA) or its equivalent, and that meets other criteria as may be established by the commissioner. Equivalency to the NCCA certification program shall be determined by the commissioner.
“Board of crane operators examiners” or “board” means the board of crane operators examiners established pursuant to Section 2-116-250.
“Certificate of registration” means a written instrument issued by the department acknowledging that the named person holds a crane operator's license under this chapter.
“Commissioner” means the commissioner of buildings or the commissioner's designee. Such designee may include, but is not limited to, a construction equipment inspector.
“Construction equipment inspector” means a person designated by the commissioner to enforce the provisions of this chapter. A construction equipment inspector shall have the authority to enter any jobsite to inspect or review jobsite conditions and to stop work when appropriate to ensure that cranes are operated, maintained, assembled, disassembled or jumped in a manner necessary or appropriate to protect public safety and consistent with the information set forth in the permit application required under Section 4-288-122.
“Crane” means any power-operated mechanical hoisting equipment with a manufacturer's rated capacity of one ton (2,000 pounds) or more that lifts, lowers, rotates or moves a load horizontally or vertically. Such equipment includes, but is not limited to: (1) articulating cranes, including knuckle-boom cranes used to deliver material onto a structure with or without a properly functioning automatic overload prevention device; (2) crawler cranes; (3) floating cranes; (4) cranes on barges; (5) locomotive cranes; (6) mobile cranes, such as wheel- mounted, rough-terrain, all-terrain, commercial truck- mounted, and boom truck cranes; (7) multipurpose machines when configured to hoist and lower (by means of a winch or hook) and horizontally move a suspended load; (8) industrial cranes (such as carry deck cranes); (9) service/mechanic trucks with a hoisting device; (10) cranes on monorails; (11) tower cranes (such as a fixed jib, i.e. “hammerhead boom”), luffing boom and self- erecting; (12) pedestal cranes; (13) portal cranes; (14) overhead and gantry cranes; (15) derricks; (16) powered window washing units if used to erect portions of a building; (17) track backhoes if used to erect portions of a structure; (18) rack and pinion/skips; (19) Chicago booms; (20) hydraulic crawler/hydraulic truck cranes (lattice booms); (21) drumhoists; (22) variations of the equipment listed in items (1) through (21) of this definition; and (23) any other equipment that the commissioner, in consultation with the board, reasonably determines is appropriately characterized as a crane as set forth in rules and regulations duly promulgated by the commissioner. The term “crane” does not include (i) dedicated pile drivers; (ii) straddle cranes; (iii) sideboom cranes; (iv) elevators; (v) powered window washing units unless the unit is used to erect portions of a building; (vi) skid steers; (vii) all-terrain forklifts unless the forklift is configured to hoist and lower (by means of a winch or hook) and horizontally move a suspended load; (viii) mast-climbing work platforms, but it shall include booms attached to mast- climbing work platforms if the boom has a manufacturer's rated capacity of one ton (2,000 pounds) or more; (ix) any equipment listed in subsection (c) of 29 C.F.R. 1926.1400 unless such equipment is listed in items (1) through (23), inclusive, of this definition; (x) variations of the equipment set forth in items (i) through (ix) of this definition; and (xi) any other equipment that the commissioner, in consultation with the board, reasonably determines is not appropriately characterized as a crane as set forth in rules and regulations duly promulgated by the commissioner.
“Department” means the department of buildings.
“Licensee” means any person licensed or required to be licensed under this chapter.
“Practical examination” means an examination testing the skills of an applicant for a license under this chapter in connection with the physical operation of the specific equipment for which a license is required under this chapter.
“Safety issue(s)” means unsafe equipment and/or unsafe working conditions.
“Unsafe working conditions” means (1) physical or other conflicts between more than one crane on a jobsite; (2) hoisting or swinging a load over an occupied building or over any walkway, traffic lane, or parking lane that is open for use by pedestrians or vehicular traffic; (3) any safety or operational aid used or required to be used in connection with the operation of a crane that is not working properly; or (4) any other working condition that the commissioner determines jeopardizes or threatens to jeopardize the health, safety or welfare of any crane operator or the general public, as set forth in rules and regulations duly promulgated by the commissioner.
“Written examination” means an examination administered in a paper or computer-based format, testing the knowledge of an applicant for a license under this chapter in connection with the substantive requirements of applicable codes, operating procedures, and other similar knowledge related to the operation of a crane(s).
(Added Coun. J. 12-9-92, p. 25465; Amend Coun. J. 12-11-13, p. 71889, § 1; Amend Coun. J. 11-19-14, p. 98037, § 18; Amend Coun. J. 7-29-15, p. 3653, § 1)
(a) An applicant for a crane operator's license shall file an application with the commissioner on a form provided by the commissioner and in accordance with reasonable requirements determined by the commissioner.
(b) To qualify to take the crane operator's license examination, the applicant must provide evidence in a form acceptable to the commissioner that:
A. The applicant is at least 21 years old;
B. The applicant has worked as a crane operator for at least 2,000 hours during the preceding 48-month period or that the applicant has completed an apprenticeship program that is recognized by the board of crane operators examiners;
C. The applicant has not had a crane operator's or comparable license suspended or revoked by the City of Chicago or any other jurisdiction; provided, however, that upon good cause shown and after a full investigation, the building commissioner may waive this prohibition;
D. The applicant has no history of substance abuse during the preceding three years or that the applicant has successfully completed a certified substance abuse rehabilitation program;
E. The applicant has the present physical ability to safely operate a crane; and
F. The applicant has the ability to read, write and speak English at a level that allows effective communication on the job site.
(c) In addition to the requirements in subsection (b) of this section, to qualify to take the crane operator's license examination after March 1, 2016 or the date applicable to paragraphs (a)(2) and (f) of 29 C.F.R. 1926.1427 as set forth in 29 C.F.R. 1926.1427(k)(1), whichever comes later, the applicant shall have a current and valid certification issued by an approved accredited certifying entity identifying the type(s) of crane that the applicant is certified to operate.
(d) All applicants meeting the qualifications in this section shall be allowed to take the crane operator's license examination upon payment of the required fee.
(Added Coun. J. 12-9-92, p. 25465; Amend Coun. J. 12-11-13, p. 71889, § 2; Amend Coun. J. 11-19-14, p. 98037, § 18; Amend Coun. J. 7-29-15, p. 3653, § 1)
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