New Mexico Administrative Code
Title 16 - OCCUPATIONAL AND PROFESSIONAL LICENSING
Chapter 43 - HOISTING OPERATORS
Part 2 - HOISTING OPERATORS SAFETY; HOISTING OPERATORS CODE
Section 16.43.2.15 - EXAMINATIONS
Universal Citation: 16 NM Admin Code 16.43.2.15
Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 18, September 24, 2024
A. Testing services:The department or council may accept examinations administered by nationally approved companies or the results of an examination administered by an approved in-house training provider.
B. General examination:
(1) A written general examination selected
and approved by the council shall be scheduled at least monthly; the dates and
locations of the examinations shall be determined by the examining vendor
approved by the council.
(2) The
written general examination shall test the applicant's knowledge of hoisting
equipment operation, it's care and maintenance, inspection and set-up, and
related safety practices.
(3) The
written general examination shall be required to be taken and passed by all
applicants for hoisting operator licenses in any classification.
(4) A passing grade shall be a score above
seventy-five percent (75%).
C. Law and safety examination:
(1) A written New Mexico law and safety
examination selected and approved by the council shall be scheduled at least
monthly; the dates and locations of the examinations shall be determined by the
examining vendor approved by the council.
(2) The law and safety examination shall test
the applicant's knowledge of the act and the rules under Title 16, Chapter 43.
Such examination for class I, class II and class III applicants will include
questions regarding hoisting equpiment operation, load charts and signals. Such
examination will include questions regarding the operation of hoisting
equipment, hoisting laws, load charts, signals, and hoisting laws.
(3) All applicants for hoisting operator
licenses in any classification are required to pass the law and safety
examination.
(4) A passing grade
shall be a score above seventy-five percent (75%).
D. Practical examination:
(1) A practical exam shall be conducted by a
designee of the council.
(2) If an
applicant passes the general examination and the law and safety examination but
does not meet the experience requirements set out in 16.43.2.10 or 16.43.2.11
NMAC of these rules, and the applicant elects not to accept a lesser
classification as provided in 16.43.2.12 NMAC of these rules, then the
applicant shall be required to pass a practical examination.
(3) The practical examination shall
demonstrate the applicant's competence in the safe operation of hoisting
equipment. The applicant shall satisfactorily demonstrate the ability to
perform common tasks required of a hoisting operator, including but not limited
to operation, inspection and maintenance procedures, understanding load
capacity charts, safely raising and lowering a load, raising and lowering the
boom, swinging the crane with a suspended load, braking, and understanding hand
signals.
(4) Practical examinations
shall be scheduled by an examining vendor approved by the council.
(5) The exam will be graded on a pass or fail
basis, determined by the proctor of the examination.
(6) A practical examination may be
substituted with an in-house training course approved by the council for the
the type of hoisting equipment for which the applicant seeks a license or
endorsement.
E. Re-scheduling of examination: Any applicant unable to take the law and safety examination at their scheduled time must notify the examining vendor in a timely manner or the examination fee will be forfeited.
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