[INDUSTRY NEWS] “I am extremely proud of my son and the
incredible job he does for our company, our people and most importantly, our customers. We never tire of the praise we receive and feel fortunate to have his bravado and enthusiasm at the core of our organization”, remarks Mike Gelskey, Sr., Company CE0 and proud father. Mike Gelskey, Jr. resides in Southern
California with his wife, Kimberly and their three children: Justin Michael, Aubrey Kay and Ella Jean.
In addition to
Michael Gelskey Jr.’s promotion, Lift-It Manufacturing is pleased to announce the addition of Dequoy Ralph Moken Weaver as Company Sales Manager. Weaver had a
distinguished scholastic and athletic career at Riverside Community College and attended Morningside College in Sioux City, Iowa on scholarship where he studied Business Administration and Mass Communication. Dequoy (pronounced Da-Coy) will be
responsible for managing inside sales, as well as maintaining and cultivating relationships in North America. He will also be working with our representatives and promoting Lift-It at conferences, trade shows and product exhibitions. Lift-It CEO, Michael J. Gelskey, Sr. met
Mr. Weaver on a plane and was so impressed with his zeal, manners, managerial sense and experience in industrial marketing that he immediately decided to hire him away from a very large, industrial supply firm where he had distinguished himself with numerous sales awards. M. Gelskey, Sr. remarks, “ I had met
Dequoy’s father, nine years previously at the site of a rigging accident and after realizing I could have been sitting next to the orphaned son of a man, who had been using my sling, I hired him for his talent, not out of guilt! Weaver and his family are excited about becoming part of the Lift-It family and we are excited with Dequoy’s endless energy and enthusiasm.”
Teufelberger’s Heaviest Crane Rope Recently, Teufelberger delivered a 1,900 m long EVOLUTION TK18 crane rope, having a diameter of 70 mm to Kenz in the Netherlands. Together with the steel reel, this rope, the heaviest ever to be delivered
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by Teufelberger, weighed approx. 50 tons and was transported without difficulties by specialist haulage contractor Felbermayr. The rope was required to meet the highest standards in terms of spooling behavior, elongation, and wear resistance, as it will be used as hoisting rope on an offshore crane. In order to manufacture this rope, Teufelberger used their new E40 extruder at St. Aegyd for overmolding. The exemplary teamwork between Engineering, Production, and Sales departments were instrumental in allowing Teufelberger to deliver this order on time.
NCCCO Articulating Crane Operator and Rigger Level II Certifications Earn ANSI Accreditation The National Commission for the Certification of Crane Operators (NCCCO) announced that it has been awarded accreditation by the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) for two of its newest certification programs. The CCO Rigger Level II and Articulating Crane Operator certifications are now accredited by ANSI to the ISO/IEC 17024 International Standard for organizations that certify personnel. NCCCO also announced that it had
been granted continued accreditation by ANSI for its previously accredited programs: Mobile Crane Operator, Tower Crane Operator, Overhead Crane Operator, Rigger Level I and Signalperson. The decision of ANSI’s Personnel
Certification Accreditation Committee (PCAC) to expand NCCCO’s accreditation came after rigorous audits of its management systems and psychometric procedures, as well as detailed scrutiny of its test development and administrative processes. “ANSI represents the ‘gold standard’ of
accreditation,” said NCCCO Commission Chairman Kerry Hulse.“ Candidates and employers alike can now be assured that, with ANSI’s independent verification of NCCCO’s programs, CCO Articulating Crane Operator and Rigger Level II certifications meet the highest professional standards of examination development and administration.”
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“As with NCCCO’s other ANSI-accredited
certification programs, these two additional certifications help to ‘close the loop’ regarding crane safety on the jobsite,” Hulse added. “Achieving ANSI accreditation is a major
undertaking,” said ANSI Senior Director, Personnel Credentialing Programs, Roy A. Swift, PhD, “and NCCCO can be very proud of this accomplishment. No other accreditation process demands the degree of psychometric or management disclosure that ANSI requires for accreditation under ISO 17024.” “OSHA’s new rules for Cranes and
Derricks in Construction—29 CFR 1926, Subpart CC—require operators of articulating cranes used in construction to be certified as of November 10, 2014. Riggers, on the other hand, must now be ‘qualified,’ and certification under NCCCO’s Rigger Level II program is an excellent way to show that riggers are qualified to rig non-routine jobs that require independent thinking without supervision,” noted NCCCO Executive Director Graham Brent. “Both of these newly accredited certification programs provide an excellent way to show that personnel meet OSHA requirements,” continued Brent. Accreditation of certifying bodies is
a provision of OSHA’s new rule and is increasingly being required by state regulators in their attempts to ensure quality of the certifications issued, Brent noted. Fully three- fourths of the states that have requirements for crane operators and related trades now require or recognize NCCCO certification. “A central part of NCCCO’s goal since its
inception 15 years ago has been to establish national testing programs that are fair to all candidates while at the same time are both valid and reliable assessments of essential knowledge and skills,” Brent said. “ANSI’s accreditation of these two new certification programs is clear testimony that that goal has been achieved.”
Bekaert and Xinyu Steel Announce Partnership Bekaert, worldwide technological and market leader in drawn wire products and applications, and Xinyu Iron & Steel Co., Ltd (Xinsteel), a Xinyu-based (Jiangxi, China) iron and steel company, announced recently the successful closing of their partnership transaction by which Bekaert acquires 50% of the spring wire and Aluclad activities of Xinsteel in Xinyu, Jiangxi Province, China. These activities represent an annual turnover of approximately CNY 500 million.
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