{"id":6941,"date":"2019-10-11T05:48:54","date_gmt":"2019-10-11T05:48:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.findadistributor.com\/news\/?p=6941"},"modified":"2019-10-08T10:59:09","modified_gmt":"2019-10-08T10:59:09","slug":"nccco-receives-ansi-workforce-development-award","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.findadistributor.com\/news\/nccco-receives-ansi-workforce-development-award\/","title":{"rendered":"NCCCO Receives ANSI Workforce Development Award"},"content":{"rendered":"

The American National Standards Institute (ANSI) has awarded its inaugural Workforce Development and Innovation Award to the National Commission for the Certification of Crane Operators (NCCCO)<\/a>.<\/p>\n

In announcing the award, the ANSI Board of Directors Awards Committee cited NCCCO<\/a>\u2019s \u201cmany contributions to the ANSI Federation and the voluntary standardization community,\u201d noting that the award \u201crecognizes exemplary accredited credentialing bodies that significantly impact workforce development in the United States.\u201d The award will be presented November 6, 2019, in Washington, DC, at the ANSI Awards Reception, Banquet and Ceremony during ANSI World Standards Week.<\/p>\n

NCCCO<\/a> CEO, Thom Sicklesteel, noted that NCCCO<\/a> was \u201cdelighted\u201d to receive the award. \u201cConferring of this award on NCCCO<\/a> is a recognition of the efforts this organization has made over recent years to expand its activities into workforce development activities, as well as to engage entities already prominent in this field,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cAlthough the primary vision of NCCCO<\/a> has been to help establish a global lifting environment in which crane and crane-related risks are reduced and overall safety enhanced,\u201d said Graham Brent, founding CEO of NCCCO<\/a> and now CEO of the NCCCO<\/a> Foundation, \u201cNCCCO<\/a> has always shouldered a secondary responsibility to improve the overall professionalism of the crane and rigging industry.\u201d This translated, he said, into a desire to elevate the regard for the skill and knowledge required of a crane operator to the point where crane operation is considered not just a job, but a profession and, by extension, a career.<\/p>\n

Sicklesteel observed that NCCCO<\/a> only recognized its potential role in workforce development when it became apparent that, in certifying a sector of the construction workforce\u2014operators of cranes and those who work with them\u2014who had never before been offered a professionally developed certification opportunity, it was, in fact, certifying a progressively aging population.<\/p>\n

\u201cCrane operation, it turned out, was viewed negatively by those who had the most potential to give\u2014graduating high-schoolers for whom college was seen as the de facto \u201cnext step\u201d upon leaving school rather than as a conscious decision,\u201d added Brent.<\/p>\n

Although this view was based on a largely historical and mostly inaccurate understanding of the job, the consequences were real: construction struggling to keep pace with the country\u2019s economic boom, while the college drop-out rate increased exponentially along with student debt. Indeed, ever since vocational education had been relegated to the \u201csmall print\u201d of high school counselor list of desirable careers, the construction industry has suffered from a lack of entrants to the field.<\/p>\n

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ANSI has awarded its inaugural Workforce Development and Innovation Award to the NCCCO.<\/p><\/div>\n

Industry\u2019s fears that this nation\u2019s education system was failing to prepare the next generation of skilled tradespeople were ultimately borne out by a demographic review NCCCO<\/a> undertook of its certificants. With an average age of crane operators in the mid-40s (much higher for related occupations for which NCCCO<\/a> also provides certification such as Lift Director), there was a clear need for \u201cre-education\u201d among those influencers who held the keys to where high-schoolers would turn upon graduation.<\/p>\n

Following an inspiring experience in 2011 as a sponsor of the Construction Challenge at CONEXPO-CON\/AGG, the nation\u2019s largest construction equipment events, NCCCO<\/a> set out to engage educators and employers alike through a variety of mechanisms and initiatives. These joined others that NCCCO<\/a> had become associated with over almost 25 years of certification activity, Brent said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The American National Standards Institute (ANSI) has awarded its inaugural Workforce Development and Innovation Award to the National Commission for the Certification of Crane Operators (NCCCO). 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