Free Core Exam Study Materials at Load Chart Academy

Until I can get the Core Exam workshop developed I'm providing you with some free materials. See the video for details.

[@ericmaxwell735]

I've been following your informative videos, for a while.. Thank you for your vested time and knowledge shared with us.

[@69ss95]

I take my recerts on tuesday for the 20th year..i see its changed a bit ! Mostly all on pc..i prefer the scratch paper being old school! I passed taking 5 specialties in one long day back 5 years ago but now im taking 2! The book you referenced ITI..states min 2 full wraps min on drum but thebnccco test material i have says min of 3...these are answers guys may fail on...the crane school in florida back 20 years ago was the best! Bud was the teacher then...not sure hes still around....ty Bud...

[@LoadChartLab]

Good luck on the recerts. I'm a paper guy too. The Garby book is consistent with the OSHA and ASME standards on number of full wraps on the boom hoist or load hoist drums. If you're talking about the Crane Institute of America, headquartered in Florida, I agree. When I was starting out in the late 90s / early 2000s I was in several of their workshops. Don't remember instructor names. Wraps on hoist drums: When it comes to wraps on the drum the following statement appears in paragraph 2-1.14.3 of ASME B30.2, paragraph 11-3.2.3 of ASME B30.11, and paragraph 16-1.2.6 of ASME B30.16. "No less than two wraps of rope shall remain on the drum at each anchorage of the hoist(ing) drum when the hook is in its extreme low position. If a machine is equipped with a lower limit device no less than one wrap shall remain" From an OSHA letter of interpretation: ". . . the extreme low position would be the lowest point that the hook could rest on the ground or floor while maintaining at least two wraps of rope. The requirements in the standard are designed so that sufficient and properly fastened rope remains on the drum and the rope does not slip off the drum." The following quotes are from the Crane Institute material, the Florida training organization: "No less than two full wraps or rope shall remain on the drum with boom point lowered to the level of the crane supporting surface" (ASME B30.5-1.3.1) "No less than two full wraps of rope shall remain on the drum when the hook is in its extreme low point" (ASME B30.5-1.3.2) www.osha.gov/laws-regs/standardinterpretations/2006-04-25-3#:~:text=No%20less%20than%20two%20wraps,than%20one%20wrap%20shall%20remain. I think what we may be running into is industry best practice versus legal mandates. Industry best practice followed by many companies is 3 wraps. If I saw the question I'm going with 2 wraps. CCO tests are largely based on the most widely applicable regulations, not best practices or company policy.

[@brianwills6796]

The core is way different now

[@brianwills6796]

I just took my Core and it's a joke I have years of material and i guessed on 75% of it and they need to bring paper load charts. That's BS also

[@LoadChartLab]

I hope you guessed successfully. Did you pass?

[@brianwills6796]

@LoadChartLab yes I baught a online course. For core and 75% of the questions where not on it and scrolling down threw the load charts was very confusing. I think they should have paper charts again.

[@LoadChartLab]

@@brianwills6796 congratulations on passing the test! Do you mean that 75% of the questions on the test were not covered in the online class? I'm going to work on developing an online class for the core and want to make sure I'm giving operators what they need. It has been a few years since I took the core myself. I should probably take it again.