N.M. Admin. Code § 16.43.2.15

Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 20, October 22, 2024

Section 16.43.2.15 - EXAMINATIONS

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.

N.M. Admin. Code § 16.43.2.15

Amended by New Mexico Register, Volume XXVI, Issue 04, February 27, 2015, eff. 3/31/2015