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2002-01-31 CCO ELECTS 2002 DIRECTORS - RON SCHAD APPOINTED PRESIDENT
Date: January 31, 2002

The Board of Directors of the National Commission for the Certification of Crane Operators (CCO) has announced the Directors and Officers who will serve CCO during 2002.

Newly elected to the position of President is Ronald Schad, Essex Crane Rental Corporation, Buffalo Grove, IL. Schad replaces Davis J. Lauve, Nichols Construction Co., Baton Rouge, LA, who has held this position for the last three years. Lauve takes up the office of Immediate Past President, replacing Carson Huneycutt who has stepped down from the Board.

Newly elected to the position of Vice President is Garry M. Higdem, Granite Construction Co., Watsonville, CA. Higdem is currently serving the second year of his first three-year term on the Board.

Leon "Skip" Johnson, AMECO, Canyon Lake, TX, is re-elected to the position of Secretary/Treasurer.

Newly elected to a three-year term on the Board of Directors is John Kennedy, Manitowoc Crane Group, Manitowoc, WI. Dale Daul, The St. Paul Companies, St. Paul, MN, will serve the remaining year of Davis Lauve’s three-year elected term. Both Kennedy and Daul previously served CCO as Commissioners.

Continuing their first three-year terms on the Board of Directors are Stephen Brown, Training Director, International Union of Operating Engineers, Washington, DC; and Robert Steiner, Vice President, Kelley Equipment Company of Florida, Clearwater, FL.

Stepping down from the Board after completing his second three-year term is John Claflin, Vice President, Link-Belt Construction Equipment Co., Lexington, KY.

Kerry Hulse, Operations Manager, Deep South Crane & Rigging, Houston, TX, continues to serve the Board in his capacity as Chairman of the Commissioners.

The National Commission for the Certification of Crane Operators (CCO) was formed in January 1995 to develop effective performance standards for safe crane operation to assist all segments of general industry and construction. Since CCO began testing in April 1996, more than 15,000 crane operators have been tested through over 700 separate test administrations conducted in 46 states.

The CCO crane operator certification program is the only program to be recognized by federal OSHA as meeting OSHA and ASME (ANSI) requirements for crane operator competency. The program is unique in that it is: third-party; independent of training; developed and supported by industry; a joint labor/management initiative; psychometrically sound; validated through peer review; and administered on a standardized, secure, nationwide basis.