Supplemental Exam Outline

The Supplemental Exams test the candidate’s knowledge with respect to the following cranes:

Telescoping Boom, 20 Tons or less
Telescoping Boom, 21 – 75 Tons
Telescoping Boom, Over 75 Tons
Lattice Boom – Carrier
Lattice Boom - Crawler

The Supplemental Exams test the knowledge of the candidate in the following areas:

Site Evaluation & Crane Setup

5%
Technical Information

15%
Load Charts

40%
Crane Operation

40%

The exam candidate should be familiar with the following pertaining to the particular crane type for the certification requested:

Site Evaluation & Crane Setup

  • Factors that impact the lift such as tail swing, load path and clearances for a particular crane type
  • How to deal with unstable ground and setup on soft surfaces
  • Standards and guidelines regarding various risks and hazards      
  • ASME standards, OSHA regulations and manufacturers’ guidelines regarding various risks, hazards and crane setup      
  • Requirements of crane setup such as radii, clearances, crane dimensions and load dimensions      
  • Crane setup procedures such as use of outriggers, lifting on rubber and leveling the crane    
  • Site requirements for blocking      

Technical Information

  • Crane components including the following:
    • Engine, air, electrical & hydraulic systems
    • Chassis & running gear components
    • Outriggers and counterweights
    • Boom components
    • Hoisting systems
    • Operating controls
    • Operational aids
  • Basic load rigging procedures
  • Knowledge of sling and hardware capacity      
  • Impact of deformities in slings and hardware

Load Charts

  • Using/Interpreting capacity charts
  • Calculating lifting capacity, including the following:
    • Configuration of crane mounting
    • Areas of operation for different types of mobile cranes
    • Boom length
    • Load radius
    • Boom angle
    • Gross capacity
    • Capacity deductions
    • Net capacity
    • Parts of line
  • Conditions that reduce capacities, including the following:
  • Crane not to specification
  • Crane condition
  • Crane level
  • Wind
  • Side loading
  • Increase in load radius
  • Dynamic loading
  • Shock loading
  • Eccentric reeving
  • Duty cycle operations

Crane Operation

  • Procedures for setup and usage of operational aids      
  • Power flows and power transmission for lattice boom cranes      
  • Basic hydraulic systems for telescoping boom cranes      
  • Characteristics of Rough Terrain cranes and All Terrain cranes
  • Characteristics of All Terrain cranes, such as maneuverability and setup      
  • Duty cycle considerations (i.e., steel erection, concrete bucket operations)      
  • Traveling the crane      
  • Heavy lift operations, procedures and types of heavy lift attachments      
  • Attachments for luffing jibs      
  • Hoisting procedures and personnel hoisting equipment   
  • Procedures for securing the crane under standard and emergency conditions.      
For more information and references to additional training materials, please see the CIC Candidate Handbook.