About ITI

Safe, Efficient Hoisting and Material Handling Operations

We aim to serve organizations like yours that conduct crane, rigging, heavy lift, and load-handling activities.

ITI was founded by people whose driving passion is to help others and be good stewards of their gifts. Our co-founder became an Eagle Scout at the age of 14 - a rigorous feat that 18-year-old candidates struggle to attain. The tenacity to achieve, work hard, and the desire to help others has formed a company that has continuously exhausted all efforts to lead the world in training skills and providing quality service in order to save the lives and improve the industrial activities of the employers we serve.

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Mission

Leading the development of a skilled workforce at the heart of crane, rigging, and load handling activities.

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Our Just Cause

We help make the world a safer and more productive place by equipping the industrial and construction workforce with meaningful skills, knowledge and excellence in the hoisting discipline, that enable it to create, build, energize, and serve our world.

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Values

Integrity

Dedication

Excellence

Innovation

Agility

Leadership

The ITI leadership team strives to uphold and embody the organization's values and advocates everyday on behalf of ITI customers, all ITI team members, and stakeholders.

Andrew Kauser COO, ITI an Interplay company

Zack Parnell EVP of Strategy, ITI an Interplay Company

Amanda Long Sr. VP – Industrial, ITI an Interplay company

Jacklynn Vierck Director of Operations

Mike Parnell Co-Founder, Senior Consultant

ITI COMPANY HISTORY

1986 - Start at the beginning
Wire Rope & Rigging Consultants (WRRC) is founded by Mike and Darlene Parnell in Vancouver, Washington.
1990 - A new division
After initially focusing on rigging, Crane & Equipment Training (CET) is established.
1995 - Resource Center
Training & Inspection Resource Center is established. TIRC will eventually become the ITI Bookstore.
1996 - ITI
Industrial Training International is established, absorbing WRRC, CET, and TIRC.
1997 - Home Sweet Home
ITI Training Center is established in Woodland, Washington. The Woodland Training Center is still ITI's flagship facility and also serves as the organization's corporate headquarters.
2003 - Home Sweet Home, Part II
2nd ITI Training Center is established in Birmingham, Alabama.
2009 - 2nd Generation
Zack Parnell, son of Mike and Darlene, joins ITI.
2010 - Moving
ITI partners with Barnhart Crane & Rigging to establish a new training center in Memphis, TN. The Memphis Training Center takes the place of the Birmingham facility as ITI's 2nd training center.
2013 - Home Sweet Home, Part III
3rd ITI Training Center is established in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
2014 - Fundamentals of Rigging Engineering
ASME approved and LEEA accredited, Fundamentals of Rigging Engineering, the world's first rigging engineering training program is launched.
2016 - Celebrating 30 Years
ITI Training Centers established in Cleveland, OH, Houston, TX, Chicago, IL, and Anchorage, AK bringing the total to seven in North America.
2017 - Growth Via Innovation
ITI Online, and expansion of the ITI E-Learning Division, and ITI VR (Virtual Reality) are launched. ITI VR includes the world's first ever VR Mobile Crane Simulator, as well as VR powered Aerial Work Platform, Overhead, and Tower Crane Simulators.
2024 - ITI and Interplay Learning Join Forces
Interplay solidifies its leadership position in workforce training, accelerates its expansion into the industrial sector with the acquisition of ITI, and reinforces its commitment to tackle the US and global trade skills imbalance.

BROWSE ALL COURSES

CRANE RENTAL

NUCLEAR POWER

UTILITIES & POWER GENERATION

STEEL ERECTORS

CONSTRUCTION & ENGINEERING

UNIONS

INDUSTRIAL MANUFACTURING

AEROSPACE

EDUCATION

GENERAL INQUIRIES

CUSTOMER HELP CENTER

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Safe, Efficient Hoisting and Material Handling Operations

Mission

Mission

Our Just Cause

Our Just Cause

Values

Values

Leadership

STRATEGIC PARTNERS

Global HQ

ITI COMPANY HISTORY

1986 - Start at the beginning

1990 - A new division

1995 - Resource Center

1996 - ITI

1997 - Home Sweet Home

2003 - Home Sweet Home, Part II

2009 - 2nd Generation

2010 - Moving

2013 - Home Sweet Home, Part III

2014 - Fundamentals of Rigging Engineering

2016 - Celebrating 30 Years

2017 - Growth Via Innovation

2024 - ITI and Interplay Learning Join Forces

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