TESTIMONIALS

Excellent field trip.  This course is particularly standard/regulation loaded curriculum and is difficult to teach in a compressed 3-4 day schedule.  ITI and in particular the instructor Jim Cox has superlatively organized the course themes into a very understandable and user-friendly way  educational experience and the strong point is the very successful way student/teacher interchange.   Excellent preparation, course material, and instructor delivery.

I have been to a huge amount of technical training over my 35+ year career and I must enthusiastically say that this course is one of the very best I have attended.  Superlative organization and instructor/student interchange.  Extremely professional and very capable instructor Jim Cox, who has a very positive connection to the students.  Excellent job Jim!!  Thanks ITI!!

Dean Faina – SSA International - July 16, 2010

Last week Gordon Caughman, Macy Wessel and I attended crane training at the ITI (Industrial Training International) facility in Woodland Washington. The training/certifications we completed are to satisfy emerging OSHA/ASME standards that will become industry requirements in the near future (early 2011).

Specifically we:

• Completed ‘Lift Director/Site Supervisor' training course
• Completed ‘Critical Lift Planning' training course
• Completed ‘Advanced Rigger Certification' exam

Next Step:

• Macy and I should participate in the ‘Master Rigger' program. In 1 week we will be able to gain experience in a wide range of lifting scenarios using many types of equipment (standard rigging, jacks, Hillmans, air beams, etc..). This is NOT a bunch of paperwork, rather a very practical experience that should better prepare us to develop lift plans and evaluate work practices.

• We need to make sure enough ‘Advanced Riggers' are available on site. In the future lifts will need to be supervised by people with this qualification - something Joaquin can expand upon better than I. The P&I division probably needs 2 additional people with this certification.

Thoughts on the Training Program:

• I was VERY impressed with ITI's facility and course materials. The problem solving portion of the ‘Advanced Rigger Certification' material is some of the best I have seen. The facility has almost every technology you can imagine available for use and training. The practical problem solving exercises are very educational and well thought out.

• I can easily recommend a continuing relationship with ITI for our training.

Forrest Ramey
Hawaiian Dredging Construction Company

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Mike,

We were VERY impressed with the training program, specifically:

• The facility is awesome, it is great to have all that gear in one place to play with. It's got everything; air beams, Hillmans, you name it!

• All your personnel were great to deal with. The instructors we had (Dwight and Bob) were great in the classroom and in the field.

• The practical examples were very educational and ‘Mike's Rigging Mysteries' is a fabulous training tool.

We really appreciate the help and hope to see you guys again soon.