67 counties · 57 cities and towns

Crane certification prep, county by county across Alabama

Choose the county or town where you live or report to work. Every local page looks at the lifting that goes on there, whether that's port cargo, shipbuilding, steel, auto plants, aerospace, timber, power generation or new housing, and at the certifications that work usually calls for.

Tap or click a county to open its page. County boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau.

Locations

Why a crane page for each part of the state

The exams are national, but the ground you set up on is not. In the north, crews work along the Tennessee River and up into ridge country, where a level pad for outriggers can take real effort to build. The Black Belt across central Alabama is known for heavy clay soils that turn soft when wet. Down on Mobile Bay and the Gulf beaches, sandy fill, salt air and hurricane season drive the planning.

Weather ties it all together. Summer brings heat, humidity and fast-building thunderstorms statewide, and spring tornado outbreaks can cross any county. Local pages point out which of these matter most where you work.

Busy places to start

Some of the heaviest crane activity runs through a handful of counties: Jefferson County for Birmingham-area steel and commercial building, Madison County for Huntsville's aerospace and auto growth, Mobile County for the port and shipyards, Montgomery County for Hyundai and its suppliers, and Baldwin County for fast-growing coastal construction. Smaller counties have their own work too, from paper mills to pole lines, and every one has a page.

Getting to your exams

The written portion no longer depends on where you live: you can test at a computer test center or through online proctored testing. Practical exams are another story. They need a crane, a course layout and an examiner, so they are usually set up in metro areas such as Birmingham, Huntsville, Montgomery and Mobile, or at an employer's yard. Your enrollment advisor can explain how candidates from your area tend to arrange one.

Not sure where to begin? The course list shows all nine certifications, and the Alabama requirements guide covers what federal OSHA expects.

Line up your crane exam prep for work in Alabama

Send us the card you need, whether that's operator, rigger, signal person or a recert, and the part of Alabama you work in. An enrollment advisor writes back with a matching course and the steps for booking your written and practical exams.

  • Self-paced lessons that open on any phone or laptop
  • Practice questions in the style of the NCCCO written tests
  • Advice on where Alabama candidates set up practical exams

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