ASME Approves ITI Rigging Engineering Training Program for CEUs

The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) has audited and approved all courses in the Industrial Training International (ITI) Fundamentals of Rigging Engineering Program for Continuing Education Units (CEUs) in compliance with the IACET (International Association for Continuing Education and Training) Standard.

This program from ITI is the first crane and rigging-related curriculum to be approved by ASME in such a way and will add to its offerings, which cover a wide range of topics including pressure vessels, nuclear, petroleum, and gas turbines to name a few.

Students who complete courses in the Rigging Engineering Program will receive several additional benefits from ASME and ITI due to this partnership:

• Individual Course Certificates with CEUs: Students will receive ASME CEUs for completing individual course requirements, as indicated on course certificates.
• Program Certificate with CEU Summary: Students who complete the entire program requirements will receive a Program Certificate summarizing ASME CEUs earned.
• Free One-Year Membership to ASME: Students, upon beginning a course, will have the ability to apply for a free membership to ASME for one year.

“When we set out to create this program three years ago, we did so with the aim of building a resource for aspiring and existing rigging engineers through which they could learn from leading experts in the various disciplines that combine to form rigging engineering,” said Keith Anderson, ITI‘s program manager of rigging engineering and the chief rigging engineer at Bechtel.

“It is highly gratifying to the 20 plus instructors and training professionals who contributed content and structured the Fundamentals of Rigging Engineering Program that ASME have audited and approved all the courses for Continuation Education Units,” he added.

Students receiving a one-year ASME membership will benefit with access to:

• SmartBrief daily summaries of engineering news
• AccessEngineering with over 600 volumes, tools and graphs
• Mechanical Engineer magazine subscription
• Access to eight interest groups to connect with other members
• Job board with exclusive opportunities
• e-Mentoring to find or be a mentor
• Access to affinity groups
• Email alias “[email protected]”
• Online member directory of mechanical engineers

ITI president Zack Parnell said: “I am so thankful for the team that was brought together to develop this program and our personnel at ITI who made it come to life. From the initial meeting with Keith Anderson and Jim Yates of Barnhart, we knew that in order to build this right, we’d want to involve the brightest engineers we knew in each respective discipline of rigging engineering. I believe a big part of ASME’s trust in ITI and this program lay heavily on the subject-matter experts selected to produce the curriculum. It is such a credit to the hard work and expertise of the instructor team, and Keith’s leadership, that earned this approval from the world’s leading organization of mechanical engineers. I thank ASME for this trust and effort.”

The American Society of Mechanical Engineers

A Fundamentals of Rigging Engineering demonstration and test drive is available at www.riggingengineering.com, which offers prospective students a chance to experience the unique learning environment and course contents. Included in the demo are outlines of each course lesson and lecture samples.