Section 60-15-7 - Requirements for licensure. - New Mexico Statutes

60-15-7. Requirements for licensure.

A.     The department shall issue a license for a class I hoisting operator to a person who files a completed application, accompanied by the required fees, and who submits satisfactory evidence that he:   

(1)     is at least twenty-one years of age;   

(2)     has passed a written examination as prescribed by the department;   

(3)     has had a physical examination, including substance abuse testing, within the twelve-month period preceding the date of his application, showing that the applicant is in satisfactory physical condition for performing the functions of a class I hoisting operator; and   

(4)     has had at least three years' experience in operating hoisting equipment with a manufacturer's rating capacity equal to or greater than fifty tons and a boom length of one hundred feet for a conventional crane endorsement, equipment with a manufacturer's rating capacity equal to or greater than one hundred tons and a boom length of one hundred feet for a hydraulic crane endorsement or a tower crane of any size or type for a tower crane endorsement or otherwise demonstrates his operating experience and competency by completing an examination.   

B.     The department shall issue a license for a class II hoisting operator to a person who files a completed application, accompanied by the required fees, and who submits satisfactory evidence that he:   

(1)     is at least eighteen years of age;   

(2)     has passed a written examination prescribed by the department;   

(3)     has had a physical examination, including substance abuse testing, within the twelve-month period preceding the date of his application, showing that the applicant is in satisfactory physical condition for performing the functions of a class II hoisting operator; and   

(4)     has had at least two years' experience in the actual operation of hydraulic cranes with over ten tons and up to one hundred tons lifting capacity with a maximum boom length of one hundred fifty feet, regardless of mounting or means of mobility or otherwise demonstrates his operating experience and competency by examination prescribed by the department.   

C.     A class II hoisting operator who seeks to become licensed as a class I hoisting operator shall keep a log book of his seat time and must accumulate five hundred hours of seat time under the direct supervision of a class I hoisting operator.   

D.     The department shall issue a license for a class III hoisting operator to a person who files a completed application, accompanied by the required fees, and who submits satisfactory evidence that he:   

(1)     is at least eighteen years of age;   

(2)     has passed an examination prescribed by the department; and   

(3)     has had a physical examination, including substance abuse testing, within the twelve-month period preceding the date of his application, showing that the applicant is in satisfactory physical condition for performing the functions of a class III hoisting operator.   

E.     A class III hoisting operator who seeks to become licensed as a class I or class II hoisting operator shall keep a log book of his seat time and must accumulate five hundred hours of seat time or six thousand hours of experience under the direct supervision of a class I or class II hoisting operator.