Massachusetts 2A Hoisting License
A 2A license allows the license holder to operate what? - correct answer
✔ ✔ excavators, backhoes and loaders, front-end loaders, compact
hoisting machinery excluding classes 1, 3 & 4.
Fine for operating without a license - correct answer✔ ✔ $500-
$3000 and or 3 months in jail
What law governs hoisting equipment? - correct answer✔ ✔ M.G.L.
c. 146 section 53
What regulations govern hoisting equipment? - correct answer✔ ✔
520 CMR 6
What organization enforces 520 CMR 6 - correct answer✔ ✔
Division of Professional Licensure, Office of Public Safety and
Inspections.
What regulations govern trenching? - correct answer✔ ✔ 520 CMR
14 - Jackie's Law
OSHA regulations - correct answer✔ ✔ OSHA 1910 & 1926
,ANSI - correct answer✔ ✔ American National Standards Institute
ASME - correct answer✔ ✔ American Society of Mechanical
Engineers
Compact hoisting machinery - correct answer✔ ✔ hoisting
machinery under 10,000 lbs
DOT - correct answer✔ ✔ Department of Transportation
Emergency Procedure - correct answer✔ ✔ Actions required to be
taken when imminent danger may occur
Property damage - correct answer✔ ✔ Damage to property
exceeding $5000
Minimum age to obtain a 2A license - correct answer✔ ✔ 18
SAE - correct answer✔ ✔ Society of Automotive Engineers
, Hand signal rules for excavators - correct answer✔ ✔ SAE J1307 -
2002
Equipment that requires a license to operate - correct answer✔ ✔ 10'
vertical lift, 1/4 yd bucket capacity, 500 lb lift capacity
Continuing education credit hours are required for a 2A license - correct
answer✔ ✔ 4 hrs
Inactive status - correct answer✔ ✔ By request for 1 year for failure
to obtain required credit hours. Cannot operate under license.
Maintenance, repair, and refueling can be performed only when - correct
answer✔ ✔ When machine is inoperable and secure
OSHA required daily logs must include inspection of - correct answer✔
✔ all parts subject to wear
Inspection records must be kept - correct answer✔ ✔ with the
hoisting machinery at all times
A 2A license allows the license holder to operate what? - correct answer
✔ ✔ excavators, backhoes and loaders, front-end loaders, compact
hoisting machinery excluding classes 1, 3 & 4.
Fine for operating without a license - correct answer✔ ✔ $500-
$3000 and or 3 months in jail
What law governs hoisting equipment? - correct answer✔ ✔ M.G.L.
c. 146 section 53
What regulations govern hoisting equipment? - correct answer✔ ✔
520 CMR 6
What organization enforces 520 CMR 6 - correct answer✔ ✔
Division of Professional Licensure, Office of Public Safety and
Inspections.
What regulations govern trenching? - correct answer✔ ✔ 520 CMR
14 - Jackie's Law
OSHA regulations - correct answer✔ ✔ OSHA 1910 & 1926
,ANSI - correct answer✔ ✔ American National Standards Institute
ASME - correct answer✔ ✔ American Society of Mechanical
Engineers
Compact hoisting machinery - correct answer✔ ✔ hoisting
machinery under 10,000 lbs
DOT - correct answer✔ ✔ Department of Transportation
Emergency Procedure - correct answer✔ ✔ Actions required to be
taken when imminent danger may occur
Property damage - correct answer✔ ✔ Damage to property
exceeding $5000
Minimum age to obtain a 2A license - correct answer✔ ✔ 18
SAE - correct answer✔ ✔ Society of Automotive Engineers
, Hand signal rules for excavators - correct answer✔ ✔ SAE J1307 -
2002
Equipment that requires a license to operate - correct answer✔ ✔ 10'
vertical lift, 1/4 yd bucket capacity, 500 lb lift capacity
Continuing education credit hours are required for a 2A license - correct
answer✔ ✔ 4 hrs
Inactive status - correct answer✔ ✔ By request for 1 year for failure
to obtain required credit hours. Cannot operate under license.
Maintenance, repair, and refueling can be performed only when - correct
answer✔ ✔ When machine is inoperable and secure
OSHA required daily logs must include inspection of - correct answer✔
✔ all parts subject to wear
Inspection records must be kept - correct answer✔ ✔ with the
hoisting machinery at all times
