NCCCO CORE STUDY 2026 GUIDE QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔What shall the first thing a Rigger do prior to commencing lifting operations? -
✔✔Ensure the weight of the load and its approximate center of gravity have been
obtained
✔✔Who must all agree on the non-standard hand signals that are to be used? - ✔✔Lift
Director, Operator, and Signal Person
✔✔Where shall hand signal charts be posted? - ✔✔On the equipment or conspicuously
posted in the vicinity of hoisting operations
✔✔When must a trial lift be performed? - ✔✔Immediately prior to each lift, when
equipment is moved, or lift route has changed
✔✔What percentage of capacity must the lift not exceed during trial lift? - ✔✔50% of
equipments rated capacity
✔✔What must be conducted after the trail lift? - ✔✔A visual inspection of the equipment
✔✔Prior to each trial lift the platform must be hoisted, to what standard? - ✔✔Hoisted a
few inches, with personnel and materials/tools on board to ensure its balanced
, ✔✔When must Proof Testing be conducted? - ✔✔At each job site, and after any repair
or modification
✔✔What capacity must the personnel platform be Proof Tested to? - ✔✔125% of the
platforms rated capacity
✔✔How long must the platform be stationary in one position during the Proof Testing
operations? - ✔✔5 minutes
✔✔For proof testing and trial lift, who must inspect all rigging and platform? - ✔✔A
competent person
✔✔All parts of body must be kept inside the platform during hoisting personnel, but
does not apply to who? - ✔✔Occupant performing duties of a signal person
✔✔When must taglines be used during hoisting personnel? - ✔✔When necessary to
control the platform
✔✔What wind speed must be reached before a qualified person shall be consulted? -
✔✔Winds up to/or that exceed 20 mph
✔✔What weather conditions must a qualified person indicate it is safe to continue
operations or if they shall begin? - ✔✔Dangerous
✔✔Who must the employees being hoisted remain in direct communication with? -
✔✔Signal person
✔✔(Except over water) What form of fall protection must employees occupying the
personnel platform be provided - ✔✔Personal fall arrest system
✔✔What shall employees working over or near water be provided? - ✔✔U.S Coast
Guard approved life jacket or buoyant work vest
✔✔No lifts must be made on any other of the equipments load lines while personnel are
being hoisted, except when? - ✔✔Pile driving
✔✔Personnel platforms incorporated by a winch as original equipment during hoisting
operations while employees are occupying the platform, what is the capacity that shall
not be exceed? - ✔✔The load line does not exceed 500 pounds, and does not exceed
the rated capacity of the winch or platform
✔✔Hoisting of employees while the equipment is traveling is? - ✔✔Prohibited
ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔What shall the first thing a Rigger do prior to commencing lifting operations? -
✔✔Ensure the weight of the load and its approximate center of gravity have been
obtained
✔✔Who must all agree on the non-standard hand signals that are to be used? - ✔✔Lift
Director, Operator, and Signal Person
✔✔Where shall hand signal charts be posted? - ✔✔On the equipment or conspicuously
posted in the vicinity of hoisting operations
✔✔When must a trial lift be performed? - ✔✔Immediately prior to each lift, when
equipment is moved, or lift route has changed
✔✔What percentage of capacity must the lift not exceed during trial lift? - ✔✔50% of
equipments rated capacity
✔✔What must be conducted after the trail lift? - ✔✔A visual inspection of the equipment
✔✔Prior to each trial lift the platform must be hoisted, to what standard? - ✔✔Hoisted a
few inches, with personnel and materials/tools on board to ensure its balanced
, ✔✔When must Proof Testing be conducted? - ✔✔At each job site, and after any repair
or modification
✔✔What capacity must the personnel platform be Proof Tested to? - ✔✔125% of the
platforms rated capacity
✔✔How long must the platform be stationary in one position during the Proof Testing
operations? - ✔✔5 minutes
✔✔For proof testing and trial lift, who must inspect all rigging and platform? - ✔✔A
competent person
✔✔All parts of body must be kept inside the platform during hoisting personnel, but
does not apply to who? - ✔✔Occupant performing duties of a signal person
✔✔When must taglines be used during hoisting personnel? - ✔✔When necessary to
control the platform
✔✔What wind speed must be reached before a qualified person shall be consulted? -
✔✔Winds up to/or that exceed 20 mph
✔✔What weather conditions must a qualified person indicate it is safe to continue
operations or if they shall begin? - ✔✔Dangerous
✔✔Who must the employees being hoisted remain in direct communication with? -
✔✔Signal person
✔✔(Except over water) What form of fall protection must employees occupying the
personnel platform be provided - ✔✔Personal fall arrest system
✔✔What shall employees working over or near water be provided? - ✔✔U.S Coast
Guard approved life jacket or buoyant work vest
✔✔No lifts must be made on any other of the equipments load lines while personnel are
being hoisted, except when? - ✔✔Pile driving
✔✔Personnel platforms incorporated by a winch as original equipment during hoisting
operations while employees are occupying the platform, what is the capacity that shall
not be exceed? - ✔✔The load line does not exceed 500 pounds, and does not exceed
the rated capacity of the winch or platform
✔✔Hoisting of employees while the equipment is traveling is? - ✔✔Prohibited
