1. ISSUES SAUDI ARAMCO PROCEDURES SAUDI ARAMCO OPERATOR CERTIFICATION
Provide  Crane Inspection, Certification/ Rejection criteria's’ that are applied by the third party crane inspection agencies while testing a crane. Inspection Dept
Provide Rigger 1 & 2 , training and testing procedures. Industrial Training
SAUDI ARAMCO OPERATOR CERTIFICATION
   
Requires 3-4 months for obtaining Saudi Aramco Operators Certification due to cumbersome procedures; to be reduced to target of 1 month with improvements. Industrial Training
Need to consider certificates issued by the internationally accredited certifying agencies such as  CITB, LEA . etc. and wave Saudi Aramco’s written test. Only practical test to be conducted. H.E. Safety Committee
Any competent person/ lift supervisors meeting Rigger-1 qualification should be tested directly for Rigger-1 instead of going through Rigger 3, 2 & 1 testing levels. Industrial Training
Renewal of Operators’ certification should require only practical testing; not to be tested with all tests applied to new candidates. Industrial Training

2. Current Situation

3. Current Situation
Contractors submit request thru PMT with listed GI requirements:
Heavy Equipment Government License
Medical Reports
Project Management Sponsoring Letter
Request form
ITD Registration Office:
Immediately schedule him for written test within 5 working days. Test result is obtained on the same test date.
After passing the written test, Crane operators are scheduled for the practical test at their job site within the next 5 working days.
If the crane operator passes the practical test, a certificate is issued by the ITD Registration Office within the next 2 working days.

4. Recommendations
Possible suggestions to expedite the crane certification process:
Potential Hazards Sites: Maintain the same Saudi Aramco GI certification standard & restrictions for crane operators that area operating in potential hazard sites that are defined likewise by Loss Prevention Dept GI standards.
Automatic ITD CRANE Certification Process: to eliminate the manual request audit and automate the test scheduling/requesting procedures.
Crane Request Certification Requirements:
Start accepting recognized the applicants native country crane license or certificates.
Start accepting medical reports generated from the applicant native country.
Written Test: Conduct the written test in several languages if the test & proctors are provided.

5. Recommendations Concerns
e. Crane Operator Certification For Gross-root Sites:
i. Certification should be authorized for a period of 6 month intervals. Incidents should be evaluated and reported by PMT to the Heavy Equipment Safety Committee.
Ii. Wave the written test provided participants pass the practical test.
ITD will accept crane certification requests for applicant with crane license/certificate and medical reports generated from the applicant native country.
Concerns
ITD will proceed with any of the above suggested crane certification expediting procedures once they are approved by the Heavy Equipment Safety Committee.