(a) No person shall engage in, practice or offer to perform the work of a hoisting equipment operator, except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, who is not the holder of a valid crane operator's license or hoisting equipment operator's license issued by the board. Each licensed hoisting equipment operator shall carry his or her license on his or her person when operating hoisting equipment. No person may engage in, practice or perform the work of a hoisting equipment operator apprentice unless he or she has obtained a certificate of registration from the board. An apprentice's certificate may be issued for the performance of work of a hoisting equipment operator for the purpose of training, provided such work may be performed only under the direct supervision of a licensed hoisting equipment operator and is in compliance with the provisions of section 29-224c.

(b) The provisions of this section shall not apply to: (1) Engineers under the jurisdiction of the United States, (2) engineers or operators employed by public utilities or industrial manufacturing plants, (3) any person operating either a bucket truck or a digger derrick designed and used for an electrical generation, electrical transmission, electrical distribution, electrical catenary or electrical signalization project, if such person: (A) Holds a valid limited electrical line contractor or journeyman's license issued pursuant to chapter 393 or any regulation adopted pursuant to said chapter, or (B) has engaged in the installation of electrical line work for more than one thousand hours, or (C) has enrolled in or has graduated from a federally recognized electrical apprenticeship program, (4) persons engaged in the recreational boating or fishing industry, except when engaged in construction-related work, or in agriculture or arboriculture, or (5) persons engaged in activities, or using equipment, excluded under section 29-221a.

(P.A. 03-253, S. 3; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 05-3, S. 37; P.A. 08-59, S. 1; P.A. 12-99, S. 7, 8; P.A. 14-29, S. 3.)

History: June Sp. Sess. P.A. 05-3 amended Subsec. (b)(1) to substitute October 1, 2004, for October 1, 2003, and to make a technical change in the proviso, and amended Subsec. (c) to substitute October 1, 2005, for October 1, 2004, effective July 1, 2005; P.A. 08-59 amended Subsec. (b) to add new Subdiv. (4) re exemption for operators of certain bucket trucks and digger derricks and redesignate existing Subdiv. (4) as Subdiv. (5), effective May 12, 2008; P.A. 12-99 amended Subsec. (a) to delete reference to former Subsec. (c) in exception to licensing requirement, require apprentice training work to be under direct supervision of licensed operator and in compliance with Sec. 29-224c and make technical changes and deleted former Subsec. (c) re issuance of license based on notarized statement from employer or proof of ownership and control of company using hoisting equipment, effective October 1, 2012, and amended Subsec. (b) to delete former Subdiv. (1) re temporary exemption of person engaged in occupation of hoisting equipment operator on October 1, 2003, redesignate existing Subdivs. (2) to (5) as Subdivs. (1) to (4), replace in redesignated Subdiv. (4) “persons engaged in boating, fishing, agriculture or arboriculture” with “persons engaged in the recreational boating or fishing industry, except when engaged in construction-related work, or in agriculture or arboriculture” and add new Subdiv. (5) re persons engaged in activities or using equipment excluded under Sec. 29-221a, effective October 1, 2014; P.A. 14-29 changed effective date of P.A. 12-99, S. 8, from October 1, 2014, to October 1, 2017, effective May 16, 2014.