Crane Institute of America has recently released an updated edition of its flagship handbook, ?Mobile Cranes?. The new edition includes clarified language, an informational introduction to load charts, and a reorganisation of the section about assembling and disassembling lattice booms. There is more helpful information about verifying load weight and jib angle offset, and expanded pages about lock-out and tag-out (LOTO) with information from the OSHA standard, among other additions. Both Mobile Cranes and Rigging handbooks are available in imperial or metric editions for use worldwide. ?The handbook is a training programme in itself,? said CIA President Jim Headley. ?It is excellent preparation for licensing and certification exams.? Crane Institute of America now has more than half a million books in print, and handbooks are available in the online store at craneinstitute.com.

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