FROM CLASSROOM TO CRANE 2021
CSA continues to conduct training/testing classes for crane operators to become certified. The CSA program allows crane operators (those who operate cranes with a lift capacity over 2000 lbs.) to brush up on their knowledge and practical skills, in preparation for certification testing.
The next three-day program is scheduled to take place at Sign Designs, in Modesto, CA, for Thurs.-Fri.-Sat. / Oct. 28-29-30, 2021.
Pete Michelini, CSA Director, has agreed to host this event for CSA and ALTEC has agreed to provide the crane to be used during testin, at no charge to the Association – A BIG THANK YOU TO ALL!
David Shelley (Crane Care Operations), along with his son John, will be conducting the classroom training as well as the practical training and actual testing on the crane. Past candidates in attendance stated they thought the training was very well done. Dave Saudargas with Quiel Brothers added, “The instructors were excellent – we couldn’t ask for more.”
For further information on the CSA Certified Crane Operator Classes, contact Cheryl Flahive, Dir. of Member Services: cflahive@calsign.org.
About CSA Team
CSA’s Executive Director, Roy Flahive, has worked within the sign industry for more than 50 years. He served an apprenticeship in the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW), owned his own sign company for almost 30 years and he is well-known and highly respected in the sign industry, having served on numerous boards, including those of the International Sign Association (ISA), San Diego Area Lighting Advisory Council, Arizona Sign Association, Western States Sign Council, San Diego Mayors Sign Code Task Force, and UL’s Industry Advisory Committee. Notably, Flahive has twice been elected President (Chairman of the Board) of CSA and has served over 30 years on that board.
Cheryl Flahive, CSA’s Director of Member Services, has worked within the sign industry for over 33 years; twenty of those years, as vice president of a sign company in southern California. She has served in various administrative roles, from finance to project management, and is dedicated to helping CSA members at all levels.
The CSA Communications Committee, made up of committed industry leaders, works in a behind the scenes capacity, to keep CSA members educated and informed.