2017 Corporate Top Trainer

Ian Chase
Training Instructor, Morrow Equipment
Salem, Oregon

When tower crane provider Morrow named Ian Chase to its training staff in the summer of 2016, the company recognized his “wealth of experience from the construction industry.”  Chase brings more than 25 years of experience as an operator, safety professional, and certified construction safety and health trainer to his work with Morrow in prep training programs for Tower Crane Operator, Signal Person, and Rigger.

Chase’s students count on that experience and his ability to keep the classroom lively.  “With Ian’s vibrant and energetic personality, his students stay focused  and interactive with him in outside hands-on training.  He encourages the students to ask questions or to bring up issues they have had in the field to discuss them in class,” explained Leena Ellis, Morrow training administrator, who nominated him.

 

2017 Professional Top Trainer

Joe Bob Williams
Senior Instructor, CICB
Houston, Texas

In the fall of 2015, when Crane Inspection & Certification Bureau acquired East Texas Crane Academy, Joe bob Williams, who had served as president of the academy, joined CICB’s staff as a senior instructor.  In fact, CICB described Williams, then chair of the NCCCO Written Exam Management Committee, as having a “been there done that” perspective on crane and rigging operations.

In nominating him for the Professional Top Trainer Award, Camille Singletary, CICB Marketing manager has “the right mix of knowledge, communication, organizational and people skills, along with a genuine interest and desire to effectively communicate crane and rigging operations safety and why it must be done.”

He does not lecture, use PowerPoint presentations, or run videos to deliver information, says Singletary, “Using only a white board, models of the canes, and his exceptional command of the material, he can ‘tell a story’ through the materials, thereby making the information relevant and interesting.

Williams also understand that there is a wealth of knowledge among students, and that “cross pollination”  is an effective way to illustrate the material and provide new perspectives, says Singletary.  “Using these training techniques, his students understand the importance of the knowledge they are gaining and it also feeds their need to experience its applicability.”

Honorable mentions were:
Corporate: Al Abel (Mazella Companies) and Don Horn (Link-Belt)

Professional: Don Childers (Nationwide) and Jesus/Jesse Garcia (CICB)

Read the full 2017 Feature story here.

Click on year to view digital issues featuring  the Top Trainer award for each respective year.

Year	Award	Corporate	Professional
2008	Winner	Ray Feidt, Stephenson Equipment	Mike Parnell, Devon Beasley, Russ Donaldson, ITI
2008	Honorable Mention	Al Abel, Mazzella Lifting Technologies	Ronald Gray, Tower Crane School of Phoenix
2009	Winner	Mike Riggs, I&I Slings/Slingmax	Ronald Gray, Tower Crane School of Phoenix
2009	Winner	Mike Patten, Southwest Industrial Rigging
2009	Honorable Mention	Mike Hundley, Heede Southeast	John Augustine, Sylvan Enterprises
2009	Honorable Mention	Ray Feidt, Stephenson	Jerry Longtin, CICB
2009	Honorable Mention	Mike Johnson, Hirschmann	Rob Scherbarth, Overton Safety Training
2009	Honorable Mention	Roger Skip Ohman, Crosby
2010	Winner	Kirk Ward, All Erection & Crane Rental	John Augustine, Sylvan Enterprises
2010	Honorable Mention	Paul Fabish, AREVA	Bill Schofield, Crane Institute of America
2010	Honorable Mention	Roy Bolton II, Cianbro	Timm Archer, Professional Crane Inspections
2010	Honorable Mention	John Chamberlin and Jason Pogar, United Space Alliance
2011	Winner	Bob Berry, Sims Crane & Equipment	Jim Cox, ITI
2011	Honorable Mention	John Newby, Crosby	Harley Gist, CRC
2011	Honorable Mention	Tom DeSoo, I&I Sling	Larry DeMark Sr., Equipment Training Solutions
2011	Honorable Mention	Dub Norris, Barnhart Crane & Rigging	John O’Connor, CICB
2011	Honorable Mention		Don Childers, Nationwide Crane Training
2012	Winner	Brian Fuller, All Erection & Crane Rental Corp	Don Jordan, American Int’l Crane Bureau
2012	Honorable Mention	Brad Paddock, Eagle West Cranes	Frank DiMeglio, NACB
2012	Honorable Mention	Larry Petkovsek, Mazzella Lifting Technologies	Wendell Gray, Crane Institute of America
2012	Honorable Mention	Chris Smith, Morrow Equipment Co.	Larry Kime, CICB
2012	Honorable Mention	Dave Foster, Venco/Venturo Manufacturing	Rob Siemens, Royal Arc Industrial Services
2013	Winner	Hank Dutton, Travelers Insurance Co.	Angelo Alverio, CICB
2013	Honorable Mention	Peter Cooke, Columbus McKinnon Corp.	Al Abel, Mazzella Co.
2013	Honorable Mention	Daniel Erwin, TNT Crane & Rigging	Howard Kaplan, Liberty Crane and Rigging Consultants
2013	Honorable Mention	Robert Wynn Sr., HETCO Heavy & Specialized Carriers Co.	Mark Sadler, Konecranes Training Institute
2014	Winner	Nelson Plumb, Crossland Construction Co.	Sam Smith, NACB
2014	Honorable Mention	Mike Eggenberger, Bay Ltd.	Howard Kaplan, Liberty Crane & Rigging Consultants
2014	Honorable Mention	Al Abel, Mazella Companies	Scott Crowder, CICB
2015	Winner	Patrick Clark, Lifting Gear Hire	Jeffrey Ellis, Crane Tech LLC
2015	Honorable Mention	Gary Campbell, Allegiance Crane & Equipment	Carl Whitaker, Crane Institute of America
2015	Honorable Mention	Bryan McClure, LPR Construction	Yannick Morin, Kraning, Inc.
2015	Honorable Mention	Al Abel, Mazzella Lifting Technologies	John Mormann, Southern Illinois Carpenters Training
2016	Winner	Ralf Notheis, Crane Academy, Bigfoot Crane Co.	Matt Schmitt, Overton Safety Training Inc.
2016	Honorable Mention	Chris Smith, Morrow Equipment Co.	Amanda Jordan, American International Crane Bureau (AICB)
2016	Honorable Mention	Don Horn, Link-Belt Construction Equipment.	Don Childers,  Nationwide Equipment Training
2016	Honorable Mention	Larry Petkovsek,  Mazzella Lifting Technologies	Jesse Garcia,  Crane Inspection & Certification Bureau (CICB)