{"id":11391,"date":"2026-09-10T15:04:17","date_gmt":"2026-09-10T15:04:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging.ccocert.org\/?p=11391"},"modified":"2026-10-21T07:53:39","modified_gmt":"2026-10-21T07:53:39","slug":"responsibilities-of-lift-directors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ccocert.org\/en\/responsibilities-of-lift-directors\/","title":{"rendered":"Responsibilities of Lift Directors"},"content":{"rendered":"

Third in a series of related articles reviewing each of the roles that have been identified when working with cranes, explaining their responsibilities, defining their training requirements, and outlining their documentation requirements.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

June 2021<\/em>\u2014As stated in our previous articles, the roles on the left side are roles that do not have any requirements listed for qualifications (e.g. competent, certified, or qualified). The roles on the right side, however, do have prescribed qualifications and responsibilities.<\/p>\n

The role of Lift Director<\/em> has become a critical role to identify on the jobsite. Lift Directors are assigned by the Site Supervisor (see previous article for responsibilities of Site Supervisors). This means that if there is confusion related to who is performing the role of Lift Director, the Site Supervisor is usually cited. We have also found that enforcement actions often begin with asking the rigger and signal person to identify the Lift Director.<\/p>\n

As ASME was the creator, the role of Lift Director applies to all<\/strong> industries. However, despite the requirements being published in 2007, many organizations that use cranes are unfamiliar with the term or the allocation of responsibilities.<\/p>\n

In response, in OSHA\u2019s compliance directive of 2014, the term \u201cLift Director\u201d is used 41 times. OSHA has also cited companies for failure to \u201cdesignate a competent lift director\u201d as early as 2013. Today, more and more organizations are identifying the Lift Director by means of a uniquely colored vest or hardhat as well as requiring pre-lift meeting logs that identify the person who is filling the role of Lift Director.<\/p>\n

Under ASME, the Lift Director is required to be a qualified<\/em><\/strong> individual. Qualified \u201cmeans a person who, by possession of a recognized degree, certificate, or professional standing, or who by extensive knowledge, training and experience, successfully demonstrated<\/em><\/strong> the ability to solve\/resolve problems relating to the subject matter<\/em><\/strong>, the work<\/em><\/strong>, or the project<\/em><\/strong>.\u201d Therein lies the issue. Site supervisors must have some means by which to show that the Lift Director successfully demonstrated the ability to solve or resolve Lift Director problems.<\/p>\n

The areas of Lift Director responsibilities help define the content of what the Lift Director should know. They include:<\/p>\n