Elevator Certification

New Certification

• Submit a completed New CQCC Application
• Submit a copy of an approved continuing education certificate
• Submit a copy of a current and valid C-11 license
• Submit a copy of current Workers' Compensation insurance certificate
• Submit a copy of current Liability insurance certificate

• Submit a check or money order payable to "DIR Elevator Safety Account" in the amount of $700.00 to: State of California Division of Occupational Safety and Health Elevator, Rides and Tramway Unit, Certification Section 2424 Arden Way Suite 485 Sacramento, CA 95825

Renewals

• Submit a completed CQCC Renewal application
• Submit a copy of an approved continuing education certificate
• Submit a copy of a current and valid C-11 license
• Submit a copy of current Workers' Compensation insurance certificate
• Submit a copy of current Liability insurance certificate
• Submit a check or money order payable to "DIR Elevator Safety Account" in the amount of $140.00 to:

  State of California
  Division of Occupational Safety and Health
  Elevator, Rides and Tramway Unit, Certification Section
  2424 Arden Way Suite 485
  Sacramento, CA 95825

New Certification

• Submit a completed new CCCM application
• Applicant must be employed by a CQCC
• Document a minimum of three years of work experience in the conveyance industry
• Current employer must sign application to verify current employment and work experience

• Submit a certificate of completion from an approved apprenticeship program; (NEIEP, CET, or CAT)

  Or

  Earn a passing score on a qualifying exam administered by the Division. Submit a check or money order payable to "DIR Elevator Safety Account" in the amount of $210.00 to :

  State of California
  Division of Occupational Safety and Health
  Elevator, Rides and Tramway Unit, Certification Section
  2424 Arden Way Suite 485
  Sacramento, CA 95825

Renewals

• Submit a completed CCCM Renewal application
• Applicant must be employed by a CQCC
• Document work experience covering the previous two years
• Current employer must sign application to verify current employment and work history
• Submit a copy of an approved continuing education certificate
• Submit a check or money order payable to "DIR Elevator Safety Account" in the amount of $140.00 to:

  State of California
  Division of Occupational Safety and Health
  Elevator, Rides and Tramway Unit, Certification Section
  2424 Arden Way Suite 485
  Sacramento, CA 95825

Certification

• An employer must have personnel needs that cannot be met by the available pool of Certified Competent Conveyance Mechanics.
• Employer must submit a completed TCCCM application
• A TCCCM candidate must qualify with one of the following methods:
  • Method 1 - candidate has one year of experience in the conveyance industry performing construction, maintenance, service, or repair of conveyances covered by the Division, and is a second year apprentice in an approved apprenticeship program.
  • Method 2 - candidate has two years of experience in the conveyance industry performing construction, maintenance, service, or repair of conveyances covered by the Division, and is enrolled in an approved apprenticeship program.
  • Method 3 - candidate has three years of experience in the conveyance industry performing construction, maintenance, service, or repair of conveyances.
• All applicants must submit a copy of an approved continuing education certificate.
• Submit a check or money order payable to DIR Elevator Safety Account in the amount of $35.00
• Initial TCCCM certification may be granted for six months Subsequent certifications require the submittal of a new TCCCM application and $35.00 fee monthly.
• TCCCM assignments are subject to the approval of Local 8 or Local 18 for IUEC members.

New Certification

• Applicants should complete a CCCI application.
• Completed Applications should be mailed with a check or money order payable to DIR Elevator Safety Account in the amount of $210.00 to:

  State of California
  Division of Occupational Safety and Health
  Elevator, Rides and Tramway Unit, Certification Section
  2424 Arden Way Suite 485
  Sacramento, CA 95825
  Phone: (916) 274-5709 Fax (916) 263-1957

• Applicants shall be employed by a licensed insurance company carrying insurance on elevators or by a municipality which maintains an elevator inspection organization, or by the State of California.
• Applicants shall have had at least four years of experience in some mechanical or electrical endeavor at least one year of which shall have been in the design, construction, installation, repair, or inspection of elevators.
• Engineering education on a college level may be substituted on a year-for-year basis for the non-elevator qualifying experience.
  The non-elevator mechanical or electrical experience shall be at the journeyman mechanic level or technical work and the work must have been comparable to work in the elevator industry.
• Applicants must pass a qualifying written examination and a field examination administered by the Division.
• Immediately prior to the examination, the candidate shall have completed at least 90 days of intensive training in elevator inspection in California under the direct supervision of a certified elevator inspector.
• The training period may be waived prior to the written examination, however no certificate shall be issued until the candidate has been employed and satisfactorily completed the prescribed training period.

Renewals

• Submit a completed CCCI application (contact the office below for the application)
• Submit a copy of an approved continuing education certificate
• Submit a check or money order payable to "DIR Elevator Safety Account" in the amount of $210.00 to:

  State of California
  Division of Occupational Safety and Health
  Elevator, Rides and Tramway Unit, Certification Section
  2424 Arden Way Suite 485
  Sacramento, CA 95825