The National Commission for the Certification of Crane Operators (hereafter called "CCO") engages in the new field expertise of certification for crane operators by testing for safety and competence, provides explanations and information on testing procedures used in the building and construction industry by multiple levels of crane operators of equipment utilized on construction sites, repair and demolition efforts, and installation and retrofit for equipment/facilities of existing structures; The National Commission of Crane Operators operates both internationally and across the United States making extensive changes in safety training-testing operations and procedures used by the crane operators and their employers, in the building and heavy construction trades

The National Commission for the Certification of Crane Operators uses the mark "CCO" as its abbreviated name in its operations, literature, communications, and its publication, "The Certifier," which publication is used to dispense broad educational benefits (such as example questions and answers; public awareness bulletins of vital interest to federal, state, local governments and private manufacturers and distributors; evaluations, grading writing, modifications and improvements to testing items in the crane-using industries); in the future, the National Commission for the Certification of Crane Operators (CCO) proposes and antipates considerable expansion of its authorized functions, in broader education, testing, and ultimately perhaps may interconnect with direct training providers to improve results of candidates and their testing potential; currently, the National Commission for the Certification of Crane Operators participates in workshops across the United States getting educational information on examinations, sites, dates, and other vital data and communication efforts, including reaching out to more than 2,000 operators taking the 1996-97 various core of four subsections of certification examinations given by CCO at one of 63 separate test administrations at 38 official sites of operation in 26 sites

"CCO" is a recognized entity name in the heavy crane, construction, demolition, and erection industries, as well as in the area of classic and field scientific and industrial research operated by and utilized between the National Commission for the Certification of Crane Operators (CCO) and its contractual affiliates and supporting governmental federal, state, and local entities (such as the US Department of Labor, Office of Safety and Health Administration); such areas of expertise of CCO include the analytical criteria and topics involving the core, lattice boom truck cranes, lattice boom crawler cranes, small telescopic boom cranes, and large telescopic boom cranes; indeed, several other services are anticipated for future uses in which the National Commission for the Certification of Crane Operators will be able to constructively use its name abbreviation