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This test is based on the article, AECO Certification as Applied to a Wind-Turbine Tower Elevator, published in the October 2012 issue and counts as one contact hour (0.1 CEU) of elevator industry continuing education credit. Most courses approved by NAEC for CET/CAT and NAESAI for QEI and in the following states: Alabama, Arkansas, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Maryland, Mississippi, Missouri, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin.
Learning Objectives - After reading this article, you should have learned about:
- What GESRs are
- The replacement criteria for wind-tower elevator hoist ropes
- How the A17.7 performance based code was used to evaluate a WTE suspension system
- How the risk analysis process is implemented by an AECO
- Which organizations are AECOs in North America
- How the required A17.7 documentation is developed by an AECO for equipment not in compliance with the prescriptive requirements in the A17.1 code
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