2023 Application and Agreement to Be Listed as a Training Provider on the CCO Website

Thank you for your application to be included on the 2023 directory of training providers posted on CCO’s website. Please carefully review the following Application and Agreement, and submit required documentation. 

Please attach a copy of your articles of incorporation, business license, or equivalent documentation showing the name of the training provider firm as proposed to be listed.

Attaching documentation is required to continue.

Applicants who fail to attach documentation that is correct, accurate and/or sufficient may be required to submit a new application.

Website Requirements:

• Applicant may not make any references to numerical pass rates on any printed or electronic materials, or by any other means, including the Applicant’s website.
• To the extent an Applicant makes any references to CCO examination fees in any printed or electronic materials, or by any other means, including on the Applicant’s website, the Applicant must make any reference(s) accurately, clearly spelled out, and set forth as separate from any fees charged for training by the Applicant or persons other than CCO.
• Applicant must must comply with the Trademark Usage Policy, as it may be amended from time to time.

1.      The CCO logo, the “NCCCO” acronym, the “CCO” acronym, and certain additional trademarks claimed by CCO (collectively, the CCO Marks) are the exclusive property of the National Commission for the Certification of Crane Operators. They may not be used without prior written permission. Any unauthorized use may constitute grounds for legal action.

2.      As a benefit of being listed as a training provider on the CCO website, CCO has created the Training Provider Recognition Logo (“TPR Logo”). This logo is exclusively available to training providers who have signed this agreement and abide by its terms. Certain uses of the TPR Logo have been generally approved for listed training providers and do not require you to submit a separate trademark usage application. For additional information about the TPR Logo, please review the CCO Trademark Usage Policy. 

3.      By signing this agreement, you accept and expressly agree to comply with the terms and conditions of the CCO Trademark Usage Policy, and you agree that said policy will govern any use of the CCO Marks, including the TPR Logo, by your company/ organization. If you wish to use the CCO Marks, including the TPR Logo, in a manner not expressly approved by the foregoing policy, you must sign and submit an application and agreement for prior written approval of your intended use.

4.      By signing this agreement, you agree to cooperate with any and all efforts periodically to monitor the quality of the use of the CCO  Marks.

5.      All uses of the (legacy) CCO corporate logo that were previously in use must be replaced by December 31, 2021, in compliance with the CCO Trademark Usage Policy. Failure to use the correct approved logo may result in any listing as a training provider being denied, suspended or revoked.

1.      By signing below, on behalf of the company or organization submitting this application, you agree to the terms and conditions set forth herein regarding the listing of the company or organization on the CCO web site, as well as any use of the CCO Marks, including the TPR Logo.

2.      The company or organization submitting this application and the authorized person signing below (collectively, “Applicant”) acknowledge that reapplication to be included on the list of training providers posted on the CCO web site is required annually on a calendar year basis, regardless of when this application was submitted.

3.      Applicant understands that the website listing of a training provider is a courtesy to assist those seeking preparatory training for CCO certification and agrees to use the listing on the CCO website only to market those training services. Companies not offering preparatory training for CCO certification may be removed from the website.

4.      Applicant agrees not to disclose, nor cause to be disclosed, to anyone outside of CCO, any confidential information obtained or accessed as a result of participation in the CCO certification program, including, without limitation, the content of any examination. Applicant further understands that CCO written examinations are protected by federal copyright law and agrees not to misappropriate or misuse any CCO written examination questions or answers.

5.      Because CCO examination pass rates can fluctuate and change over time, Applicant agrees not to make any reference to numerical pass rates on any printed or electronic materials, or by any other means, including the Applicant’s website.

6.      Applicant agrees that, to the extent it makes any reference to CCO examination fees in any printed or electronic materials, or by any other means, including on the Applicant’s website, any reference to such fees shall be accurate, clearly spelled out, and set forth as separate from any fees charged for training by the Applicant or persons other than CCO.

7.      Applicant agrees not to make, and not knowingly to allow any other person to make, any material misrepresentations or omissions of fact in any application or other document submitted to CCO.

8.      Applicant represents that Applicant is not acting on behalf of any company or organization other than the one submitting this application, and is not acting to circumvent, or to assist in any attempt to circumvent, a prior CCO suspension or revocation.

9.      As a condition of being included in the list of training providers, Applicant agrees that CCO, in order to protect and safeguard its intellectual property, may, from time to time, with or without notice, monitor and/or audit the test preparation seminars and teaching materials utilized by the listed company or organization, and Applicant agrees to cooperate fully in any such monitoring and/or audits; provided, however, that CCO shall treat any and all such materials as confidential.

10.  Applicant agrees to conduct any and all related business with CCO, any Examiner, clients, and candidates in a professional manner, according to accepted codes of business conduct.

11.  Applicant understands that the failure to meet any of the terms of this agreement at any time may result in any listing as a training provider being denied, suspended or revoked through applicable procedures.

12.  This agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the Commonwealth of Virginia applicable to agreements made and to be performed solely within such State and without application or reference to principles of conflicts of laws. Each of the parties to this agreement hereby irrevocably consents and agrees that any legal action, suit or proceeding arising out of or relating directly or indirectly to this agreement shall be brought exclusively in a federal or state court in the Commonwealth of Virginia, and each of them irrevocably accepts and expressly submits to the jurisdiction of such courts with respect to any such action, suit or proceeding.

I declare that the information contained in this application, as well as the information in any required accompanying documentation, is true and correct. I understand and agree that my failure to provide accurate and complete information may constitute grounds for rejection of this application. I expressly consent to CCO’s release of any information consistent with CCO’s Information Release Policy, and I expressly consent to CCO’s Privacy Policy as set forth on the CCO website. If submitting this application on behalf of a company or other organization, I represent that I have the authority to bind that company or organization and its affiliates to the terms of this Agreement.

I understand that this application does not grant approval to be listed as a training provider until accepted in writing by CCO.

By signing below and submitting this application, I acknowledge that I have read and understood this Agreement and that, should this application be successful, I agree to abide by the provisions contained in this document.

I also acknowledge that inclusion on the 2023 list of training providers posted on CCO’s web site does not indicate any recommendation or determination by CCO concerning the merits or value of any training program, and that no endorsement is intended or implied by inclusion of any training provider on the list.

Finally, I understand that, should this application be successful, I must reapply at the end of 2023 to be included on the 2024 list of training providers posted on CCO’s website.