Section 176.620  Training

a)         A Class A, Class B or Class C Operator satisfies the training requirements of this Subpart by completing both training and an examination, as determined to be appropriate by OSFM. This may be internet, computer software, live or equivalent training and examination so long as the training and examination is approved by OSFM in advance under Section 176.635. 

b)         All Class A and Class B Operators shall also complete continuing education and training requirements and a general examination, either:

1)         Once every four years, with the deadline for the completion of the training and examination to be no later than the four-year anniversary date or the last retraining in response to an NOV, whichever is later; or

2)         Annually, in which case there shall be no retraining in response to an NOV for the Class A or Class B Operator.

c)         Class C Operators shall retrain every four years using an OSFM approved Class C Operator training program.

d)         Class A or Class B Operators may retrain Class C Operators so long as the training and examination administered to the Class C Operators has been approved in advance by OSFM and otherwise meets the requirements of Section 176.635 and this Part. 

(Source:  Amended at 42 Ill. Reg. 10621, effective October 13, 2018)