Compliance
Find out a ticket expired before the gate does
Operator licences, rigger tickets, crane inspections, CVOR, insurance, COR — one roster, four states, and a warning at 60, 30 and 7 days. This is the part of the job most crane software leaves in a spreadsheet.
- T. NguyenHoisting Engineer 0-1 · exp. 12 Sep 2026Renew soon
- Truck Unit 07Annual crane inspection · exp. 09 Aug 2026Renew now
- P. NairRigger Level 2 · exp. 28 Jul 2026Expired
- M. OkaforSignal Person · exp. 04 Mar 2027Current
Dispatch flags an expired ticket while you’re assigning the job — not after the crew has been turned around at the gate. It warns; you still decide.
Four states
A certificate is in one of four states, and it says which
The tiers line up exactly with the 60/30/7 warning schedule, so what you're told and what you see are the same system.
More than 60 days left
Expires within 60 days
Expires within 7 days
Can't be dispatched
Colour is never the only signal — every status carries a dot and a word, so the roster is readable to a colourblind dispatcher and in direct sunlight on a phone.
What's tracked
People, iron, and the company itself
Most tools track one of these. The gap — confirmed against every crane competitor we could find — is having all three in the same place as the dispatch board and the billing.
People
- Crane operator licence
- Rigger ticket
- Signal person
- Working at heights
- WHMIS
- First aid
Equipment
- Annual crane inspection
- CVOR
- Per-unit certificates
- Rigging gear, tracked individually
- Kit grouping for sling and shackle sets
Company
- Liability insurance
- WSIB clearance certificate
- Certificate of Recognition (COR)
- Anything else you're asked to produce at a gate
How it works
Set it up once, then be told
Import what you already have
Warned three times, not once
Full history kept
The limits
What it does and doesn't decide for you
Compliance is the part of this product people are most likely to over-assume about, so here's the boundary in plain words.
Does it store the certificate documents themselves?
No. cr4nes holds the certificate number and the expiry date — the structured data that makes warnings and reporting possible. The PDFs and cards stay wherever you keep them today.
Does it stop me dispatching someone whose ticket has expired?
It warns you, clearly, at the moment you assign the job — and it doesn't block you. You know things about your operation the software doesn't, and a hard block would just teach people to work around it.
Who can enter and change compliance data?
Office administrators only. Field crew can see their own status but can't edit an expiry date, which is the entire point of tracking it.
Does it cover subcontracted or borrowed crew?
Not yet — cr4nes tracks your own roster and your own assets. Subcontracted crew is a later addition.
Can I add certificate types you haven't thought of?
Yes. The built-in list covers the usual Ontario set, and an administrator can add custom types for anything your customers or sites require on top of it.
Worth being clear about
cr4nes tracks the certificates and dates you enter, and tells you when they’re running out. It doesn’t decide which licences, classes or clearances your operation is required to hold, and it isn’t legal or regulatory advice. For what applies to your business, go to the regulator or your safety advisor — then track it here.
Bring your spreadsheet. We’ll do the import with you.
Most operators already have the dates written down somewhere. Getting them out of that file and into something that warns you is an afternoon’s work.