Maryland flagger training valid 4 years
ATSSA's flagger training is the only approved flagger training program for Maryland flaggers. Flagger and flagger instructor training is valid for four (4) years from successful completion.
Renewals
Cycles
Pole climbers inspected before each day's use; gaff cut-out test at least weekly
Pole climbers are inspected before each day's use, and a gaff cut-out test is performed at least weekly when in use. A positioning or fall-arrest system is required for work more than 4 feet above ground on poles and towers.
Paperwork
A copy of the one-call ticket must be available on site for the duration of the ticket
A person performing or supervising excavation in Maryland shall have a copy of the one-call ticket available, by any means, on the site for the duration of the ticket.
FCC pole-attachment timelines for regular orders
For access to investor-owned poles on a regular order, the utility has 10 business days to review an application for completeness, 45 days for survey, and 14 days to issue the make-ready estimate. The attacher has 14 days to accept and pay, and existing attachers then have 30 days to complete make-ready in the communications space.
One-touch make-ready: at least 15 days advance notice; splicing is complex make-ready
Under one-touch make-ready, a new attacher may elect to perform all simple make-ready in the communications space with its own approved contractor in a single trip, on at least 15 days advance notice to the pole owner and existing attachers. Splicing of any existing communications attachment is complex make-ready by definition and sits outside one-touch make-ready, as does all power-space work.