| Mission Statement |
To ensure that conveyances are correctly and safely installed and operated within the state by regulating the design, installation, construction, operation, inspection, testing, maintenance, and alteration of conveyances. |
| Program Goals and Objectives |
- Maintain records for conveyances that are regulated by the state and not the local authority.
- Issue inspection company licenses to inspect conveyances within buildings or structures.
- Verify that the company meets the current American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) QEI-1 Standards for the Qualifications of Elevator Inspectors.
- Collect fees.
- Verify that the company provides the agency with an insurance policy or certificate copy issued by an insurance company authorized to do business in the state that meets the requirements of the state law.
- Issue licenses for contractors who are erecting, constructing, installing, altering, servicing, repairing, or maintaining elevators or related conveyances.
- Collect fees.
- Monitor continuing education.
- Issue licenses for elevator mechanics that erect, construct, wire, alter, replace, maintain, remove, or dismantle any conveyance contained within buildings or structures in the jurisdiction of this state.
- Collect fees.
- Verify that all applicants meet experience requirements for examination.
- Monitor continuing education.
- Verify work experience.
- Issue apprentice licenses to work under the direct supervision of a licensed elevator mechanic.
- Collect fees.
- Verify that they are registered in an approved apprenticeship program approved by the U.S.
Department of Labor.
- Issue elevator inspector licenses to inspect any conveyance within buildings or structures.
- Verify that he or she meets the current ASME QEI-1 Standards for the Qualifications of Elevator Inspectors.
- Collect fees.
- Verify that he or she provides the agency an insurance policy or certificate copy issued by an insurance company authorized to do business in the state that meets the requirements of the state law.
- Maintain registration of all conveyances outlined in the act.
- Verify that each conveyance has been inspected by a licensed elevator inspector.
- Collect fees.
- Collect all information concerning conveyance for data input.
- Continue the effective enforcement of Illinois statutes and rules as they relate to elevators, dumbwaiters, escalators, moving sidewalks, platform lifts, stairway chairlifts, and automated people-movers and by licensing personnel and businesses that work on these conveyances.
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Public Accountability Report
