crane operator

Job Requirements

• Education: Other trades certificate or diploma
• Experience: 1 year to less than 2 years

Work Setting

• Relocation costs covered by employer

Tasks

• Operate mobile and tower cranes to lift, move, position or place equipment and materials
• Clean and lubricate cranes
• Operate pile driving cranes to drive pilings into earth to provide support for buildings and other structures
• Operate cranes equipped with dredging attachments to dredge waterways and other areas
• Assemble tower cranes on site
• Operate gantry cranes to load and unload ship cargo at port side
• Operate locomotive cranes to move objects and materials at railway yards
• Operate bridge or overhead cranes to lift, move and place plant machinery and materials
• Operate offshore oil rig cranes to unload and reload supply vessels
• Operate cranes mounted on boats or barges to lift, move and place equipment and materials
• Operate dragline cranes to expose coal seams and ore deposits at open pit mines
• Perform routine maintenance work

Supervision

• Truck drivers

Certificates, Licences, Memberships, and Courses

• Air Brake (Z) Endorsement

Type of Cranes

• Hydraulic or telescoping boom
• Tower crane, fixed or limited mobility

Equipment and Machinery Experience

• Crane

Security and Safety

• Criminal record check

Work Conditions and Physical Capabilities

• Work under pressure
• Physically demanding
• Hand-eye coordination

Personal Suitability

• Accurate
• Flexibility
• Team player