Skills & competences

Description

Crane, hoist and related plant operators monitor and operate stationary and mobile cranes and other hoisting equipment.
Tasks include -
(a) operating and monitoring stationary or mobile cranes by raising and lowering jibs and booms to lift, move, position or place equipment and materials;
(b) operating and monitoring equipment for hoisting, lowering or raising workers and materials on construction sites or in mines;
(c) operating and monitoring ski-lifts and similar equipment;
(d) operating and monitoring machinery used to haul ferries or barges with goods, passengers and vehicles across short stretches of water;
(e) operating and monitoring machinery to open and close bridges for the passage of road and water traffic;
(f) operating and monitoring cranes equipped with dredging attachments to dredge waterways and other areas;
(g) operating cranes mounted on boats or barges to lift, move and place equipment and materials.
Examples of the occupations classified here:
- Cable car operator
- Chair-lift operator
- Crane operator
- Funicular driver
- Hoist operator
- Mine cage operator
- Ski-lift operator