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7371 Description of Crane Operators
Crane operators operate cranes or
draglines to lift, move, position or place machinery, equipment and
other large objects at construction or industrial sites, ports, railway
yards, surface mines and other similar locations. They are employed by
construction, industrial, mining, cargo handling and railway
companies.
Here is a list of Example Titles of this
occupation.
- apprentice mobile crane
operator
- apprentice operator, mobile
crane
- boat crane
operator
- boom crane
operator
- boom truck crane
operator
- boom truck hoist
operator
- bridge crane
operator
- cantilever crane
operator
- cinder crane
operator
- climbing crane
operator
- climbing tower crane
operator
- construction crane
operator
- crane and hoisting equipment
operator
- crane hoist
operator
- crane operator
- crane operator
apprentice
- crane operator, drilling
rig
- crawler crane
operator
- demolition crane
operator
- dragline crane
operator
- dragline operator –
crane
- drilling rig crane
operator
- electric crane
operator
- electric dragline
operator
- electric gantry crane
operator
- electric monorail crane
operator
- electrical equipment operator
– Derrick
- floating crane
operator
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- gantry crane
operator
- hoist operator (except
underground mining)
- hoist operator –
foundry
- hoist operator, boom
truck
- hoist operator,
crane
- hot metal crane
operator
- jib crane operator
- ladle crane
operator
- locomotive crane
operator
- locomotive
craneman/woman
- mechanical hoist
operator
- mobile crane
operator
- monorail crane
operator
- operator, boom truck
hoist
- overhead crane
operator
- pile driving crane
operator
- power crane
operator
- rail crane
operator
- railway car puller –
crane
- rigger (except shipbuilding
and aircraft assembly)
- ship crane
operator
- skip operator
- tower crane
operator
- tractor crane
operator
- truck crane
operator
- walking bridge crane
operator
- wrecking crane
operator
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Main dutiesCrane operators perform some or all
of the following duties:
- Operate mobile and tower
cranes to lift, move, position or place
equipment and materials
- Perform pre-operational
inspection, and calculate crane capacities
and weight to prepare for rigging and
hoisting
- 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
- 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
- May assemble tower cranes on
site
- Perform routine maintenance
work such as cleaning and lubricating
cranes.
Employment
requirements
- Completion of secondary school
is usually required.
- Completion of a one- to
three-year apprenticeship program or High
school, college or industry courses in crane
operating are usually required.
- Trade certification as a hoist
operator is compulsory in Quebec and
available, but voluntary, in
Saskatchewan.
- Boom truck crane operator
trade certification is compulsory in Manitoba
and Alberta and available, but voluntary, in
Saskatchewan, British Columbia, Nunavut and
the Northwest Territories.
- Mobile crane operator (8-15
tons) trade certification is compulsory in
Ontario and available, but voluntary, in New
Brunswick.
- Tower crane operator trade
certification is compulsory in Ontario,
Manitoba and Alberta, and is available, but
voluntary, in Newfoundland and Labrador,
Saskatchewan and British
Columbia.
- Trade certification as a hoist
operator (hydraulic crane) is available, but
voluntary, in Saskatchewan and British
Columbia.
- Mobile crane operator trade
certification is compulsory in Quebec,
Ontario, Manitoba and Alberta and available,
but voluntary, in all other provinces,
Nunavut and the Northwest
Territories.
- Mobile crane operators may
require a provincial licence to drive mobile
cranes on public roads.
- Internal company certification
as a crane operator may be required by some
employers.
- Interprovincial trade
certification (Red Seal) is also available to
mobile crane operators.
Additionally, applicants with experience
in the following occupations may also be considered under this
NOC depending on the specifics of the main duties
performed:
- Heavy Equipment Operators (Except Crane)
(7421)
- Hoist operators – underground mining (in 8231
Underground Production and Development Miners)
- Supervisors of crane operators (in 7217
Contractors and Supervisors, Heavy Construction Equipment
Crews)
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