Crane, hoist and related plant operators

Duties and tasks

• Operating and monitoring stationary or mobile cranes by raising and lowering jibs and booms to lift, move, position or place equipment and materials
• Operating and monitoring equipment for hoisting, lowering or raising workers and materials on construction sites or in mines
• Operating and monitoring ski-lifts and similar equipment
• Operating and monitoring machinery used to haul ferries or barges with goods, passengers and vehicles across short stretches of water
• Operating and monitoring machinery to open and close bridges for the passage of road and water traffic
• Operating and monitoring cranes equipped with dredging attachments to dredge waterways and other areas
• Operating cranes mounted on boats or barges to lift, move and place equipment and materials