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Career Guidance Skills working with machinery and specialised equipment S8.1 - operating mobile plant S8.1.3 - operating lifting or moving equipment Guide cranes
Description
Guide a crane operator in operating the crane. Stay in contact with the operator visually, vocally, or using communication equipment to make sure the crane operation is completed in a safe and efficient manner.
Occupations requiring this skill
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Skill demand overview
- Essential in 3 occupations
- Optional in 5 occupations
- Total: 8 occupations
- Most common in: ISCO major group 8 (Plant and machine operators, and assemblers)
Essential for
- Briquetting machine operatorBriquetting machine operators tend equipment to dry, mix, and compress metal chips into briquettes for use in a smelter. Other titles The following job titles also refer to briquet…
- RoustaboutRoustabouts maintain and repair oil field equipment and machinery using hand and power tools. They do general labor, such as cleaning, digging trenches, scraping and painting rig c…
- Structural ironwork supervisorStructural ironwork supervisors monitor ironworking activities. They assign tasks and take quick decisions to resolve problems. Other titles The following job titles also refer to …
Optional for
- Well-diggerWell-diggers operate drilling machinery and equipment to create and maintain wells for use in extracting ore and other liquids and gases. They record operations, maintain equipment…
- Structural ironworkerStructural ironworker in construction install iron elements into structures. They erect steel frameworks for buildings, bridges and other construction projects. They set metal rods…
- Belt builderBelt builders make transmission and conveyor belts by building up plies of rubberised fabric. They cut the ply to required length with scissors and bond plies together with rollers…
- Scrap metal operativeScrap metal operative cut big sheets of metal scrap in order to prepare them for being used in a smelter. Other titles The following job titles also refer to…
- Oil rig motorhandOil rig motorhands assume responsibility for the engines powering the drilling equipment. They ensure that all other rig equipment operates correctly. Duties Oil rig motorhands typ…
Related skills
- Crane load charts
- Follow safety procedures when working at heights
- Mechanics
- Connect equipment to wellheads
- Work ergonomically
- Ensure equipment availability
- Interpret 3D plans
- Follow verbal instructions
- Operate manual planer
- Follow written instructions
- Tend metal planer
- Inspect pipelines
- Apply spot welding techniques
Last updated on February 19, 2026
