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 operator
    Briquetting 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…
  • Roustabout
    Roustabouts 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 supervisor
    Structural 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-digger
    Well-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 ironworker
    Structural ironworker in construction install iron elements into structures. They erect steel frameworks for buildings, bridges and other construction projects. They set metal rods…
  • Belt builder
    Belt 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 operative
    Scrap 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 motorhand
    Oil 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…

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Last updated on February 19, 2026

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