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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 Operate cranes
Description
Operate cranes to move, position, lift or place machinery, equipment or other large objects at various locations.
Occupations requiring this skill
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Skill demand overview
- Essential in 2 occupations
- Optional in 4 occupations
- Total: 6 occupations
- Most common in: ISCO major group 9 (Elementary occupations)
Essential for
- Rail intermodal equipment operatorRail intermodal equipment operators assist in the loading of trailers and containers on and off railcars and chassis. They manoeuvre tractor-trailer combinations around tight corne…
- Container crane operatorContainer crane operators operate electrically powered cranes equipped with cantilevers on which hoisting gear is supported to load or unload container cargo. They move towers in p…
Optional for
- Waterway construction labourerWaterway construction labourers create and maintain canals, dams and other waterway structures such as coastal or inland water plants. They are responsible for the construction of …
- Instrumentation engineering technicianInstrumentation engineering technicians assist instrumentation engineers in the development of control equipment, such as valves, relays, and regulators, which can be used to monit…
- MoverMovers are responsible for the physical handling of goods and belongings to be relocated or transported from one place to the other. They disassemble goods, machinery or belongings…
- Crane technicianCrane technicians assemble industrial and harbor cranes components. They install conveyors and controls. Crane technicians perform the final assembly on site and maintain and repai…
Related skills
- Conduct routine machinery checks
- Read standard blueprints
- Apply techniques for stacking goods into containers
- Apply technical communication skills
- Perform services in a flexible manner
- Operate railway lever frames
- Resolve equipment malfunctions
- Follow verbal instructions
- Stack goods
- Hydraulics
- Electricity
- Shunt inbound loads
Last updated on February 19, 2026
