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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 Use rigging equipment
Description
Set up rolling and lifting equipment required to lift and move objects e.g. with a crane or block and tackle system.
Occupations requiring this skill
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Skill demand overview
- Essential in 7 occupations
- Optional in 1 occupations
- Total: 8 occupations
- Most common in: ISCO major group 8 (Plant and machine operators, and assemblers)
Essential 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 …
- Pipeline pump operatorPipeline pump operators tend pump equipment and systems to transfer liquids and substances (e.g. such as chemical solutions, crude oil, gases, and others) from one point to the nex…
- Pipe welderPipe welders assemble and install parts and components of pipelines for the transport of goods such as water, steam and chemicals through them. They interpret specs such as pneumat…
- DerrickhandDerrickhands guide the positions and movements of drill pipes. They control the automated pipe-handling equipment. They are often responsible for the condition of drilling fluids, …
- Construction commercial diverCommercial divers work below the surface of the water to install equipment, such as hydraulic structures, waterways and marine facilities. They also inspect, remove and repair the …
- Pipeline maintenance workerPipeline maintenance workers operate different equipment to keep the suitability of the pipelines. They perform checks for deviations and administer chemicals according to the need…
- 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…
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…
Related skills
- Inspect pipelines
- Mechanics
- Rigging terminology
- Maintain mechanical equipment
- Guide drill pipes
- Operate pumping equipment
- Prevent pipeline deterioration
- Pipeline coating properties
- Handle chemicals
- Apply health and safety standards
- Connect equipment to wellheads
- Operate soldering equipment
Last updated on February 18, 2026
