mobile crane operator

Overview

Languages

English

Education

• Other trades certificate or diploma

Experience

3 years to less than 5 years

On site

Work must be completed at the physical location. There is no option to work remotely.

Work site environment

• Outdoors

Work setting

• Construction site

Responsibilities

Tasks

• Calculate crane capacities
• Measure weight to prepare for rigging and hoisting
• Operate mobile and tower cranes to lift, move, position or place equipment and materials
• Perform pre-operational inspection
• Clean and lubricate cranes
• Operate pile driving cranes to drive pilings into earth to provide support for buildings and other structures
• Instruct apprentices
• Operate cranes equipped with dredging attachments to dredge waterways and other areas
• Assemble tower cranes on site
• Operate gantry cranes to load and unload ship cargo at port side
• Operate locomotive cranes to move objects and materials at railway yards
• Operate bridge or overhead cranes to lift, move and place plant machinery and materials
• Operate offshore oil rig cranes to unload and reload supply vessels
• Operate cranes mounted on boats or barges to lift, move and place equipment and materials
• Operate dragline cranes to expose coal seams and ore deposits at open pit mines
• Perform routine maintenance work

Credentials

Certificates, licences, memberships, and courses

• Mobile Crane Operator Trade Certification
• Air Brake (Z) Endorsement

Additional information

Security and safety

• Criminal record check
• Driver's validity licence check

Work conditions and physical capabilities

• Physically demanding
• Manual dexterity
• Attention to detail
• Hand-eye co-ordination

Personal suitability

• Accurate
• Dependability
• Flexibility
• Hardworking