Overhead crane operator

• Education: Secondary (high) school graduation certificate


• Experience: 7 months to less than 1 year


• or equivalent experience

Work site environment

• Outdoors
• Noisy

Work setting

• Industrial plant

Tasks

• Measure weight to prepare for rigging and hoisting
• Operate mobile and tower cranes to lift, move, position or place equipment and materials
• Operate cranes equipped with dredging attachments to dredge waterways and other areas

Certificates, licences, memberships, and courses 

• Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System (WHMIS) Certificate

Type of cranes

• Overhead crane

Work conditions and physical capabilities

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

Own tools/equipment

• Steel-toed safety boots