What Would I Do?
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You operate cranes to lift or move machinery, equipment and other large objects at construction sites, ports, mines and other industrial locations. In BC there are three main types of cranes that you can operate:
Tower Crane Operator: you operate a non-moving crane with an extremely long vertical mast. Tower cranes are used in construction for large structures such as bridges and hi-rise buildings.
Boom Truck Crane Operator: you operate a large construction vehicle that has a crane at the rear of the truck in order to lift heavy items onto the truck bed.
Mobile Crane Operator: you operate a crane designed to travel to different parts of a job site.
You will perform some of the following duties:
- operate mobile, tower or hydraulic cranes to lift equipment and materials
- do pre-operational inspection and calculate crane capacities and weight to prepare for rigging and hoisting
- run pile driving cranes to provide support for buildings and other structures
- operate cranes equipped with dredging attachments to dredge waterways
- operate gantry cranes to load and unload ship cargo at port side
- run locomotive cranes to move objects and materials at railway yards
- run offshore oil rig cranes to unload and reload supply vessels
- operate cranes mounted on boats or barges to lift, move and place equipment
- run dragline cranes to expose coal seams and ore deposits at open pit mines