Container crane operator

Code 8343.2

Container 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 position alongside vessel and lower cantilevers over the deck or hold of a vessel. They lift and move containers along the cantilever and position the container on the dock, on the vessel deck or in the hold.

Essential skills

Knowledge

  • loading charts for transportation of goods

Skills and competences

  • assist in the movement of heavy loads
  • inspect crane equipment
  • operate railway lever frames
  • maintain crane equipment
  • set up crane
  • operate cranes
  • organise weight of loads according to lifting equipment capacity
  • conduct routine machinery checks
  • perform high risk work
  • use rigging tools
  • check quality of products on the production line

Transversal competences

  • load cargo onto ships
  • stay alert

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This service uses the ESCO classification of the European Commission and the Mapha Taxonomy developed by OTIC SOFOFA (CC BY 4.0), in an adapted version. Group codes come from the ILO's ISCO-08. See sources and licences