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.

Tasks

Tasks include -
(a) Operating and monitoring stationary or mobile cranes by raising and lowering jibs and booms, to lift, move, position or place equipment and materials;
(b) Operating and monitoring equipment for hoisting, lowering or raising workers and materials on construction sites or in mines;
(c) Operating and monitoring ski-lifts and similar equipment;
(d) Operating and monitoring machinery used to haul ferry or barge with goods, passengers and vehicles across short stretches of water;
(e) Operating and monitoring machinery to open and close bridge for the passage of road and water traffic;
(f) Operating and monitoring cranes equipped with dredging attachments to dredge waterways and other areas;
(g) Operating cranes mounted on boats or barges to lift, move and place equipment and materials.