Work site environment

• Outdoors
• At heights
• Confined spaces
• Noisy
• Cold/refrigerated
• Dangerous
• Dusty
• Hot

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
• Instruct apprentices
• Perform routine maintenance work

Credentials

Certificates, licences, memberships, and courses 

• Boom Truck Crane Operator Trade Certification
• Oil Sands Safety Association (OSSA)
• Oil Sands Safety Association (OSSA) basic safety orientation (BSO)
• Mobile Crane Operator Trade Certification
• Hoisting Licence
• Mobile Crane Operator Red Seal Certificate
• Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System (WHMIS) Certificate
• Hydrogen Sulphide Awareness (H2S) Certificate
• First Aid Certificate
• Confined Space Entry Training
• Fall Arrest Protection Training Course
• Construction Safety Training Systems (CSTS) Certificate
• Air Brake (Z) Endorsement

Experience and specialization

Type of cranes

• Hydraulic or telescoping boom

Additional sector experience

• Oilfield construction industry

Additional information

Work conditions and physical capabilities

• Work under pressure
• Physically demanding
• Manual dexterity
• Attention to detail
• Hand-eye co-ordination
• Sound discrimination
• Sitting

Own tools/equipment

• Tools
• Steel-toed safety boots
• Hard hat
• Safety glasses/goggles