Career Overlap Occupation record
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Where a container crane operator can go next

3 destinations recorded, ranked by how much of the target role a container crane operator already meets. The closer to the top of Table 1, the less there is to learn.

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.

Also known as operator of container crane, shipping container crane operator, ship crane operator, dock crane operator, dockside crane operator, crane driver, straddle crane operator.

Plant and machine operators and assemblers 22 skills on file 3 career moves 0 above 60% overlap Closest: crane technician, 25%

Fig. 2 · Career map 3 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
crane technician 25% covered production plant crane operat… 21% covered warehouse worker 17% covered container crane operator You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 3 nearest destinations from container crane operator, each one a link to that move’s record. Distance from the centre is how much retraining the move takes; the figure on each is how much of that role a container crane operator already covers. All 3 are listed in the tables below.
Table 1

Table 1 · A bigger jump

Possible, but expect real retraining rather than a sideways step. Only 3 moves are listed. Few other occupations share enough of this job's skills for a fair comparison, and jobs that share almost all of them are left out as the same work under another name.

Table 2

Table 2 · What the job itself asks for

A container crane operator needs 14 required skills and areas of knowledge. These 10 are the ones fewest other jobs share, so they say the most about the work.

Required skill Area
  • perform high risk work assisting and caring
  • inspect crane equipment constructing
  • maintain crane equipment constructing
  • assist in the movement of heavy loads handling and moving
  • organise weight of loads according to lifting equipment capacity working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • set up crane constructing
  • operate railway lever frames working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • load cargo onto ships handling and moving
  • loading charts for transportation of goods services
  • operate cranes working with machinery and specialised equipment
Table 3

Table 3 · Jobs that lead here

The reverse view: occupations whose skills already cover much of what a container crane operator does. The figure is how much of this job each one brings.

Index

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Container crane operator is filed under Plant and machine operators and assemblers, ISCO major group 8. The full index lists all ten groups.

Note

How these figures were compiled

Overlap is how much of the target role is already part of a container crane operator’s work. It is directional: the figure for the reverse move differs. Every entry above opens the full comparison for that move: what carries over, what is missing, and where to start. The full method.