Career Overlap Occupation record
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Where a crane technician can go next

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

Crane technicians assemble industrial and harbor cranes components. They install conveyors and controls. Crane technicians perform the final assembly on site and maintain and repair cranes.

Also known as crane hoist mechanic, crane service mechanic, crane maintenance mechanic.

Craft and related trades workers 31 skills on file 5 career moves 0 above 60% overlap Closest: container crane operator, 42%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
container crane operator 42% covered industrial machinery mechanic 35% covered pneumatic systems technician 32% covered rigging supervisor 32% covered fluid power technician 32% covered crane technician You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from crane technician, 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 crane technician already covers. All 5 are listed in the tables below.
Table 1

Table 1 · Within reach

Table 2

Table 2 · A bigger jump

Possible, but expect real retraining rather than a sideways step.

Table 3

Table 3 · What the job itself asks for

A crane technician 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
  • install crane equipment constructing
  • repair crane equipment constructing
  • secure crane constructing
  • inspect crane equipment constructing
  • maintain crane equipment constructing
  • set up crane constructing
  • blueprints engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • install electrical and electronic equipment working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • conduct routine machinery checks working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • interpret 2D plans information skills
Table 4

Table 4 · Jobs that lead here

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

Index

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Crane technician is filed under Craft and related trades workers, ISCO major group 7. The full index lists all ten groups.

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How these figures were compiled

Overlap is how much of the target role is already part of a crane technician’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.