Where a mobile crane operator can go next
5 destinations recorded, ranked by how much of the target role a mobile crane operator already meets. The closer to the top of Table 1, the less there is to learn.
Mobile crane operators work with a variety of crane types that can be moved easily around the road, rail and water. Mobile cranes are often mounted on trucks.
Also known as mobile crane operators, lorry-mounted crane operator, operator specialised in mobile crane, bottom cat operator, mobile crane driver, mini crane driver, compact crane operator, compact crane driver, mini crane operator, lorry-mounted crane driver.
Plant and machine operators and assemblers 37 skills on file 5 career moves 4 above 60% overlap Closest: grader operator, 71%
- 70% and above · short step
- 50 to 70% · real move
- Below 50% · substantial retraining
Table 2 · What the job itself asks for
A mobile crane operator needs 17 required skills and areas of knowledge. These 10 are the ones fewest other jobs share, so they say the most about the work.
- set up crane constructing
- operate mobile crane working with machinery and specialised equipment
- crane load charts services
- secure heavy construction equipment working with machinery and specialised equipment
- keep heavy construction equipment in good condition constructing
- drive mobile heavy construction equipment working with machinery and specialised equipment
- inspect construction sites information skills
- rig loads handling and moving
- mechanical systems engineering, manufacturing and construction
- operate GPS systems working with computers
Table 3 · Jobs that lead here
The reverse view: occupations whose skills already cover much of what a mobile crane operator does. The figure is how much of this job each one brings.
- rigger 69% covered · difficulty 33.2
- tower crane operator 69% covered · difficulty 34
- crane crew supervisor 67% covered · difficulty 35.8
- sewer construction worker 67% covered · difficulty 36.8
- excavator operator 65% covered · difficulty 38.9
- road roller operator 65% covered · difficulty 38.9
- scraper operator 65% covered · difficulty 38.9
- grader operator 60% covered · difficulty 42.6
- bulldozer operator 56% covered · difficulty 46.8
- rigging supervisor 35% covered · difficulty 65.1
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Mobile crane operator is filed under Plant and machine operators and assemblers, ISCO major group 8. The full index lists all ten groups.
How these figures were compiled
Overlap is how much of the target role is already part of a mobile 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.