Career Overlap Occupation record Edition 1 · ESCO v1.2.1
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Where a tower crane operator can go next

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

Tower crane operators work with tower cranes, tall balance cranes consisting of a horizontal jib mounted on a vertical mast, along with the necessary motors and lifting hook attached to the jib. Operators control the crane from within a control cabin, or use radio control.

Plant and machine operators and assemblers 27 skills on file 5 career moves 4 above 60% overlap Closest: mobile crane operator, 69%

mobile crane operator 69% covered pile driving hammer operator 66% covered grader operator 65% covered road roller operator 60% covered scraper operator 58% covered tower crane operator You are here
Fig. 2 — the 5 nearest destinations from tower crane operator. Distance from the centre is how much retraining the move takes; the figure on each is how much of that role a tower crane operator already covers. All 5 are listed in the tables below.
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
Table 1

Table 1 · Within reach

Index

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tower 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

Coverage is the share of the target role’s weighted skill requirement a tower crane operator already meets, counting required skills in full and supplementary ones at 0.35. 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.