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Responsibilities

Tasks

• Load, unload and transport construction materials
• Clean and lubricate cranes
• Operate pile driving cranes to drive pilings into earth to provide support for buildings and other structures
• Operate cranes equipped with dredging attachments to dredge waterways and other areas
• Assist heavy equipment operators
• Operate locomotive cranes to move objects and materials at railway yards
• Level earth to fine grade specifications
• Assist in demolishing buildings
• Operate dragline cranes to expose coal seams and ore deposits at open pit mines
• Perform pre-operational inspection, and calculate crane capacities and weight to prepare for rigging and hoisting
• Perform routine maintenance work
• Clean up chemical spills and other contaminants
• Remove rubble and other debris at construction sites
• Tend or feed machines or equipment used in construction
• Direct traffic at or near construction sites
• Read and interpret blueprints