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Crane Drivers

Overview

£27,540 Entry Level Salary

£51,182 Average Salary

£80,575 Potential Salary

Daily Tasks

  • Oils and greases machine and checks ropes.
  • Watches control panel for warning lights and indications of wind speed and direction and carrying capacity of crane.
  • Lifts load or cage, or hauls object into required position and lowers or positions for ground workers to detach, unload or load.
  • Manipulates levers, switches and pedals to rotate jibs into position and turns winding drum to raise or lower hook, bucket or other holding equipment.
  • Starts crane or engine motor and checks that cables run freely and that brakes and drum(s) are working.
  • Gives signals for movement of cage carrying workers/equipment.

Education Requirements

Required Level Percentage achieved
Level 0 3%
Level 1 26%
Level 2 20%
Level 3 37%
Level 4-5 (Higher Education) 13%

1 Annual Opening

Job counts include both employed and self-employed persons, and do not distinguish between full- and part-time jobs.

Skills & Knowledge Employers Are Asking For

Over the past year, employers in Lincolnshire have asked for the following skills & Knowledge in their job postings for Marketing and Commercial Managers.

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