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Job Details

Mobile Crane Operator

Employer

Crane Services

Date Posted

December 31, 2024

Languages

English
  • Location Nisku, AB
  • Earnings $36.00 to $48.00 hourly (to be negotiated)
  • Work Hours 40 hours per week
  • Position Permanent Full Time
  • Vacancies 2  Vacancies
  • Closing Date Feb 12, 2025
Job Requirements

Employer

Crane Services

Languages

English

Education

Registered Apprenticeship certificate

Work site environment

  • Outdoors
  • Noisy
  • Cold/refrigerated
  • Dangerous
  • Dusty
  • Hot

Tasks

  • Operate mobile and tower cranes to lift, move, position or place equipment and materials
  • Clean and lubricate cranes
  • Instruct apprentices
  • Perform routine maintenance work

Certificates, licences, memberships, and courses 

  • Boom Truck Crane Operator Trade Certification
  • Oil Sands Safety Association (OSSA)
  • Oil Sands Safety Association (OSSA) basic safety orientation (BSO)
  • Mobile Crane Operator Trade Certification
  • Hoisting Licence
  • Mobile Crane Operator Red Seal Certificate
  • Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System (WHMIS) Certificate
  • Hydrogen Sulphide Awareness (H2S) Certificate
  • First Aid Certificate
  • Confined Space Entry Training
  • Fall Arrest Protection Training Course
  • Construction Safety Training Systems (CSTS) Certificate
  • Air Brake (Z) Endorsement

Type of cranes

Hydraulic or telescoping boom

Additional sector experience

Oilfield construction industry

Work conditions and physical capabilities

  • Work under pressure
  • Physically demanding
  • Manual dexterity
  • Attention to detail
  • Hand-eye co-ordination
  • Sound discrimination
  • Sitting

Own tools/equipment

  • Tools
  • Steel-toed safety boots
  • Hard hat
  • Safety glasses/goggles

Screening questions

  • Are you available for shift or on-call work?
  • Are you available for the advertised start date?
  • Are you currently legally able to work in Canada?
  • Do you currently reside in proximity to the advertised location?
  • Do you have previous experience in this field of employment?
  • Do you have the above-indicated required certifications?

Experience

5 years or more

Health benefits

  • Dental plan
  • Disability benefits
  • Health care plan
  • Vision care benefits

Financial benefits

Life insurance

Special Initiatives

  • Jobs for Ukraine: This employer has selected to promote this job through "Jobs for Ukraine". Canadian citizens and permanent residents can still apply.

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Interest Codes & Abilities
The Mobile Crane Operator is part of the following larger National Occupational Classification (NOC).

Interest Codes

Crane Operators
OBJECTIVE

Interest in operating gantry cranes to load and unload ship cargo at port side; locomotive cranes to move objects and materials at railway yards; bridge and overhead cranes to lift, move and place plant machinery and materials; offshore oil-rig cranes to unload and reload supply vessels; and dragline cranes to expose coal seams and ore deposits at open pit mines

METHODICAL

Interest in copying information to calculate crane capacities and weights to prepare for rigging and hoisting; and in performing routine maintenance work such as cleaning and lubricating cranes

innovative

Interest in performing pre-operational inspections to lift, move and place equipment and materials using cranes mounted on boats and barges

Reading Interest Codes
A Quick Guide

The interest code helps you figure out if you’d like to work in a particular occupation. 

It’s based on the Canadian Work Preference Inventory (CWPI), which measures 5 occupational interests: Directive, Innovative, Methodical, Objective, and Social.

Each set of 3 interest codes for this NOC group is listed in order of importance.

A code in capital letters means it’s a strong fit for the occupation.

A code in all lowercase letters means the fit is weaker.

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