Usually work a regular 40-hour week.
Schedules may vary with weather.
CRANE AND TOWER OPERATORS will:
Maintain their vehicles and equipment
Often use radios to communicate with coworkers
Usually work outdoors
Lift and move heavy loads using machines
CRANE AND TOWER OPERATORS will frequently:
Use hands to handle, control, or feel objects, tools, or controls.
Repeat the same movements.
Sit to operate cranes.
It is important that CRANE AND TOWER OPERATORS will be able to:
Make quick, precise adjustments to machine controls.
React quickly using hands, fingers, or feet.
Determine the distance between objects.
See details of objects whether they are nearby or far away.
Use fingers or hands to grasp, move, or assemble objects.
Choose quickly and correctly among various movements when responding to different signals.
Focus on one source of sound and ignore others.
Hear sounds and recognize the difference between them.
Speak clearly so listeners can understand.
See differences between colors, shades, and brightness.
See objects in very bright or glaring light.
Understand the speech of another person.
