Transport
Crane operator
Key facts
This job is hiring in the United States; its exposure to AI is low. AI exposure: very low according to the ILO, low according to the BLS. Employment change in the United States by 2035: +1.2% (BLS).
The job
Crane, hoist and related plant operators (ISCO 8343). Crane, hoist and related plant operators monitor and operate stationary and mobile cranes and other hoisting equipment.
Page built from official classifications (ILO, ESCO); figures cover all the jobs grouped here.
67 job titles linked to this page
Titles from the European ESCO classification. They are also used for search.
- automated cable vehicle controller
- automated cable vehicle operator
- bottom cat operator
- bottom crane operator
- bridge crane operator
- bridge crane technician
- bridge crane technicians
- cable car controller
- cable car operator
- cable propelled vehicle controller
- cable propelled vehicle operator
- cantilever crane operator
- charging-crane operator
- charging-crane technician
- charging-crane technicians
- cinder crane operator
- cinder crane technician
- cinder crane technicians
- compact crane driver
- compact crane operator
- container crane operator
- controller of automated cable vehicles
- crane driver
- crane operators
- dock crane operator
- dockside crane operator
- gantry crane operator
- gantry crane technician
- gantry crane technicians
- hot-metal crane operator
- hot-metal crane technician
- hot-metal crane technicians
- ingot stripper
- ingot strippers
- lorry-mounted crane driver
- lorry-mounted crane operator
- mill crane operator
- mini crane driver
- mini crane operator
- mobile crane driver
- mobile crane operator
- mobile crane operators
- mobile crane technician
- mobile crane technicians
- operator of container crane
- operator specialised in mobile crane
- overhead crane operator
- pit crane operator
- production plant crane operator
- production plant crane operators
- production plant electric crane operator
- scrap crane operator
- scrap crane technician
- scrap crane technicians
- ship crane operator
- shipping container crane operator
- steel crane operator
- straddle crane operator
- tower crane driver
- tower crane operative
- tower crane operator
- tower crane technician
- tower crane technicians
- tower-crane operator
- wall-crane operator
- wall-crane technician
- wall-crane technicians
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Gauges
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Sources
- AI exposure categories and employment projections, 2025-2035 (XLSX file)Bureau of Labor Statistics, United States · August 2026 · official statistics
- Generative AI and Jobs: a refined global index of occupational exposureInternational Labour Organization and NASK · May 2025 · large survey
- ESCO, European classification of skills, competences, qualifications and occupations (job titles and O*NET crosswalk)European Commission · version 1.2 · official statistics
- Jobs in 2030: projections by occupational family (summary table)Dares and France Stratégie · March 2022 · official statistics
- Labour needs survey (BMO) 2026France Travail · 2026 · large survey
- EURES report on labour shortages and surpluses 2025, annexEuropean Labour Authority · June 2026 · official statistics
Checked on 27 October 2026.