Crane or Hoist Operator
OFO Code: 734301
Last checked 3 October 2026
1. Occupation identity
- OFO code
- 734301
- Occupation
- Crane or Hoist Operator
- Classification
- OFO 2021
- Major group
- PLANT AND MACHINE OPERATORS AND ASSEMBLERS
- Unit group
- 7343 · Crane, Hoist and Related Plant Operators
Official description
Crane, hoist and related plant operators operate and monitor stationary and mobile cranes and other hoisting equipment.
More official OFO detail
Alternative titles: Mono Winch Operator, Human and Materials Winding Engine Driver, Banksman
Specialisations: Crane Driver, Winding Engine Driver, Tower Crane Operator, Pile Driver, Braceperson, Elevated Work Platform Operator, Small Winder Operator, Small Winch Operator, Onsetter, Scraper Winch Operator, Cherry Picker Operator, Winch Operator, Chairlift Operator, Winding Engine Driver (Materials), Portainer Operator
- Operating and monitoring stationary or mobile cranes by raising and lowering jibs and booms, to lift, move, position or place equipment and materials
- Operating cranes mounted on boats or barges to lift, move and place equipment and materials
- Operating and monitoring equipment for hoisting, lowering or raising workers and materials on construction sites or in mines
- Operating and monitoring ski-lifts and similar equipment
- Operating and monitoring machinery to open and close bridge for the passage of road and water traffic
- Operating and monitoring cranes equipped with dredging attachments to dredge waterways and other areas
- Operating and monitoring machinery used to haul ferry or barge with goods, passengers and vehicles across short stretches of water
2. Demand status
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7. Industry, sector and provincial context
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10. Sources for this page
- DHET Organising Framework for Occupations (OFO 2021) · Planned
- DHET Occupations in High Demand · Planned
- Critical Skills List · Planned
- QCTO qualifications and occupational certificates · Planned
- Stats SA Quarterly Labour Force Survey · Planned
- SETA Sector Skills Plans / hard-to-fill vacancy tables · Planned