Annual Salary Range
Example Job Titles
- Hoist Operator
- Hoistman
- Material Handler
- Service Operator
- Winch Derrick Operator
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- Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tender,
- Excavating and Loading Machine and Dragline Operators
- Extruding and Forming Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
- Synthetic and Glass Fibers, Helpers--Extraction Workers
- Mine Cutting and Channeling Machine Operators
- Molding and Casting Workers
- Pile-Driver Operators
- Rail-Track Laying and Maintenance Equipment Operators
- Refractory Materials Repairers, Except Brickmasons
- Service Unit Operators, Oil, Gas, and Mining
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Hoist and Winch Operator
Find training opportunities near youSkills:
- Accuracy
- Collaboration
- Communication
- Compliance
- Equipment Operation
- Inspection
- Operational Skills
Typical Tasks:
- Move levers, pedals, and throttles to stop, start, and regulate speeds of hoist or winch drums in response to hand, bell, buzzer, telephone, loud-speaker, or whistle signals, or by observing dial indicators or cable marks.
- Start engines of hoists or winches and use levers and pedals to wind or unwind cable on drums.
- Observe equipment gauges and indicators and hand signals of other workers to verify load positions or depths.
- Operate compressed air, diesel, electric, gasoline, or steam-driven hoists or winches to control movement of cableways, cages, derricks, draglines, loaders, railcars, or skips.
- Move or reposition hoists, winches, loads and materials, manually or using equipment and machines such as trucks, cars, and hand trucks.