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Hoist and Winch Operators

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Hoist and Winch Operators

Description

Operate or tend hoists or winches to lift and pull loads using power-operated cable equipment.

Other titles in this work field include:

  • air hoist operator
  • air lift operator
  • boat hoist operator
  • boat loader ii
  • boat puller
  • bridge rigger
  • building rigger
  • cable operator
  • cable way operator
  • cage operator
  • cage tender
  • casing puller
  • chute operator
  • clean-out driller
  • clutch operator
  • coal handler
  • coal trimmer
  • corner bead operator
  • crane operator
  • cupola hoist operator
  • derrick hand
  • derrick operator
  • derrick worker, well service
  • dry transfer man
  • dry transfer worker
  • dump operator
  • electric fork operator
  • engineer, loader
  • engineer, skip hoist
  • engineer, yarder
  • engineer, yarding
  • etoc (electrical traveling overhead crane)
  • foot tender
  • footman
  • gin pole operator
  • hoist operator
  • hoisting engine operator
  • hoisting engineer
  • hoistman
  • hydraulic boom operator
  • jammer operator
  • jump roll operator
  • lathe spotter
  • lever operator
  • lineman
  • log loader
  • marine railway operator
  • material handler
  • ore trimmer
  • pack changer
  • pack puller
  • pipe puller
  • pit hoist operator
  • pitman
  • pneumatic hoist operator
  • rigger
  • rigger up
  • rigging man
  • rigging up man
  • rigging up worker
  • rigging worker
  • rod puller
  • rodman
  • scrap hoist operator
  • scraper loader operator
  • service operator
  • skip hoist operator
  • slope runner
  • slope tender
  • sloper
  • steam hoist operator
  • stevedore
  • stevedore i
  • stiff leg operator
  • telescope operator
  • transfer controller
  • tugger operator
  • vault installer, cemetery
  • well puller
  • winch derrick operator
  • winch driver
  • winch runner
  • winch stripper
  • yard worker
  • yarder operator
  • yarder puncher
  • yarding engineer


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