NOC 2021 · 72500 · TEER 2
Crane operators
Unit group 72500 of the National Occupational Classification, 2021 Version 1.0.
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What this group covers
Crane operators operate cranes or draglines to lift, move, position or place machinery, equipment and other large objects at construction or industrial sites, ports, railway yards, surface mines and other similar locations. They are employed by construction, industrial, mining, cargo handling and railway companies. Apprentices are also included in this unit group.
Example job titles
As Statistics Canada publishes them. Yours may be worded differently and still belong here.
- apprentice mobile crane operator
- boat crane operator
- boom crane operator
- boom truck crane operator
- boom truck hoist operator
- bridge crane operator
- cantilever crane operator
- cinder crane operator
- climbing crane operator
- construction crane operator
- crane and hoisting equipment operator
- crane hoist operator
- crane operator
- crane operator apprentice
- crawler crane operator
- demolition crane operator
- dragline crane operator
- drilling rig crane operator
- electric crane operator
- electric dragline operator
- electric gantry crane operator
- electric monorail crane operator
- floating crane operator
- gantry crane operator
- hoist operator - foundry
- hoist operator (except underground mining)
- hot metal crane operator
- jib crane operator
- ladle crane operator
- locomotive crane operator
- locomotive craneman/woman
- mechanical hoist operator
- mobile crane apprentice operator
- mobile crane operator
- monorail crane operator
- overhead crane operator
- pile driving crane operator
- power crane operator
- rail crane operator
- railway car puller - crane
- ship crane operator
- skip operator
- tower crane operator
- tractor crane operator
- truck crane operator
- walking bridge crane operator
- wrecking crane operator
Source: Statistics Canada — National Occupational Classification 2021 V1.0. Data current as of 13 August 2026. NOC 2021 Version 1.0. The classification is versioned rather than dated — IRCC moved to it in November 2022, and a new version would be a new classification rather than an update.