Hoist and Winch Operators

Transportation and Material Moving Occupations · Job Skills & Competencies · SOC 53-7041 · 1 skills

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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.

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Use when a task needs the judgment of a Hoist and Winch Operator — reading a winch drum's layer-specific line-pull rating instead of the bare-drum nameplate figure for a load near the top of a multi-layer wind, verifying an anti-two-block device is functional and not bypassed before a hoist that brings the block near the boom tip or headframe sheave, confirming brake holding capacity before leaving a load suspended on the hook, checking fleet angle and drum spooling before a lift, or choosing the operating discipline that applies to a mine hoist, a marine cargo/mooring winch, or a construction material hoist.

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