该小组履行以下部分或全部职责：

• 操作工业卡车、拖拉机和其他移动设备，将集装箱、板条箱物品、汽车和托盘安装机械等货物从码头周围转移到起重机和起重机的范围内
• 操作绞车或其他起重设备将货物装卸到船舶和其他船只上或从船舶上卸下货物
• 操作机械塔，用煤和矿石等材料装载船只
• 操作设备以将散装材料（例如谷物）转移到船只上
• 连接软管并操作设备，将液体材料转移到容器上的储罐中
• 执行其他活动，例如在船上绑扎和支撑货物、打开和关闭舱口、清洁船舱和索具货物。

• 提供在职培训。
• 可能需要一些中学教育。

• 随着经验的积累，可能晋升为工头/女工或码头工人主管。

• 起重机操作员（72500）
• 码头工人工头/女工；longshore worker superintendent（72021 承包商和主管，重型设备操作人员）
• 物料搬运工 ( 75101)

This group performs some or all of the following duties:

• Operate industrial trucks, tractors and other mobile equipment to transfer cargo, such as containers, crated items, automobiles and pallet-mounted machinery, around dock to within range of cranes and hoists
• Operate winches or other hoisting devices to load and unload cargo onto and from ships and other vessels
• Operate mechanical towers to load vessels with materials such as coal and ore
• Operate equipment to transfer bulk materials, such as grain, to hold of vessels
• Connect hoses and operate equipment to transfer liquid materials into storage tanks on vessels
• Perform other activities such as lashing and shoring cargo aboard ships, opening and closing hatches, cleaning holds of ships and rigging cargo.

• On-the-job training is provided.
• Some secondary school education may be required.

• Progression to foreman/woman or supervisor of longshore workers is possible with experience.

• Crane operators (72500)
• Longshore workers foreman/woman; longshore worker superintendent (in 72021 Contractors and supervisors, heavy equipment operator crews)
• Material handlers (75101)