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The average pay for a Container Crane Operator is DKK 564,549 a year and DKK 271 an hour in Denmark. The average salary range for a Container Crane Operator is between DKK 405,911 and DKK 679,153. On average, a High School Degree is the highest level of education for a Container Crane Operator. This compensation analysis is based on salary survey data collected directly from employers and anonymous employees in Denmark.
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Estimated salary in 2031:
DKK 615,096
5 Year Change:
9 %
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Salary Recap
The average pay for a Container Crane Operator is DKK 564,549 a year and DKK 271 an hour in Denmark. The average salary range for a Container Crane Operator is between DKK 405,911 and DKK 679,153. On average, a High School Degree is the highest level of education for a Container Crane Operator. This compensation analysis is based on salary survey data collected directly from employers and anonymous employees in Denmark.
ERI's compensation data are based on salary surveys conducted and researched by ERI. Cost of labor data in the Assessor Series are based on actual housing sales data from commercially available sources, plus rental rates, gasoline prices, consumables, medical care premium costs, property taxes, effective income tax rates, etc.
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View our ProductsContainer Crane Operator Job Description
Description: Operates electrically powered crane equipped with cantilevers (structural-steel framework which can be lowered to horizontal position and extended over deck or hold of vessel) on which hoisting gear is supported to load or unload container cargo from vessels: moves controls or levers and presses pedals to activate electrical power, move tower in position alongside vessel, and lower cantilever over deck or hold of vessel. Moves controls to lower hoisting gear for attachment of sling to container, lift and move container along cantilever, and lower and position container on dock, or on vessel deck or hold. Raises cantilever to vertical position when positioning crane to avoid hitting superstructure of vessel. May follow hand signals of other worker. May operate cantilever crane equipped with clamshell to load or unload bulk materials.
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Denmark Cost of Living Score:
Description:
Denmark is a Nordic country in Northern Europe. It is the metropole and most populous constituent of the Kingdom of Denmark, also known as the Danish Realm, a constitutionally unitary state that includes the autonomous territories of the Faroe Islands and Greenland in the north Atlantic Ocean. Metropolitan Denmark, also called "continental Denmark" or "Denmark proper", consists of the northern Jutland peninsula and an archipelago of 406 islands. It is the southernmost of the Scandinavian countri...
Container Crane Operator Job Description
Description: Operates electrically powered crane equipped with cantilevers (structural-steel framework which can be lowered to horizontal position and extended over deck or hold of vessel) on which hoisting gear is supported to load or unload container cargo from vessels: moves controls or levers and presses pedals to activate electrical power, move tower in position alongside vessel, and lower cantilever over deck or hold of vessel. Moves controls to lower hoisting gear for attachment of sling to container, lift and move container along cantilever, and lower and position container on dock, or on vessel deck or hold. Raises cantilever to vertical position when positioning crane to avoid hitting superstructure of vessel. May follow hand signals of other worker. May operate cantilever crane equipped with clamshell to load or unload bulk materials.
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ERI Economic Research Institute compiles the best salary, cost-of-living, and executive compensation survey data available.
View our ProductsTake the guess work out of setting pay
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