Operate one or several types of power construction equipment, such as motor graders, bulldozers, scrapers, compressors, pumps, derricks, shovels, tractors, or front-end loaders to excavate, move, and grade earth, erect structures, or pour concrete or other hard surface pavement. May repair and maintain equipment in addition to other duties.
- Bulldozer Operator I
- Ditcher Operator
- Elevating-Grader Operator
- Form-Grader Operator
- Motor-Grader Operator
- Operating Engineer
- Operating-Engineer Apprentice
- Sanitary Landfill Operator
- Scraper Operator
- Utility-Tractor Operator
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- Adjust handwheels and depress pedals to control attachments, such as blades, buckets, scrapers, and swing booms.
- Align machines, cutterheads, or depth gauge makers with reference stakes and guidelines or ground or position equipment, following hand signals of other workers.
- Check fuel supplies at sites to ensure adequate availability.
- Compile cost estimates for jobs.
- Connect hydraulic hoses, belts, mechanical linkages, or power takeoff shafts to tractors.
- Coordinate machine actions with other activities, positioning or moving loads in response to hand or audio signals from crew members.
- Drive and maneuver equipment equipped with blades in successive passes over working areas to remove topsoil, vegetation, and rocks, and to distribute and level earth or terrain.
- Drive tractor-trailer trucks to move equipment from site to site.
- Keep records of material and equipment usage and problems encountered.
- Learn and follow safety regulations.
- Load and move dirt, rocks, equipment, and materials, using trucks, crawler tractors, power cranes, shovels, graders, or related equipment.
- Locate underground services, such as pipes and wires, prior to beginning work.
- Monitor operations to ensure that health and safety standards are met.
- Operate compactors, scrapers, or rollers to level, compact, or cover refuse at disposal grounds.
- Operate conveyors to remove grit and debris from digesters.
- Operate equipment to demolish and remove debris and to remove snow from streets, roads, and parking lots.
- Operate loaders to pull out stumps, rip asphalt or concrete, rough-grade properties, bury refuse, or perform general cleanup.
- Operate road watering, oiling, and rolling equipment, or street sealing equipment, such as chip spreaders.
- Operate tractors and bulldozers to perform such tasks as clearing land, mixing sludge, trimming backfills, and building roadways and parking lots.
- Perform specialized work, using equipment such as pile drivers, dredging rigs, drillers, and concrete pumpers.
- Push other equipment when extra traction or assistance is required.
- Repair and maintain equipment, making emergency adjustments or assisting with major repairs as necessary.
- Select and fasten bulldozer blades or other attachments to tractors, using hitches.
- Signal operators to guide movement of tractor-drawn machines.
- Start engines, move throttles, switches, and levers, and depress pedals to operate machines such as bulldozers, trench excavators, road graders, and backhoes.
- Take actions to avoid potential hazards and obstructions, such as utility lines, other equipment, other workers, and falling objects.
- Talk to clients and study instructions, plans, and diagrams to establish work requirements.
- Test atmosphere for adequate oxygen and explosive conditions when working in confined spaces.
- Turn valves to control air and water output of compressors and pumps.
- control operation of compressors
- demonstrate goods or services
- fasten attachments or accessories to tractor
- grade or redistribute earth for roads or other construction
- install equipment or attachments on machinery or related structures
- maintain or repair construction machinery or equipment
- operate crane in construction, manufacturing or repair setting
- operate earth-moving or other heavy construction equipment
- operate hoist, winch, or hydraulic boom
- operate material moving, loading, or unloading equipment
- operate power driven pumps
- operate tractor with accessories or attachments
- set up heavy construction equipment
- signal directions or warnings to coworkers
- understand construction specifications
- use hand or power tools
- use measuring devices in construction or extraction work
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