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

• 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