Overview
Languages
English
Education
- Secondary (high) school graduation certificate
Experience
2 years to less than 3 years
On site
Work must be completed at the physical location. There is no option to work remotely.
Work site environment
- Outdoors
- Hot
- Dusty
- Extremely cold
- Noisy
- Heavy equipment
Work setting
- Various locations
- Willing to relocate
- Relocation costs not covered by employer
Responsibilities
Tasks
- Interpret blueprints, maps, drawings and specifications to plan methods or sequences of operation
- Operate heavy equipment
- Use International Organization for Standardization (ISO) pattern joystick controls
- Clean and lubricate equipment and refill equipment tanks
- Measure distance, volume, length and weight
- Operate computer controlled equipment
- Understand the purpose, proper usgage and information found on material safety data sheets (MSDS)
- Conduct pre-operational checks on equipment
- Prepare accident reports
- Secure special attachments to equipment
- Operate GPS (Global Positioning System) and other navigation equipment
- Operate two-way radios and other communication equipment
- Perform minor repairs to equipment
- Operate hydraulic pumping systems
Experience and specialization
Type of heavy equipment operated
- Backhoe excavator, loader
- Caterpillar (CAT) controls
- John Deere controls
- Bulldozer, large or small
- Cable shovel, large or small
- Trencher, large or small
- Grader
- Loader
- Pulverizing, stabilizing machine
- Compactor
- Roller
- Scraper
- Operate forklift
- Front end loader
- Dump truck
- Gravel or dump truck
- Industrial lift trucks and fork-lifts
- Bobcats
Equipment and machinery experience
- Lift truck
Area of work experience
- Backfilling
- Demolition
- Ditching
- Excavation
- Land clearing
- Material handling
- Rough grading
- Snow removal
- Stock piling
- Stripping
- Trenching
Type of industry experience
- Industrial/commercial/institutional (ICI) construction
- Residential construction
Additional information
Work conditions and physical capabilities
- Physically demanding
- Attention to detail
- Fast-paced environment
- Combination of sitting, standing, walking
Own tools/equipment
- Steel-toed safety boots
Benefits
Other benefits
- Learning/training paid by employer
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