Heavy equipment operators operate backhoes, bulldozers, loaders, graders, side-booms, dredging, and heavy paving equipment, power shovels, pile drivers, and other heavy equipment.

Heavy equipment operators perform some or all of the following duties:

Operate heavy equipment such as backhoes, bulldozers, loaders and graders to excavate, move, load and grade earth, rock, gravel or other materials during construction and related activities;

Operate bulldozers or other heavy equipment to clear brush and stumps prior to logging activities and to build roads at logging and surface mining sites;

Operate heavy equipment with pile driver head to drive piling into earth to provide support for buildings, bridges or other structures;

Operate heavy dredging equipment to deepen waterways or reclaim earth fill;

Operate heavy paving and surfacing equipment to lay, spread or compact concrete, asphalt and other surface materials during highway and road construction;

Operate power shovels to excavate rock, ore or other materials from open-pit mines, strip mines, quarries or construction pits;

Operate heavy equipment to move, load and unload cargo;

Conduct pre-operational checks on equipment and clean, lubricate and refill equipment.

Backhoe Operator
Bulldozer Operator
Excavator Operator
Gradall Operator
Grader Operator
Heavy Equipment Operator
Loader Operator
Side Boom Tractor Operator