excavator operator

Overview

Languages

English

Education

• No degree, certificate or diploma

Experience

3 years to less than 5 years

Work site environment

• Outdoors
• Dusty

Work setting

• Room and board provided
• Various locations

Responsibilities

Tasks

• Operate heavy equipment
• Clean and lubricate equipment and refill equipment tanks
• Understand the purpose, proper usgage and information found on material safety data sheets (MSDS)
• Conduct pre-operational checks on equipment
• Operate two-way radios and other communication equipment
• Perform minor repairs to equipment

Experience and specialization

Type of heavy equipment operated

• Caterpillar (CAT) controls

Area of work experience

• Asphalt finishing
• Backfilling
• Ditching
• Excavation
• Fine grading and finishing
• Land clearing
• Landscaping
• Material handling
• Slope grooming
• Sloping and banking
• Stock piling
• Stripping
• Trenching

Type of industry experience

• Quarrying
• Residential construction
• Road construction
• Surface mining

Additional information

Transportation/travel information

• Willing to travel
• Travel expenses paid by employer

Work conditions and physical capabilities

• Attention to detail
• Fast-paced environment

Own tools/equipment

• Steel-toed safety boots

Benefits

Health benefits

• Dental plan
• Disability benefits
• Health care plan
• Paramedical services coverage
• Vision care benefits

Financial benefits

• As per collective agreement