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work throughout job sites on a variety of machinery including, but not limited to dozer, excavator, Lift Truck, High Reach and Screeners. The Equipment Operator is also responsible for conducting pre-operational inspection and notifying the management about equipment issues.
Essential Skills
- Reading text
- Document use
- Numeracy
- Writing
- Oral communication
- Working with others
- Problem solving
- Decision making
- Critical thinking
- Job task planning and organizing
- Finding information
- Computer use
- Continuous learning
- Significant use of memory
Transportation/Travel Information
- Own transportation
- Willing to travel
- Willing to travel regularly
- Valid driver's licence
Type of Heavy Equipment Operated
- Loader
- Grader
- Forklift
- Front end loader
- Bulldozer, large or small
- Backhoe excavator, loader
Type Of Work Experience
- Trenching
- Sub-grade rolling
- Stock piling
- Sloping and banking
- Rough grading
- Material handling
- Haul road maintenance
- Fine grading and finishing
- Excavating
- Ditching
- Backfilling
Work Setting / Industry Experience
- Industrial/commercial/institutional (ICI) construction
Credentials (certificates, licences, memberships, courses, etc.)
- Power Line Hazardous Training
- WHMIS Certificate
Additional Skills
- Utilize GPS devices (Global Positioning Systems)
- Utilize material safety data sheets (MSDS)
- Read and interpret blueprints, maps, drawings and specifications
- Prepare accident reports
- Complete onboard and other logs
- Calculate weight, distance, volume and length measurements
Specific Skills
- Secure special attachments to equipment
- Perform minor repairs to equipment
- Operate two-way radios and other communication equipment
- Operate heavy equipment
- Operate computer controlled equipment
- Conduct pre-operational checks on equipment
- Clean and lubricate equipment and refill equipment tanks
Work Location Information
- Various locations
Work Conditions and Physical Capabilities
- Physically demanding
- Attention to detail
Security and Safety
- Criminal record check (abstract)
- Driving record check (abstract)
- Drug test
Own Tools/Equipment
- Steel-toed safety boots
Work Site Environment
- Outdoors