heavy equipment operator
- Work Term : Seasonal
- Work Language : English
- Hours : 40 to 55 hours per week
- Education : Other trades certificate or diploma
- Experience : 5 years or more
- or equivalent experience
Work site environment
- Outdoors
- Dusty
Work setting
Various locations
Tasks
- Operate heavy equipment
- Clean and lubricate equipment and refill equipment tanks
- Operate computer controlled equipment
- Understand the purpose, proper usgage and information found on material safety data sheets (MSDS)
- Complete onboard and other logs
- Conduct pre-operational checks on equipment
- Secure special attachments to equipment
- Operate two-way radios and other communication equipment
- Perform minor repairs to equipment
- Read and interpret blueprints, maps, drawings and specifications
Certificates, licences, memberships, and courses
- Heavy Equipment Operator Trade Certification
- Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System (WHMIS) Certificate
- First Aid Certificate
Type of heavy equipment operated
- Backhoe excavator, loader
- John Deere controls
- Bulldozer, large or small
- Loader
- Compactor
- Roller
- Front end loader
- Bobcats
Area of work experience
- Backfilling
- Demolition
- Ditching
- Excavation
- Fine grading and finishing
- Haul road maintenance
- Land clearing
- Landscaping
- Material handling
- Rough grading
- Slope grooming
- Sloping and banking
- Snow removal
- Stock piling
- Stripping
- Stumping
- Sub-grade excavating
- Sub-grade rolling
- Trenching
Type of industry experience
- Industrial / commercial / institutional (ICI) construction
- Quarrying
- Residential construction
- Road construction
Security and safety
- Criminal record check
- Driving record check (abstract)
- Drug test
Transportation / travel information
- Own transportation
- Valid driver's licence
Work conditions and physical capabilities
- Physically demanding
- Attention to detail
- Fast-paced environment
Own tools / equipment
- Steel-toed safety boots
- Hard hat
- Safety glasses / goggles
- Safety vest
- Gloves
Screening questions
- Are you currently legally able to work in Canada?
- Do you currently reside in proximity to the advertised location?
- Do you have previous experience in this field of employment?
- Do you have the above-indicated required certifications?
Health benefits
- Dental plan
- Health care plan
- Vision care benefits
Financial benefits
- Group insurance benefits
- Life insurance
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