excavator operator

Education

• Other trades certificate or diploma

Work site environment

• Outdoors
• Beef cattle ranching and farming, including feedlots

Work setting

• Various locations

Tasks

• Interpret blueprints, maps, drawings and specifications to plan methods or sequences of operation
• Operate heavy equipment
• Read blueprints, maps, drawings and specifications to determine work requirements
• 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)
• Complete onboard and other logs
• 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

Certificates, licences, memberships, and courses

• Driver's License (Class 1 or A)

Type of heavy equipment operated

• Backhoe excavator, loader

Area of work experience

• Backfilling
• Ditching
• Excavation
• Fine grading and finishing
• Land clearing
• Landscaping
• Rough grading
• Slope grooming
• Sloping and banking
• Snow removal
• Stock piling
• Stripping
• Sub-grade excavating
• Sub-grade rolling
• Trenching

Type of industry experience

• Agricultural industry

Work conditions and physical capabilities

• Physically demanding
• Attention to detail
• Fast-paced environment

Screening questions

• Are you authorized to work in Canada?
• Do you have experience working in this field?

Experience

• 2 years to less than 3 years

Employment terms options

• Flexible hours
• Day
• Weekend

Workplace information

• On the road job

Other benefits

• Other benefits