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Excavating and Loading Machine and Dragline Operators
Operate or tend machinery equipped with scoops, shovels, or buckets, to excavate and load loose materials.
Other names for Excavating and Loading Machine and Dragline Operators:
Aerial Tram Operator, Air Shovel Operator, Back Digger Operator, Back Filler Operator, Back Hoe Machine Operator, Back Hoe Operator, Backhoe Operator, Clam Shovel Operator, Coal Equipment Operator, Diesel Scoop Operator, Dragline Oiler, Dragline Operator, Earth Moving Equipment Operator, Earth Moving Machine Operator, Electric Scoop Operator, Electric Shovel Operator, End Loader Operator, Equipment Operator, Excavator, Excavator Operator, Foundation Digger, Fuel Operator, Gas Shovel Operator, Grave Digger, Harvester Operator, Heavy Equipment Operator, Horseback Excavator, Loader Operator, Mechanical Shovel Operator, Mill Operator, Mucking Machine Operator, Operating Engineer, Payloader Machine Operator, Payloader Operator, Pit Foreman, Pit Operator, Pit Shovel Operator, Plant Operator, Plunger Scoop Operator, Plunger Shovel Operator, Power Digger Operator, Power Shovel Operator, Scoop Driver, Scoop Operator, Septic Tank Installer, Septic Tank Setter, Shovel Operator, Steam Shovel Operator, Steam Shovelman, Stripper Shovel Operator, Tower Excavator Operator, Track Hoe Operator, Tram Operator, Trench Shovel Operator, Trencher Driver, Trenching Machine Operator, Truck Driver, Yard Loader Operator,
What do Excavating and Loading Machine and Dragline Operators do?
Move levers, depress foot pedals, and turn dials to operate power machinery such as power shovels, stripping-shovels, scraper loaders, or backhoes.
Set up and inspect equipment prior to operation.
Observe hand signals, grade stakes, and other markings when operating machines so that work can be performed to specifications.
Become familiar with digging plans, machine capabilities and limitations, and with efficient and safe digging procedures in a given application.
Operate machinery to perform activities such as backfilling excavations, vibrating or breaking rock or concrete, and making winter roads.
Create and maintain inclines and ramps, and handle slides, mud, and pit cleanings and maintenance.
Lubricate, adjust, and repair machinery, and replace parts such as gears, bearings, and bucket teeth.
Move materials over short distances, such as around a construction site, factory, or warehouse.
Measure and verify levels of rock or gravel, bases, and other excavated material.
Receive written or oral instructions regarding material movement or excavation.
Adjust dig face angles for varying overburden depths and set lengths.
Drive machines to work sites.
Perform manual labor to prepare or finish sites, such as shoveling materials by hand.
Direct ground workers engaged in activities such as moving stakes or markers, or changing positions of towers.
Direct workers engaged in placing blocks and outriggers in order to prevent capsizing of machines when lifting heavy loads.
Do you enjoy these?
Adjustable wrenches
Backhoes
Hammers
Track excavators
Mainframe console or dumb terminals
Draglines
Dump trucks
Levels
Flatbed trailers
Forklifts
Front end loaders
Earthmoving buckets or its parts or accessories
Grapples
Grease guns
Levels
Track excavators
Levels
Slings
Locking pliers
Tape measures
Mobile excavators
Screwdrivers
Boring or sinking machinery
Ear muffs
Respirators
Goggles
Skid steer loaders
Wheel loaders
Screwdrivers
Mobile excavators
Pressure indicators
Track excavators
Draglines
Wheel chocks
Wheel excavators
Wheel loaders
Touch screen monitors
Technology used
Word processing software
Spreadsheet software
Industrial control software
Electronic mail software
