Operate one or several types of power construction equipment, such as motor graders, bulldozers, scrapers, compressors, pumps, derricks, shovels, tractors, or front-end loaders to excavate, move, and grade earth, erect structures, or pour concrete or other hard surface pavement. May repair and maintain equipment in addition to other duties.

Other names for Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators: Angle Dozer Operator, Back Hoe Operator, Backhoe Operator, Blade Grader Operator, Blade Operator, Bulldozer Engineer, Bulldozer Operator, Bush Hog Operator, Cable Engineer, Car Runner, Carrier Operator, Catshovel Driver, Clamshell Engineer, Crane Engineer, Crane Operator, Derrick Engineer, Digging Machine Operator, Ditcher Operator, Ditching Machine Engineer, Ditching Machine Operator, Dragline Engineer, Dump Attendant, Elevating Grader Operator, Equipment Driver, Equipment Operating Engineer, Equipment Operator, Excavating Machine Operator, Excavator Operator, Form Grader Operator, Gang Mower Operator, Gradall Operator, Grader, Grader Operator, Grader Patrol, Grading Machine Operator, Heater Planer Operator, Heavy Equipment Operating Engineer, Heavy Equipment Operator, Heavy Machinery Operator, Heavy Road Construction Equipment Operator, Hoe Runner, Hoisting Engineer, Hydraulic Hammer Operator, Land Leveler, Landfill Grader, Lift Slab Operator, Loader Operator, Loading Machine Operator, Locomotive Crane Engineer, Machine Operator, Maintainer Operator, Maintenance Operator, Motor Grader Operator, Muck Operator, Mucker Operator, Mucking Machine Operator, Operating Engineer, Operating Engineer Apprentice, Paver Operator, Pipe Fitter, Power Grader Operator, Power Shovel Engineer, Road Equipment Operator, Road Grader, Road Grader Operator, Road Hogger Operator, Road Machine Operator, Road Machine Runner, Road Roller Engineer, Rooter Operator, Rotary Soil Stabilizer, Sander, Sanitary Landfill Operator, Scarifier Operator, Scrap Drop Engineer, Scraper Operator, Shovel Engineer, Slab Lifting Engineer, Stabilizer Operator, Steam Shovel Engineer, Steam Shovel Operator, Steam Shovel Runner, Street Roller Engineer, Track Hoe Operator, Truck Driver, Utility Tractor Operator,

• Learn and follow safety regulations.
• Take actions to avoid potential hazards and obstructions such as utility lines, other equipment, other workers, and falling objects.
• Adjust handwheels and depress pedals to control attachments such as blades, buckets, scrapers, and swing booms.
• Start engines, move throttles, switches, and levers, and depress pedals to operate machines such as bulldozers, trench excavators, road graders, and backhoes.
• Locate underground services, such as pipes and wires, prior to beginning work.
• Monitor operations to ensure that health and safety standards are met.
• Align machines, cutterheads, or depth gauge makers with reference stakes and guidelines or ground, or position equipment following hand signals of other workers.
• Load and move dirt, rocks, equipment, and materials, using trucks, crawler tractors, power cranes, shovels, graders, and related equipment.
• Drive and maneuver equipment equipped with blades in successive passes over working areas to remove topsoil, vegetation, and rocks, and to distribute and level earth or terrain.
• Coordinate machine actions with other activities, positioning or moving loads in response to hand or audio signals from crew members.
• Operate tractors and bulldozers to perform such tasks as clearing land, mixing sludge, trimming backfills, and building roadways and parking lots.
• Repair and maintain equipment, making emergency adjustments or assisting with major repairs as necessary.
• Check fuel supplies at sites to ensure adequate availability.
• Connect hydraulic hoses, belts, mechanical linkages, or power takeoff shafts to tractors.
• Operate loaders to pull out stumps, rip asphalt or concrete, rough-grade properties, bury refuse, or perform general cleanup.
• Select and fasten bulldozer blades or other attachments to tractors, using hitches.
• Test atmosphere for adequate oxygen and explosive conditions when working in confined spaces.
• Operate compactors, scrapers, and rollers to level, compact, and cover refuse at disposal grounds.
• Talk to clients, and study instructions, plans, and diagrams, in order to establish work requirements.
• Signal operators to guide movement of tractor-drawn machines.
• Operate road watering, oiling, and rolling equipment, and street sealing equipment such as chip spreaders.
• Perform specialized work, using equipment such as pile drivers, dredging rigs, drillers, and concrete pumpers.
• Push other equipment when extra traction or assistance is required.
• Keep records of material and equipment usage, and problems encountered.
• Drive tractor-trailer trucks to move equipment from site to site.
• Turn valves to control air and water output of compressors and pumps.
• Operate equipment to demolish and remove debris, and to remove snow from streets, roads, and parking lots.
• Operate conveyors to remove grit and debris from digesters.
• Compile cost estimates for jobs.

• Agricultural tractors
• Kettle exchangers
• Air compressors
• Track bulldozers
• Dredgers
• Welders
• Compactors
• Road pavers
• Bituminous material distributors
• Axes
• Backhoe boom or boom sections
• Backhoes
• Loading equipment
• Drain or pipe cleaning equipment
• Dump trucks
• Track loaders
• Blades or tooth or other cutting edges
• Hydraulic truck cranes
• Elevating scrapers
• Earthmoving buckets or its parts or accessories
• Wheel bulldozers
• Power saws
• Hazardous material protective apparel
• Articulating boom lift
• Chip Spreaders
• Land drilling rigs
• Power saws
• Power saws
• Conventional truck cranes
• Track bulldozers
• Agricultural rollers
• Curbing machines
• Paint sprayers
• Manlift or personnel lift
• Measuring wheels for distance
• Scrubbing machines
• Milling machines
• Mobile excavators
• Conveyor rails
• Graders
• Mowers
• Scrubbing machines
• Bituminous material distributors
• Paving breakers
• Personal computers
• Picks
• Light trucks or sport utility vehicles
• Threading machines
• Post hole digger
• Power drills
• Power saws
• Vacuum pumps
• Respirators
• Asphalt finishers
• Water trucks
• Paving breakers
• Pick or place robots
• Rollers
• Lifts
• Track cranes
• Wheel excavators
• Rulers
• Sprayers
• Safety boots
• Safety glasses
• Conventional truck cranes
• Hydraulic truck cranes
• Blow torches
• Demolition equipment kits
• Cargo trucks
• Derricks
• Desktop computers
• Ditchers
• Draglines
• Dredgers
• Workshop presses
• Land drilling rigs
• Ear plugs
• Front end loaders
• Extendable conveyors
• Cargo trucks
• Forklifts
• Front end loaders
• Gas welding or brazing or cutting apparatus
• Graders
• Power grinders
• Road rooters
• Curbing machines
• Hammers
• Harrows
• Dump trucks
• Track excavators
• Hoists
• Hydraulic truck cranes
• Jacks
• Articulating boom lift
• Blades or tooth or other cutting edges
• Pneumatic hammer
• Road pavers
• Levels
• Protective gloves
• Power sanders
• Saws
• Wheel loaders
• Pulled scrapers
• Screwdrivers
• Seed drills
• Drain or pipe cleaning equipment
• Joint cleaning or refacing machines
• Shovels
• Hoists
• Dump trucks
• Skid steer loaders
• Skid steer loaders
• Skid steer loaders
• Snow blowers
• Snowplow attachments
• Scrubbing machines
• Tampers
• Dump trucks
• Water trucks
• Tape measures
• Telescoping boom lift
• Graders
• Track excavators
• Front end loaders
• Agricultural tractors
• Lifts
• Forestry saws
• Trenching machines
• Flatbed trailers
• Gas generators
• Hoists
• Rollers for lawn or sports grounds
• Pulled scrapers
• Two way radios
• Post hole digger
• Metal detectors
• Land drilling rigs
• Mowers
• Vibratory plates
• Water pumps
• Weeders
• Wheel loaders
• Winches
• Adjustable wrenches

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