Operator, single-bucket excavator

Earthmoving and related plant operators operate machines for excavating, levelling, spreading and compacting earth or similar materials.

• operating and monitoring earthmoving machines fitted with movable shovels, grab or elevator buckets to dig and move earth, rock, sand, gravel or similar materials;
• operating and monitoring machines for digging trenches and ditches and laying drainage, sewerage, oil, gas or similar pipelines;
• operating and monitoring machines fitted with concave steel blades to scoop, move and level earth, sand, snow and other materials;
• operating and monitoring equipment for dredging sand, gravel and mud from the bottom of bodies of water;
• operating and monitoring machines for driving wooden, concrete or steel poles and piles into the ground;
• operating and monitoring powered rollers for levelling and compacting layers of material in the construction of roads, pavements and similar works;
• operating and monitoring machines for laying asphalt or tar mixtures in the construction of roadways, roads or similar surfaces.
• Examples of occupations in this unit group:
• Operator, bulldozer
• Operator, excavator
• Operator, roller
• Operator, road construction machinery (driver)
• Operator, road construction machinery
• Operator, pile driver