Engineering:Heavy equipment operator

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Short description: Workers using engineering equipment
Heavy equipment operator
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Occupation
Occupation type
Vocation
Activity sectors
Construction
Description
Fields of
employment
construction
Related jobs
excavator operator, Driver
A wheeled front loader at work. This wheeled tractor is equipped with a large bucket, which can be raised or lowered by hydraulic arms.

A heavy equipment operator operates heavy equipment used in engineering and construction projects.[1][2] Typically only skilled workers may operate heavy equipment, and there is specialized training for learning to use heavy equipment.

Operator training

Various organizations set standards for training for heavy equipment operators. Such organizations typically offer what in the US is called "effective safety training". Specific organizations include the following:

Safety

Much publication about heavy equipment operators focuses on improving safety for such workers. The occupational medicine field researches and makes recommendations about safety for these and other workers in safety-sensitive positions. Hand signals are also important for machinery operators as it facilitates visual aid for safe work in spite of factors such as noise and a crowded environment.[3]

Notable heavy equipment operators

  • Mack Ray Edwards (1918–1971), child sex abuser/serial killer; buried victims at his construction sites; committed suicide by hanging in his prison cell

Christopher Meyers IUOE Local 18 Operator

Types

These subdivisions, in this order, are the standard heavy equipment categorization.

Tractor

Grader

Excavator

Backhoe

Timber

Pipelayer

  • Pipelayer (sideboom)

Scraper

Mining

Articulated

Compactor

Loader

  • Loader (payloader, front loader, wheel loader, integrated tool carrier)
  • Skip loader (skippy)

Track loader

  • Track loader

Skid-steer loader

Material handler

Paving

Underground

Hydromatic tool

Hydraulic machinery

Highway

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Construction Equipment Operators : Occupational Outlook Handbook: : U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics" (in en-us). https://www.bls.gov/ooh/Construction-and-Extraction/Construction-equipment-operators.htm. 
  2. ↑ V. J. Davies, Ken Tomasin (1996). Construction Safety Handbook. Thomas Telford. ISBN 0-7277-2519-X. https://books.google.com/books?id=rpzFtFbGoq0C&dq=Excavator+driver&pg=RA1-PA59. 
  3. ↑ "Crane Hand Signals: Vital for Construction Safety" (in en). https://almarwan.com/news/4187/crane-hand-signals-guide. 



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