How do they match: Excavating and Loading Machine and Dragline Operators, Surface Mining

  • Excavating and Loading Machine and Dragline Operators, Surface Mining

  • Earth Moving Equipment Operator
  • Earth Moving Machine Operator
  • Earth Moving Technician
  • Mining Earth Moving Equipment Operator

  • Operate or tend machinery at surface mining site, equipped with scoops, shovels, or buckets to excavate and load loose materials.

  • Move materials over short distances, such as around a construction site, factory, or warehouse.
  • Move levers, depress foot pedals, and turn dials to operate power machinery, such as power shovels, stripping shovels, scraper loaders, or backhoes.
  • Direct ground workers engaged in activities such as moving stakes or markers, or changing positions of towers.
  • Measure and verify levels of rock or gravel, bases, or other excavated material.
  • Perform manual labor to prepare or finish sites, such as shoveling materials by hand.
  • Receive written or oral instructions regarding material movement or excavation.

  • Move materials, equipment, or supplies.
  • Direct material handling or moving activities.
  • Inspect material-moving equipment to detect problems.
  • Maintain material moving equipment in good working condition.
  • Measure product or material dimensions.
  • Shovel materials.
  • Signal others to coordinate vehicle movement.