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

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

  • Measure and verify levels of rock or gravel, bases, or other excavated material.
  • Move materials over short distances, such as around a construction site, factory, or warehouse.
  • Perform manual labor to prepare or finish sites, such as shoveling materials by hand.
  • Receive written or oral instructions regarding material movement or excavation.

  • 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.
  • Move materials, equipment, or supplies.
  • Shovel materials.