Heavy Equipment Operator

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ESSENTIAL JOB DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Greases, oils, and performs minor repairs on machines, using grease gun, oilcans, and hand tools.
• Connects hydraulic hoses, belts, mechanical linkage, or power takeoff shaft to tractor to provide power to raise, lower, or tilt attachment.
• Grade house pads to the 10th
• Moves hand and foot levers to control hydraulic shovel.
• Drives equipment in successive passes over working area to achieve specified result, such as grade terrain or remove, dump, or spread earth and rock.
• Moves levers and depresses pedals to maneuver equipment and raise, lower, and tilt attachment to clear right-of-way.
• Uses shovel to dig trenches and holes of specified length, depth and width, remove loosened material and put in piles or transport trucks.
• Fastens attachments to tractor with clevis or wedge pin hitches.
• Feels lever and listens for stalling action of engine to estimate depth of cut.
• Performs routine maintenance on equipment, such as lubricating, fueling, and cleaning.
• Drives bulldozer in successive passes over terrain to raise or lower terrain to specified grade following markings on grade stakes or hand signals.
• Moves levers to control tool bars, carriers, and disks.

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