Earthmoving Plant Operators

Key Tasks

• •Preparing and positioning plant for operation
• •Selecting, fitting and removing attachments such as buckets, winches, loading scoops, shovel blades and rock breaking hammers
• •Operating controls to excavate, break, drill, level, compact, gouge out, move, load and spread earth, rock, rubble, soil and other materials
• •Monitoring operation of plant and adjusting controls to regulate pressure, speed and flow of operation, and ensuring safety of other workers
• •Raising, lowering and manipulating attachments using manual and hydraulic controls
• •Working from drawings, markers and verbal instructions
• •Servicing, lubricating, cleaning and refuelling plant and performing minor adjustments and repairs

Employment Projections to 2034