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

  • Excavating and Loading Machine and Dragline Operators, Surface Mining

  • Excavation Operator
  • Excavator
  • Excavator Backhoe Operator
  • Excavator Operator
  • Back Digger Operator
  • Foundation Digger
  • Grave Digger
  • Horseback Excavator
  • Hydro Excavation Operator
  • Mining Excavator Operator
  • Power Digger Operator
  • Scoop Driver
  • Tower Excavator Operator
  • Trencher Driver

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

  • Drive machines to work sites.
  • Adjust dig face angles for varying overburden depths and set lengths.
  • Become familiar with digging plans, machine capabilities and limitations, and efficient and safe digging procedures in a given application.
  • Measure and verify levels of rock or gravel, bases, or other excavated material.
  • Operate machinery to perform activities such as backfilling excavations, vibrating or breaking rock or concrete, or making winter roads.
  • Receive written or oral instructions regarding material movement or excavation.

  • Operate excavation equipment.