Excavator Operator
Posted on Feb 20, 2021 by Daylo Services Inc
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Location Rocky Mountain House, AB
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Earnings $300.00 to $500.00 daily (to be negotiated)
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Work Hours 70 hours per week
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Position Seasonal Full Time
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Vacancies 2 Vacancies
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Closing Date Mar 22, 2021
Employer
Daylo Services Inc
Languages
English
Education
- Other trades certificate or diploma
- or equivalent experience
Credentials (certificates, licences, memberships, courses, etc.)
- Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System (WHMIS) Certificate
- Transportation of Dangerous Goods (TDG) Certificate
- Power Line Hazardous Training
- Occupational Health and Safety Certificate
- Hydrogen Sulphide Awareness (H2S) Certificate
- First Aid Certificate
- CPR Certificate
- Construction Safety Training Systems (CSTS) Certificate
- Heavy Equipment Operator Trade Certification
- Ground Disturbance - Level 1 program
- Ground Disturbance - Level II program
Experience
5 years or more
Area of Work Experience
- Trenching
- Sloping and banking
- Rough grading
- Material handling
- Excavation
- Ditching
- Snow removal
- Stock piling
Additional Skills
- Utilize material safety data sheets (MSDS)
- Read and interpret blueprints, maps, drawings and specifications
- Prepare accident reports
- Calculate weight, distance, volume and length measurements
- Complete onboard and other logs
Type of Heavy Equipment Operated
Backhoe excavator, loader
Type of Industry Experience
Oil and Gas Well Sites
Specific Skills
- Secure special attachments to equipment
- Perform minor repairs to equipment
- Operate two-way radios and other communication equipment
- Operate heavy equipment
- Operate hydraulic pumping systems
- Operate computer controlled equipment
- Conduct pre-operational checks on equipment
- Clean and lubricate equipment and refill equipment tanks
Security and Safety
- Driving record check (abstract)
- Drug test
Own Tools/Equipment
- Steel-toed safety boots
- Hard hat
- Safety glasses/goggles
- Safety vest
Work Site Environment
Outdoors
Transportation/Travel Information
- Own transportation
- Own vehicle
- Willing to travel
- Willing to travel regularly
- Valid driver's licence
- Public transportation is not available
Work Conditions and Physical Capabilities
- Fast-paced environment
- Physically demanding
- Attention to detail
- Overtime required
Work Location Information
- Staff accommodation provided
- Room and board provided
- Various locations
How to Apply
Anyone who can legally work in Canada can apply for this job. If you are not currently authorized to work in Canada, the employer will not consider your job application.
Important notice: This job posting has been provided by an external employer.The Government of Alberta and the Government of Canada are not responsible for the accuracy, authenticity or reliability of the content.
- OBJECTIVE
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Interest in operating bulldozers and heavy dredging, paving and surfacing equipment to deepen waterways, reclaim earth fill, lay, spread and compact concrete, asphalt and other surface materials during highway and road construction; and in operating power shovels to excavate rock, ore and other materials from open-pit mines, strip mines, quarries and construction pits
- METHODICAL
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Interest in comparing information to move, load and unload cargo and to clear brush and stumps before logging activities using bulldozers and other heavy equipment
- innovative
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Interest in conducting pre-operational checks on equipment and in cleaning, lubricating and refilling equipment, and in building roads at logging and surface mining sites using bulldozers and other heavy equipment
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