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Job Details

Excavator Operator

Employer

Skyline Formwork Inc

Date Posted

March 02, 2023

Languages

English
  • Location Edmonton, AB
  • Earnings $20.00 to $32.00 hourly (to be negotiated)
  • Work Hours 32 to 50 hours per week
  • Position Permanent Full Time
  • Vacancies 1  Vacancy
  • Closing Date Apr 15, 2023
Job Requirements

Employer

Skyline Formwork Inc

Languages

English

Education

  • Other trades certificate or diploma
  • or equivalent experience

Work site environment

Outdoors

Tasks

  • Operate heavy equipment
  • Read and interpret blueprints, maps, drawings and specifications
  • Calculate weight, distance, volume and length measurements
  • Clean and lubricate equipment and refill equipment tanks
  • Operate computer controlled equipment
  • Utilize material safety data sheets (MSDS)
  • Complete onboard and other logs
  • Conduct pre-operational checks on equipment
  • Prepare accident reports
  • Secure special attachments to equipment
  • Operate GPS (Global Positioning System) and other navigation equipment
  • Perform minor repairs to equipment
  • Operate hydraulic pumping systems

Certificates, licences, memberships, and courses 

Heavy Equipment Operator Trade Certification

Type of heavy equipment operated

  • Backhoe excavator, loader
  • Bulldozer, large or small
  • Trencher, large or small
  • Grader
  • Compactor
  • Operate forklift
  • Front end loader
  • Gravel or dump truck
  • Industrial lift trucks and fork-lifts
  • Bobcats

Area of work experience

  • Backfilling
  • Excavation
  • Land clearing
  • Rough grading
  • Sloping and banking

Type of industry experience

Residential construction

Transportation/travel information

Own transportation

Work conditions and physical capabilities

  • Physically demanding
  • Attention to detail
  • Fast-paced environment

Own tools/equipment

  • Steel-toed safety boots
  • Hard hat
  • Safety glasses/goggles
  • Safety vest

Experience

1 year to less than 2 years

Health benefits

  • Dental plan
  • Health care plan
  • Vision care benefits

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Interest Codes & Abilities
The Excavator Operator is part of the following larger National Occupational Classification (NOC).

Interest Codes

Heavy Equipment Operators (Except Crane)
OBJECTIVE

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

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

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

Reading Interest Codes
A Quick Guide

The interest code helps you figure out if you’d like to work in a particular occupation. 

It’s based on the Canadian Work Preference Inventory (CWPI), which measures 5 occupational interests: Directive, Innovative, Methodical, Objective, and Social.

Each set of 3 interest codes for this NOC group is listed in order of importance.

A code in capital letters means it’s a strong fit for the occupation.

A code in all lowercase letters means the fit is weaker.

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Abilities

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Visual Abilities

Spatial Perception

Form Perception

Clerical Perception

Physical Abilities

Motor Coordination

Finger Dexterity

Manual Dexterity

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