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Heavy Construction-Equipment Operator
Employer
Rulam Contracting Ltd.Date Posted
December 23, 2024Languages
English-
Location Acheson, AB
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Earnings $34.00 to $38.00 hourly (to be negotiated)
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Work Hours 40 to 70 hours per week
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Position Seasonal Full Time
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Vacancies 7  Vacancies
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Closing Date Jan 23, 2025
Employer
Rulam Contracting Ltd.
Languages
English
Education
No degree, certificate or diploma
Work site environment
- Outdoors
- Dusty
- Noisy
Work setting
- Various locations
- Relocation costs covered by employer
Tasks
- Operate heavy equipment
- Clean and lubricate equipment and refill equipment tanks
- Conduct pre-operational checks on equipment
- Secure special attachments to equipment
- Operate GPS (Global Positioning System) and other navigation equipment
- Operate two-way radios and other communication equipment
- Perform minor repairs to equipment
- Monitor safety conditions
Type of heavy equipment operated
- Grader
- Asphalt spreader
- Compactor
- Paver
- Roller
Equipment and machinery experience
Screeds
Area of work experience
- Asphalt finishing
- Fine grading and finishing
- Rough grading
- Sub-grade rolling
Type of industry experience
- Industrial/commercial/institutional (ICI) construction
- Road construction
Transportation/travel information
Travel expenses paid by employer
Work conditions and physical capabilities
- Physically demanding
- Attention to detail
- Fast-paced environment
- Handling heavy loads
Weight handling
Up to 23 kg (50 lbs)
Own tools/equipment
Steel-toed safety boots
Personal suitability
- Accurate
- Team player
Experience
1 year to less than 2 years
Workplace information
On the road job
Health benefits
- Dental plan
- Disability benefits
- Health care plan
Financial benefits
- Bonus
- Life insurance
Support for newcomers and refugees
- Assists with immediate settlement needs of newcomers and/or refugees (for example: housing, transportation, storage, childcare, winter clothing, etc.)
- Recruits newcomers and/or refugees who were displaced by a conflict or a natural disaster (for example: Ukraine, Afghanistan, etc.)
- Does not require Canadian work experience
Support for Indigenous people
Develops and maintains relationships with indigenous communities, indigenous-owned businesses and organizations
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Interest Codes
- 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
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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