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Job Details

Heavy Construction-Equipment Operator

Employer

Rulam Contracting Ltd.

Date Posted

December 23, 2024

Languages

English
  • Location Acheson, AB
  • Earnings $34.00 to $38.00 hourly (to be negotiated)
  • Work Hours 40 to 70 hours per week
  • Position Seasonal Full Time
  • Vacancies 7  Vacancies
  • Closing Date Jan 23, 2025
Job Requirements

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 & Abilities
The Heavy Construction-Equipment 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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