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Heavy Equipment Operator
Employer
Alex Excavating Ltd.Date Posted
April 20, 2022Languages
English-
Location Calgary, AB
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Earnings $30.00 hourly
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Work Hours 40 hours per week
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Position Permanent Full Time
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Vacancies 1  Vacancy
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Closing Date Jun 17, 2022
Employer
Alex Excavating Ltd.
Languages
English
Education
- Secondary (high) school graduation certificate
- or equivalent experience
Experience
3 years to less than 5 years
Area of Work Experience
- Trenching
- Sub-grade excavating
- Stripping
- Sloping and banking
- Rough grading
- Material handling
- Land clearing
- Landscaping
- Haul road maintenance
- Fine grading and finishing
- Excavation
- Ditching
- Demolition
- Backfilling
- 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
- Loader
- Bulldozer, large or small
- Backhoe excavator, loader
- Bobcats
- Front end loader
Type of Industry Experience
- Residential construction
- Industrial/commercial/institutional (ICI) construction
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
- John Deere controls
Own Tools/Equipment
- Steel-toed safety boots
- Hard hat
- Safety vest
Work Site Environment
- Outdoors
- Hot
Transportation/Travel Information
- Willing to travel
- Valid driver's licence
Work Conditions and Physical Capabilities
- Fast-paced environment
- Physically demanding
- Attention to detail
- Overtime required
Work Location Information
Willing to relocate
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.
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
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It’s based on the Canadian Work Preference Inventory (CWPI), which measures 5 occupational interests: Directive, Innovative, Methodical, Objective, and Social.
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