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Job Details

Heavy Equipment Operator

Employer

Associated Aggregates Inc.

Date Posted

April 22, 2024

Languages

English
  • Location Drayton Valley, AB
  • Earnings $23.00 to $25.00 hourly (to be negotiated)
  • Work Hours 80 to 120 hours bi-weekly
  • Position Permanent Full Time
  • Vacancies 2  Vacancies
  • Closing Date May 06, 2024
Job Requirements

Employer

Associated Aggregates Inc.

Languages

English

Education

No degree, certificate or diploma

Work site environment

  • Outdoors
  • Dusty
  • Noisy

Work setting

  • Staff accommodation provided
  • Various locations

Tasks

  • Operate heavy equipment
  • Clean and lubricate equipment and refill equipment tanks
  • Understand the purpose, proper usgage and information found on material safety data sheets (MSDS)
  • Conduct pre-operational checks on equipment
  • Secure special attachments to equipment
  • Operate two-way radios and other communication equipment
  • Perform minor repairs to equipment
  • Feed conveyors, crushers and other equipment
  • Ensure health and safety regulations are followed
  • Clean work area
  • Ensure adherence to safety regulations

Type of operation

Crushing or grinding

Type of heavy equipment operated

  • Backhoe excavator, loader
  • Bulldozer, large or small
  • Grader
  • Loader
  • Gravel or dump truck
  • Bobcats

Area of work experience

  • Fine grading and finishing
  • Land clearing
  • Rough grading
  • Sloping and banking
  • Stock piling
  • Stripping
  • Sub-grade excavating

Type of industry experience

  • Quarrying
  • Road construction
  • Surface mining

Security and safety

Drug test

Transportation/travel information

  • Own transportation
  • Public transportation is not available

Work conditions and physical capabilities

Attention to detail

Own tools/equipment

Steel-toed safety boots

Screening questions

Are you currently legally able to work in Canada?

Experience

Experience an asset

Health benefits

  • Dental plan
  • Health care plan

Financial benefits

Group insurance benefits

Other benefits

Other benefits


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Interest Codes & Abilities
The Heavy 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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