Mobile Plant Operator

Mobile plant operators drive backhoes, bulldozers, excavators, front-end loaders, graders, scrapers, skid-steer loaders, rollers and forklift trucks to level, excavate, move and load earth, rock and other material.

Mobile plant operators may perform the following tasks:

• prepare machines for operation
• load and unload equipment from low loaders and move it around worksites
• select, change and operate special attachments such as winches, scrub clearers, rippers, pile drivers and rock-breaking hammers
• work from drawings and markers under the direction of supervisors and engineers
• back-fill trenches
• break up paving, rock and similar material by operating hydraulic or pneumatic breakers
• excavate or scrape earth, rock or rubble to the correct level and alignment
• load trucks with excavated fill
• drive machines to and from worksites
• service equipment by cleaning, lubricating and re-fuelling it and make minor adjustments and repairs when necessary
• maintain duty of care for other users and work to occupational health and safety requirements.

• enjoy practical and manual work
• able to follow precise instructions
• able to work as part of a team
• physically fit
• good eyesight (may be corrected)
• good hand-eye coordination
• able to work without supervision.

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