Heavy equipment operators perform some or all of the following duties:

A. Operate heavy equipment such as backhoes, bulldozers, loaders and graders to excavate, move, load and grade earth, rock, gravel or other materials during construction and related activities

B. Operate bulldozers or other heavy equipment to clear brush and stumps prior to logging activities and to build roads at logging and surface mining sites

C. Operate heavy equipment with pile driver head to drive piling into earth to provide support for buildings, bridges or other structures

D. Operate heavy dredging equipment to deepen waterways or reclaim earth fill

E. Operate heavy paving and surfacing equipment to lay, spread or compact concrete, asphalt and other surface materials during highway and road construction

F. Operate power shovels to excavate rock, ore or other materials from open-pit mines, strip mines, quarries or construction pits

G. Operate heavy equipment to move, load and unload cargo

1. What education do you need to become a Heavy Equipment Operators (Except Crane)?
   1. Some secondary school education is required. 2. Completion of a one- to two-year apprenticeship program or Some... more
2. What is the current Job Outlook for a Heavy Equipment Operators (Except Crane)?
   The job outlook for Heavy Equipment Operators (Except Crane) is considered Average because: 1. Employment grew at... more
3. What is the future Job Outlook for a Heavy Equipment Operators (Except Crane)?
   Your job outlook will continue to be Average because: 1. The employment growth rate will likely be average;... more
4. How much does a Heavy Equipment Operators (Except Crane) make?
   The average hourly wages for Heavy Equipment Operators (Except Crane) is $18.94/HR, which is close to the average for... more
5. What is the currently unemployment rate for a Heavy Equipment Operators (Except Crane)"?
   12% of Heavy Equipment Operators (Except Crane) are unemployed. This rate is above the average for intermediate... more
6. How many Heavy Equipment Operators (Except Crane) are employed part-time?
   3% of Heavy Equipment Operators (Except Crane) are employed only on a part-time basis. There were 71,000 workers... more
7. How many Heavy Equipment Operators (Except Crane) are self-employed?
   Roughly 12% of Heavy Equipment Operators (Except Crane) are self-employed. This is considered Average for the... more
8. What is the average age of a Heavy Equipment Operators (Except Crane)?
   The retirement rate to 2009 will likely be below average because of a tendency to retire at an older-than-average age... more