Toronto - Excavating machine operator

apartmentLeading Edge Earthworks Inc. placeToronto calendar_month 

Overview

Languages

English

Education
  • No degree, certificate or diploma

Experience

3 years to less than 5 years

On site

Work must be completed at the physical location. There is no option to work remotely.

Work site environment
  • Outdoors
  • Hot
  • Dusty
  • Extremely cold

Responsibilities

Tasks
  • Operate heavy equipment
  • Read blueprints, maps, drawings and specifications to determine work requirements
  • Clean and lubricate equipment and refill equipment tanks
  • Measure distance, volume, length and weight
  • Operate computer controlled equipment
  • Understand the purpose, proper usgage and information found on material safety data sheets (MSDS)
  • Complete onboard and other logs
  • Conduct pre-operational checks on equipment
  • Prepare accident reports
  • 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
  • Operate hydraulic pumping systems
  • Read and interpret blueprints, maps, drawings and specifications

Credentials

Certificates, licences, memberships, and courses
  • Heavy Equipment Operator Trade Certification
  • Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System (WHMIS) Certificate
  • Fall Arrest Protection Training Course

Experience and specialization

Type of heavy equipment operated
  • Backhoe excavator, loader
  • Caterpillar (CAT) controls
  • John Deere controls
  • Bulldozer, large or small
  • Grader
  • Loader
  • Roller
  • Front end loader
  • Bobcats
Area of work experience
  • Backfilling
  • Demolition
  • Ditching
  • Excavation
  • Fine grading and finishing
  • Land clearing
  • Landscaping
  • Material handling
  • Rough grading
  • Slope grooming
  • Sloping and banking
  • Stock piling
  • Stripping
  • Stumping
  • Sub-grade excavating
  • Sub-grade rolling
  • Trenching
Type of industry experience
  • Forestry and logging
  • Industrial/commercial/institutional (ICI) construction
  • Large diameter pipeline construction
  • Residential construction
  • Road construction

Additional information

Security and safety
  • Driving record check (abstract)
Transportation/travel information
  • Own transportation
Work conditions and physical capabilities
  • Physically demanding
  • Attention to detail
  • Fast-paced environment
  • Overtime required
Own tools/equipment
  • Steel-toed safety boots

Benefits

Health benefits
  • Dental plan
  • Health care plan
  • Vision care benefits
Financial benefits
  • Registered Retirement Savings Plan (RRSP)
Long term benefits
  • Tax-Free Savings Account (TFSA)
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