Job Family: 47-0000 Construction and Extraction
Occupational Group: 47-2070 Construction
OCCUPATION PROFILE
JOB FAMILY:
CONSTRUCTION AND EXTRACTION
OCCUPATIONAL GROUP:
CONSTRUCTION
OCCUPATION:
OPERATING TEC & OTHER CONST EQUIP
OPERAT
47-2073
BROADBAND LEVELS:
Level 3 – Pay Band 006
DESCRIPTION
This is work operating one or several types of power construction equipment, such as
motor graders, bulldozers, scrapers, compressors, pumps, derricks, shovels, tractors, or
front-end loaders to excavate, move, and grade earth, erect structures, or pour concrete
or other hard surface pavement. May repair and maintain equipment in addition to other
duties.
EXAMPLES OF WORK
Starts engine, moves throttle, switches, and levers, and depresses pedals to operate
machines, equipment, and attachments.
Drives equipment in successive passes over working area to achieve specified result,
such as grade terrain or remove, dump, or spread earth and rock.
Aligns machine, cutterhead, or depth gauge marker with reference stakes and
guidelines on ground or positions equipment following hand signals of assistant.
Fastens bulldozer blade or other attachment to tractor, using hitches.
Connects hydraulic hoses, belts, mechanical linkage, or power takeoff shaft to tractor.
Signals operator to guide movement of tractor-drawn machine.
Greases, oils, and performs minor repairs on tractor, using grease gun, oilcans, and
hand tools.
EXAMPLES OF JOB CHARACTERISTICS
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Job Family: 47-0000 Construction and Extraction
Occupational Group: 47-2070 Construction
Operating Vehicles or Equipment
Handling and Moving Objects
Performing General Physical Activities
Repairing and Maintaining Mechanical
Equipment
Implementing Ideas, Programs, etc.
Monitor Processes, Materials, and/or
Surroundings
Controlling Machines and Processes
Running, maneuvering, navigating, or driving
vehicles or mechanized equipment, such as
forklifts, passenger vehicles, aircraft, or
watercraft.
Using one's own hands and arms in handling,
installing, forming, positioning, and moving
materials, or in manipulating things, including
the use of keyboards.
Performing physical activities that require
moving one's whole body, such as in
climbing, lifting, balancing, walking, stooping,
where the activities often also require
considerable use of the arms and legs, such
as in the physical handling of materials.
Fixing, servicing, aligning, setting up,
adjusting, and testing machines, devices,
moving parts, and equipment that operate
primarily on the basis of mechanical (not
electronic) principles.
Conducting or carrying out work procedures
and activities in accord with one's own ideas
or information provided through
directions/instructions
for purposes of installing, modifying,
preparing, delivering, constructing,
integrating, finishing, or completing programs,
systems, structures, or \products.
Monitoring and reviewing information from
materials, events, or the environment, often to
detect problems or to find out when things are
finished.
Using either control mechanisms or direct
physical activity to operate machines or
processes (not including computers or
vehicles).
EXAMPLES OF KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES
Operation and Control
Controlling operations of equipment or
systems
Equipment Maintenance
Performing routine maintenance and
determining when and what kind of
maintenance is needed
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Job Family: 47-0000 Construction and Extraction
Occupational Group: 47-2070 Construction
Repairing
Repairing machines or systems using the
needed tools
Operation Monitoring
Watching gauges, dials, or other indicators to
make sure a machine is working properly
Troubleshooting
Determining what is causing an operating
error and deciding what to do about it
Equipment Selection
Determining the kind of tools and equipment
needed to do a job
Mechanical
Knowledge of machines and tools, including
their designs, uses, benefits, repair, and
maintenance
Building and Construction
Knowledge of materials, methods, and the
appropriate tools to construct objects,
structures, and buildings
LICENSURE, CERTIFICATION OR REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS
EFFECTIVE:
History:
10/25/2004
03/17/2003
07/01/2002
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