Stripping Shovel Operator

Work Term: Permanent
- Work Language: English or French
- Hours: 35 to 40 hours per week
- Education: Other trades certificate or diploma
- Experience: 5 years or more
- Construction/heavy equipment/earthmoving equipment operation
- or equivalent experience
**Tasks**:

- Operate heavy equipment
- Read and interpret blueprints, maps, drawings and specifications
- Calculate weight, distance, volume and length measurements
- Clean and lubricate equipment and refill equipment tanks
- Operate computer controlled equipment
- Utilize material safety data sheets (MSDS)
- Complete onboard and other logs
- Prepare accident reports
- Perform minor repairs to equipment
- Co-ordinate work activities with other project supervisors or managers
**Certificates, licences, memberships, and courses**:

- Heavy Equipment Operator Trade Certification
**Type of heavy equipment operated**:

- Backhoe excavator, loader
- Loader
**Area of work experience**:

- Asphalt finishing
- Backfilling
- Demolition
- Ditching
- Excavation
- Fine grading and finishing
- Haul road maintenance
- Land clearing
- Landscaping
- Material handling
- Rough grading
- Slope grooming
- Sloping and banking
- Snow removal
- Stock piling
- Stripping
- Stumping
- Sub-grade excavating
- Trenching
**Type of industry experience**:

- Forestry and logging
- Large diameter pipeline construction
- Quarrying
- Road construction
**Security and safety**:

- Bondable
- Criminal record check
- Driving record check (abstract)
- Drug test
**Transportation/travel information**:

- Own transportation
- Valid driver's licence
**Work conditions and physical capabilities**:

- Physically demanding
**Own tools/equipment**:

- Steel-toed safety boots
**Screening questions**:

- Are you available for the advertised start date?
- Are you currently legally able to work in Canada?
- Are you willing to relocate for this position?
- Do you currently reside in proximity to the advertised location?
- Do you have previous experience in this field of employment?
- What is your current field of study?