Heavy equipment operator

A mini excavator uncovers the remains of a wooden ship
Occupation
Occupation type	Vocation
Activity sectors	Construction
Description
Fields of employment	construction
Related jobs	excavator operator,Driver

Aheavy equipment operator operatesheavy equipment used inengineering andconstruction projects.^[1][2] Typically onlyskilled workers may operate heavy equipment, and there is specialized training for learning to use heavy equipment.

Various organizations set standards for training for heavy equipment operators. Such organizations typically offer what in the US is called "effective safety training". Specific organizations include the following:

• United States
  • International Union of Operating Engineers
  • Association of Equipment Manufacturers
  • National Association of Heavy Equipment Training Schools
• Canada
  • International Union of Operating Engineers

Much publication about heavy equipment operators focuses on improving safety for such workers. Theoccupational medicine field researches and makes recommendations about safety for these and other workers in safety-sensitive positions. Hand signals are also important for machinery operators as it facilitates visual aid for safe work in spite of factors such as noise and a crowded environment.^[3]

• Mack Ray Edwards (1918–1971), child sex abuser/serial killer; buried victims at his construction sites; committedsuicide by hanging in his prison cell

These subdivisions, in this order, are the standard heavy equipment categorization.

• Benjamin Holt
• Construction worker
• Hydraulic machinery
• International Union of Operating Engineers

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• Construction trades workers
• Heavy equipment

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