Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators

Tools and Technology

Tools Include:

• Conventional truck cranes (15-ton truck cranes)
• Hydraulic truck cranes (18-ton hydraulic cranes)
• Agricultural tractors (20-ton tractors)
• Adjustable wrenches
• Kettle exchangers (Aeroil propane kettles)
• Air compressors
• Track bulldozers (Angle dozers)
• Dredgers (Aquatic weed harvesters)
• Welders (Arc welders)
• Compactors (Asphalt compactors)
• Road pavers (Asphalt pavers)
• Bituminous material distributors (Asphalt spreader boxes)
• Axes
• Backhoe boom or boom sections (Backhoe attachments)
• Backhoes
• Loading equipment (Barrier movers)
• Drain or pipe cleaning equipment (Basin machines)
• Dump trucks (Belly dumpers)
• Track loaders (Belt loaders)
• Blades or tooth or other cutting edges (Blade attachments)
• Elevating scrapers (Box scrapers)
• Earthmoving buckets or its parts or accessories (Bucket attachments)
• Wheel bulldozers (Bulldozers)
• Power saws (Chain saws)
• Hazardous material protective apparel (Chemical-resistant clothing)
• Articulating boom lift (Cherry pickers)
• Chip Spreaders
• Land drilling rigs (Churn drills)
• Power saws (Circular saws)
• Power saws (Concrete saws)
• Track bulldozers (Crawler dozers)
• Agricultural rollers (Cultipackers)
• Curbing machines (Curb pavers)
• Blow torches (Cutting torches)
• Demolition equipment kits (Demolition machines)
• Cargo trucks (Dempster dumpers)
• Derricks
• Desktop computers
• Ditchers (Ditching machines)
• Draglines
• Dredgers (Dredges)
• Workshop presses (Drill presses)
• Ear plugs
• Front end loaders (End loaders)
• Extendable conveyors (Extender conveyors)
• Cargo trucks (Flatbed trucks)
• Forklifts
• Front end loaders
• Gas welding or brazing or cutting apparatus (Gas welders)
• Graders
• Power grinders (Grinders)
• Road rooters (Groovers)
• Curbing machines (Gutter pavers)
• Hammers
• Harrows
• Dump trucks (Heavy dump trucks)
• Track excavators (Heavy duty excavators)
• Hoists
• Hydraulic truck cranes (Hydraulic boom trucks)
• Hydraulic truck cranes (Hydraulic cranes)
• Jacks (Hydraulic jacks)
• Articulating boom lift (Hydraulic telescoping boom utility trucks)
• Blades or tooth or other cutting edges (Industrial scrapers)
• Pneumatic hammer (Jackhammers)
• Land drilling rigs
• Road pavers (Laydown machines)
• Levels
• Paint sprayers (Mainline paint stripers)
• Manlift or personnel lift (Manlifts)
• Measuring wheels for distance (Measuring wheels)
• Scrubbing machines (Mechanical sweepers)
• Milling machines
• Mobile excavators (Mini excavators)
• Conveyor rails (Monorails)
• Graders (Motor graders)
• Mowers
• Scrubbing machines (Multipurpose vacuum catch basin cleaners)
• Bituminous material distributors (Oiling equipment)
• Paving breakers (Pavement breakers)
• Personal computers
• Picks
• Light trucks or sport utility vehicles (Pickup trucks)
• Threading dies (Pipe threaders)
• Post hole digger (Post hole diggers)
• Power drills
• Power sanders
• Power saws
• Respirators
• Asphalt finishers (Road finishing machines)
• Water trucks (Road watering equipment)
• Paving breakers (Robotic concrete busters)
• Pick or place robots (Robotic machines)
• Rollers
• Lifts (Ross carriers)
• Track cranes (Roustabout cranes)
• Wheel excavators (Rubber-tired excavators)
• Rulers
• Sprayers (Runway deicers)
• Safety boots
• Safety glasses
• Protective gloves (Safety gloves)
• Saws
• Wheel loaders (Scoopmobiles)
• Pulled scrapers (Scrapers)
• Screwdrivers
• Seeder attachment (Seeders)
• Drain or pipe cleaning equipment (Sewer rodding machines)
• Joint cleaning or refacing machines (Shot blasters)
• Shovels
• Hoists (Silent hoists)
• Dump trucks (Single axle dump trucks)
• Skid steer loaders
• Skid steer loaders (Skid steer machines)
• Skid steer loaders (Skip loaders)
• Snow blowers
• Snowplow attachments (Snowplows)
• Scrubbing machines (Sweepers)
• Tampers
• Dump trucks (Tandem axle dump trucks)
• Water trucks (Tankers)
• Tape measures
• Telescoping boom lift (Telescopic forklifts)
• Graders (Tilt graders)
• Track excavators (Tracked hydraulic excavators)
• Front end loaders (Tracked loaders)
• Agricultural tractors (Tractors)
• Lifts (Travel lifts)
• Forestry saws (Treecutters)
• Trenching machines (Trenchers)
• Conventional truck cranes (Truck cranes)
• Flatbed trailers (Truck trailers)
• Gas generators (Truck-mounted generators)
• Hoists (Tugger hoists)
• Rollers for lawn or sports grounds (Turf quakers)
• Pulled scrapers (Turn-a-pulls)
• Two way radios
• Post hole digger (Two-man augers)
• Metal detectors (Utility locators)
• Vacuum pumps
• Land drilling rigs (Vertical drills)
• Mowers (Verticutters)
• Vibratory plates (Vibratory compactors)
• Water pumps
• Weeders (Weedeaters)
• Wheel loaders
• Winches

Technologies Include:

• Facilities management software

• Maintenance record software

• Time accounting software

• Work record software

The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™. (Using onet291)