Career Details

Heavy Equipment Operator: Backhoe

Description

A backhoe operator masters all concepts and procedures involved in the operation of backhoes. This includes basic daily preventive maintenance, safety checking, and control of the machine. He/she identifies attachments and uses the backhoe to perform the appropriate work-related tasks.

Certifying Organization

National Center for Construction Education and Research

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Certificates

Certificate name

Heavy Equipment Operator: Forklift

Certifying Organization

National Center for Construction Education and Research

Type

Product/Equipment

Pile Driver Operators

Median Annual Income

$63,550

Projected Job Growth

+5 %

Career Cluster(s)

Construction

Most Common Education Level

High school diploma or equivalent

Operate pile drivers mounted on skids, barges, crawler treads, or locomotive cranes to drive pilings for retaining walls, bulkheads, and foundations of structures such as buildings, bridges, and piers.

RealisticConventional

Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators

Median Annual Income

$56,160

Projected Job Growth

+4 %

Career Cluster(s)

Construction

Most Common Education Level

High school diploma or equivalent

Operate 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.

RealisticConventionalInvestigative

Excavating and Loading Machine and Dragline Operators, Surface Mining

Median Annual Income

$50,050

Projected Job Growth

-1 %

Career Cluster(s)

Energy & Natural Resources

Most Common Education Level

High school diploma or equivalent

Operate or tend machinery at surface mining site, equipped with scoops, shovels, or buckets to excavate and load loose materials.

RealisticConventional

Loading and Moving Machine Operators, Underground Mining

Median Annual Income

$64,070

Projected Job Growth

-23 %

Career Cluster(s)

Energy & Natural Resources

Most Common Education Level

No formal educational credential

Operate underground loading or moving machine to load or move coal, ore, or rock using shuttle or mine car or conveyors. Equipment may include power shovels, hoisting engines equipped with cable-drawn scraper or scoop, or machines equipped with gathering arms and conveyor.

RealisticConventional

Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except Engines

Median Annual Income

$61,900

Projected Job Growth

+9 %

Career Cluster(s)

Construction

Most Common Education Level

High school diploma or equivalent

Diagnose, adjust, repair, or overhaul mobile mechanical, hydraulic, and pneumatic equipment, such as cranes, bulldozers, graders, and conveyors, used in construction, logging, and mining.

RealisticConventionalInvestigative

Riggers

Median Annual Income

$56,220

Projected Job Growth

+5 %

Career Cluster(s)

Energy & Natural Resources

Most Common Education Level

High school diploma or equivalent

Set up or repair rigging for construction projects, manufacturing plants, logging yards, ships and shipyards, or for the entertainment industry.

RealisticConventional

Crane and Tower Operators

Median Annual Income

$64,690

Projected Job Growth

+4 %

Career Cluster(s)

Construction

Most Common Education Level

High school diploma or equivalent

Operate mechanical boom and cable or tower and cable equipment to lift and move materials, machines, or products in many directions.

RealisticConventional

Hoist and Winch Operators

Median Annual Income

$55,950

Projected Job Growth

-1 %

Career Cluster(s)

Construction

Most Common Education Level

No formal educational credential

Operate or tend hoists or winches to lift and pull loads using power-operated cable equipment.

RealisticConventional

Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand

Median Annual Income

$37,660

Projected Job Growth

+4 %

Career Cluster(s)

Supply Chain & Transportation

Most Common Education Level

No formal educational credential

Manually move freight, stock, luggage, or other materials, or perform other general labor. Includes all manual laborers not elsewhere classified.

RealisticConventional

Tank Car, Truck, and Ship Loaders

Median Annual Income

$58,620

Projected Job Growth

+4 %

Career Cluster(s)

Supply Chain & Transportation

Most Common Education Level

No formal educational credential

Load and unload chemicals and bulk solids, such as coal, sand, and grain, into or from tank cars, trucks, or ships, using material moving equipment. May perform a variety of other tasks relating to shipment of products. May gauge or sample shipping tanks and test them for leaks.

RealisticConventional