National Occupational Classification for Statistics (NOC-S) 2006

H - Trades, Transport and Equipment Operators and Related Occupations

Occupations in this broad occupational category are primarily concerned with contracting, supervising and doing trades work; and supervising and operating transportation equipment and heavy equipment.

H6 - Heavy Equipment and Crane Operators Including Drillers

Occupations in this major group are primarily concerned with operating heavy equipment used in construction; equipment used in street, road and sewer maintenance; cranes and draglines; drills at surface mines and quarries; and drills to drill water wells.

H61 - Heavy Equipment Operators

Occupations in this minor group are primarily concerned with operating heavy equipment used in construction and operating specialized equipment to maintain streets and sewers and collect garbage.

H611 - Heavy Equipment Operators (Except Crane)

Heavy equipment operators operate heavy equipment used in the construction and maintenance of roads, bridges, airports, gas and oil pipelines, tunnels, buildings and other structures; in surface mining and quarrying activities; and in material handling work. They are employed by construction companies, heavy equipment contractors, public works departments and pipeline, logging, cargo-handling and other companies.

• Example Titles

  • aerial tram operator
  • apprentice heavy equipment operator
  • asphalt batch plant operator
  • asphalt plant operator
  • asphalt roller operator
  • asphalt spreader operator
  • asphalt street paver operator
  • asphalt-grooving machine operator
  • asphalt-paving machine operator
  • asphalt-paving screed operator
  • backhoe operator
  • bituminous paver operator - heavy equipment
  • bobcat operator
  • boom-conveyor operator
  • bucketwheel operator
  • bucketwheel-excavator operator
  • buggy-operator skinner
  • buggy-scraper operator
  • bulldozer driver
  • bulldozer operator
  • cat operator
  • cat skinner
  • caterpillar car operator
  • caterpillar operator
  • concrete spreader operator - heavy equipment
  • concrete-grooving machine operator
  • concrete-paving machine operator
  • construction equipment operator
  • continuous bucket excavator operator
  • crawler tractor operator
  • ditcher operator - construction
  • ditching machine operator
  • dozer operator
  • dredge operator
  • dredge runner
  • earth-moving equipment operator
  • electrical equipment operator - shovel
  • elevating grader operator
  • elevating scraper operator
  • equipment operator, heavy-duty
  • excavating machine operator
  • excavator operator
  • front end loader operator
  • gradall operator
  • grader operator
  • groove-cutting machine operator
  • grooving machine operator - heavy equipment
  • hammer operator, pile driving
  • heater-planer operator
  • heavy construction-equipment operator
  • heavy equipment operator
  • heavy equipment operator apprentice
  • heavy-duty equipment operator
  • heavy-duty equipment operator apprentice
  • ho-ram operator
  • horizontal earth-boring machine operator
  • hydraulic excavator operator
  • industrial backhoe operator
  • loader operator - construction
  • marine railway operator
  • mining shovel operator (except underground)
  • mole operator
  • mucker operator - construction
  • mucking machine operator - construction
  • operating engineer, heavy equipment
  • operator, asphalt plant
  • operator, heavy construction-equipment
  • operator, pile-driving hammer
  • operator, side boom tractor
  • paver operator
  • payloader operator
  • peat-moss-cutting machine operator
  • peat-moss-gathering machine operator
  • pile driver winch operator
  • pile-driving hammer operator
  • pipelayer operator
  • power grader operator
  • power shovel operator
  • pulvimixer operator
  • ripper operator - heavy equipment
  • road grader operator
  • road mixer operator
  • road planer operator
  • road roller operator
  • roller operator
  • rotary trencher operator
  • scarifier operator
  • scraper operator
  • screed operator, asphalt paving
  • shield operator
  • shovel operator - heavy equipment
  • side boom operator - pipeline construction
  • side boom tractor operator
  • snow-grooming machine operator
  • spreader operator - heavy equipment
  • stacker operator - heavy equipment
  • street paver operator
  • street paver, asphalt operator
  • stripping shovel operator
  • structural hydraulic jack erector
  • surface mining equipment operator
  • track-loader operator
  • tractor operator - construction
  • tractor-excavator operator
  • trench-digging machine operator
  • trenching machine operator
  • tunnelling machine operator
  • vibratory road roller operator
  • vibratory roller operator

• Exclusion

  • Crane, dragline dredging and pile driving operators (See H621 Crane Operators)
  • Foremen/women of heavy construction equipment operators (See H017 Contractors and Supervisors, Heavy Construction Equipment Crews)
  • Logging loader operators (See I151 Logging Machinery Operators)
  • Operators of heavy equipment in underground mines (See I131 Underground Production and Development Miners)
  • Operators of snowplows, road oilers and other specialized road maintenance equipment (See H612 Public Works Maintenance Equipment Operators)
  • Supervisors of heavy equipment operators in surface mines (See I121 Supervisors, Mining and Quarrying)

H612 - Public Works Maintenance Equipment Operators

This unit group includes workers who operate vehicles and equipment to maintain streets, highways and sewer systems and operate garbage trucks to remove garbage and refuse. They are employed by municipal, provincial and federal public works departments and by private contractors under contract with government public works departments.

• Example Titles

  • collection truck driver
  • drain roto servicer - public works
  • driver, sprinkling truck - public works
  • equipment operator - municipal public work
  • garbage truck driver
  • garbage truck driver - public works
  • highway snow removal equipment operator
  • highway snowplough operator
  • maintenance equipment operator - public works
  • mechanical sweeper operator - public works
  • municipal maintenance equipment operator
  • municipal servicer drain roto
  • power sweeper operator - public works
  • public works maintenance equipment operator
  • refuse truck driver - public works
  • road snowplough operator - public works
  • salt truck operator
  • salt truck operator - public works
  • sand spreader operator
  • sand spreader operator - public works
  • sanding truck operator - public works
  • sanitation truck driver
  • sewer flusher operator-driver - public works
  • sewer jet cleaner operator - public works
  • sewer jet machine operator - public works
  • sewer-flushing truck operator
  • sewer-flushing truck operator - public works
  • sewer-pipe-cleaning machine operator - public works
  • snow removal equipment operator - public works
  • snowplough operator, highway
  • snowplough operator, road - public works
  • sprinkling truck driver - public works
  • street flusher operator
  • street flusher operator - public works
  • street sprinkler operator - public works
  • street sweeper operator
  • street sweeper operator - public works
  • urban snow removal equipment operator - public works

• Exclusion

  • Operators of heavy equipment used in road, street, sewer and other construction (See H611 Heavy Equipment Operators (Except Crane))
  • Truck drivers (See H711 Truck Drivers)