National Occupational Classification for Statistics (NOC-S) 2006

• H - Trades, Transport and Equipment Operators and Related Occupations
• H6 - Heavy Equipment and Crane Operators Including Drillers
• H61 - Heavy Equipment Operators

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)