Mobile Plant Operators

Mobile plant operators drive, tend, operate and monitor special-purpose motorized machinery or equipment used for clearing or preparing land; digging, moving, and spreading earth, rock and similar materials; and lifting or moving heavy objects. Tasks performed usually include: preparing and positioning plant for operation; adjusting speed, height and depth of implements; driving and operating mobile plant; operating attachments to lift, swing and release trees, logs, earth and other heavy objects or materials; operating and monitoring lifting trucks and stationary or mobile cranes in construction, transportation and storage operations; servicing machinery and performing minor repairs. Occupations in this minor group are classified into the following unit groups: 8341 Mobile Farm and Forestry Plant Operators 8342 Earthmoving and Related Plant Operators 8343 Crane, Hoist and Related Plant Operators 8344 Lifting Truck Operators.