Career Details :: Pile-Driver Operators
Description
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.
Experience
Some previous work-related skill, knowledge, or experience may be helpful in these occupations, but usually is not needed. For example, a drywall installer might benefit from experience installing drywall, but an inexperienced person could still learn to be an installer with little difficulty.
Education
These occupations usually require a high school diploma and may require some vocational training or job-related course work. In some cases, an associate's or bachelor's degree could be needed.
Training
Employees in these occupations need anywhere from a few months to one year of working with experienced employees.
Tasks
- Moves hand and foot levers to control hoisting equipment to position piling leads, hoist piling into leads, and position hammer over piling.
- Moves levers and turns valves to activate power hammer or raise and lower drop hammer, which drives piles to required depth.
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Important Abilities
General Work Activities
- Controlling Machines and Processes
- Operating Vehicles or Equipment
- Handling and Moving Objects
- Performing General Physical Activities
- Getting Information Needed to Do the Job
Important Skills
Frequent Work Context
- Degree of Automation
- Outdoors
- Using Hands on Objects, Tools, Controls
- Consequence of Error
- Sitting
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