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Job 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.
Job Details
- The SOC (Standard Occupational Classification) code is 47-2072.00
- The Mean Annual Wage in the U.S. is $ 61,740.00
- The Mean Hourly Wage is $ 29.00
- Currently, there are 3,570 people on this job
☝️ Information based on the reference occupation “Pile-Driver Operators”.
Also Known As…
- Pile-Driver Operators
- Pile Driver Operator
- Pile Driver
- Vibratory Pile Driver
- Pile Driving Technician
- Pile Driving Superintendent
- Pile Driving Nozzleman
- Pile Driver Engineer
- Operating Engineer
- Nozzle Operator
- Hydraulic Press-In Operator
- Hydraulic Pile Hammer Operator
- Hoisting Pile Driving Engineer
- Diesel Pile Hammer Operator
- Crane Operator
Tasks for “Heavy Equipment Operator”
- Conduct pre-operational checks on equipment to ensure proper functioning.
- Drive pilings to provide support for buildings or other structures, using heavy equipment with a pile driver head.
- Move hand and foot levers of hoisting equipment to position piling leads, hoist piling into leads, and position hammers over pilings.
- Move levers and turn valves to activate power hammers, or to raise and lower drophammers that drive piles to required depths.
- Clean, lubricate, and refill equipment.
Related Technology & Tools
- Remote control pendants
- Multipurpose fire extinguishers
- Portable air compressors
- Digital ammeters
- Diesel hammers
- Hoisting equipment
- Mobile radios
- Allen wrenches
- Extension ladders
- Digital torque wrenches
- Hydraulic impact hammers
- Life jackets
- Ground release shackles
- Fixed leads
- Lubricant dispensing funnels
- Swinging leads
- Ratchet release shackles
- Portable generators
- Pile threaders
- Hour meters
- Pile extractors
- Wire ropes
- Hand-operated pumps
- Global positioning system GPS receivers
- Filter wrenches
- Spreader beams
- Chain slings
- Pile driving analyzers
- Rope taglines
- Emergency first aid equipment
- Protective ear muffs
- Safety goggles
- Pile driving equipment
- On-board computers
- Excavator mounted pile drivers
- Saximeters
- Gravity drop hammers
- Four-point harnesses
- Quick-disconnect hose couplers
- Lifting sling
- Global positioning system GPS software
- Pile Dynamics Pile Driving Analyzer PDA
- GRL Engineers Wave Equation Analysis Program GRLWEAP
- Data entry software
- Email software
- Pile Dynamics Case Pile Wave Analysis Program CAPWAP
- Microsoft Excel