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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
- Hydraulic Press-In Operator
- Hydraulic Pile Hammer Operator
- Hoisting Pile Driving Engineer
- Heavy Equipment Operator
- Diesel Pile Hammer Operator
- Crane Operator
Tasks for “Nozzle Operator”
- Drive pilings to provide support for buildings or other structures, using heavy equipment with a pile driver head.
- Conduct pre-operational checks on equipment to ensure proper functioning.
- Move levers and turn valves to activate power hammers, or to raise and lower drophammers that drive piles to required depths.
- Move hand and foot levers of hoisting equipment to position piling leads, hoist piling into leads, and position hammers over pilings.
- Clean, lubricate, and refill equipment.
Related Technology & Tools
- Lifting sling
- Excavator mounted pile drivers
- Wire ropes
- Hydraulic impact hammers
- Remote control pendants
- Gravity drop hammers
- Chain slings
- On-board computers
- Quick-disconnect hose couplers
- Ratchet release shackles
- Protective ear muffs
- Four-point harnesses
- Extension ladders
- Pile extractors
- Digital ammeters
- Diesel hammers
- Safety goggles
- Filter wrenches
- Pile driving equipment
- Lubricant dispensing funnels
- Ground release shackles
- Hand-operated pumps
- Portable generators
- Life jackets
- Rope taglines
- Pile threaders
- Pile driving analyzers
- Multipurpose fire extinguishers
- Hoisting equipment
- Fixed leads
- Mobile radios
- Spreader beams
- Emergency first aid equipment
- Digital torque wrenches
- Allen wrenches
- Global positioning system GPS receivers
- Swinging leads
- Saximeters
- Portable air compressors
- Hour meters
- Microsoft Excel
- Global positioning system GPS software
- Pile Dynamics Case Pile Wave Analysis Program CAPWAP
- Pile Dynamics Pile Driving Analyzer PDA
- Data entry software
- Email software
- GRL Engineers Wave Equation Analysis Program GRLWEAP