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