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82% Chance of Automation
“Pile Driver” will probably be replaced by robots.
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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
- Heavy Equipment Operator
- Diesel Pile Hammer Operator
- Crane Operator
Tasks for “Pile Driver”
- 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.
- Conduct pre-operational checks on equipment to ensure proper functioning.
- Clean, lubricate, and refill equipment.
Related Technology & Tools
- Pile threaders
- Filter wrenches
- Hour meters
- Swinging leads
- Remote control pendants
- On-board computers
- Spreader beams
- Digital torque wrenches
- Safety goggles
- Emergency first aid equipment
- Four-point harnesses
- Protective ear muffs
- Multipurpose fire extinguishers
- Mobile radios
- Hoisting equipment
- Pile driving equipment
- Chain slings
- Fixed leads
- Quick-disconnect hose couplers
- Hydraulic impact hammers
- Lifting sling
- Portable air compressors
- Portable generators
- Wire ropes
- Pile extractors
- Life jackets
- Pile driving analyzers
- Rope taglines
- Excavator mounted pile drivers
- Diesel hammers
- Hand-operated pumps
- Global positioning system GPS receivers
- Extension ladders
- Allen wrenches
- Ground release shackles
- Lubricant dispensing funnels
- Saximeters
- Ratchet release shackles
- Digital ammeters
- Gravity drop hammers
- Email software
- Pile Dynamics Pile Driving Analyzer PDA
- GRL Engineers Wave Equation Analysis Program GRLWEAP
- Pile Dynamics Case Pile Wave Analysis Program CAPWAP
- Data entry software
- Microsoft Excel
- Global positioning system GPS software