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