GPS DOZER OPERATOR

General Summary

GPS experience able to push material efficiently, able to finish slopes and stay busy. Operates tractor equipped with concave blade attached across front to gouge out, level, and distribute earth and to push trees and rocks from land preparatory to constructing roads and buildings. This job participates in on-the-job training.

Essential Job Accountabilities

• Fastens attachments to tractor with clevis or wedge-pin hitches.

• Connects hydraulic hoses, belts, mechanical linkage, or power takeoff shaft to tractor to provide power to raise, lower, or tilt attachment.

• Moves levers to control tool bars, carriers, and disks.

• Moves levers and depresses pedals to maneuver tractor and raise, lower, and tilt attachment to clear right-of-way.

• Feels lever and listens for stalling action of engine to estimate depth of cut.

• Drives bulldozer in successive passes over terrain to raise or lower terrain to specified grade.

• May grease, oil, and repair tractor.

Education

• High School Diploma, GED or equivalent years of experience

Certification

• Proper certification required

• Completion of an apprenticeship program required.

Work Experience

• Appropriate training and experience required

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

Workers should be able to:

• Read engineering drawing

• Practice good safety habits

• Work in dusty or dirty surroundings

• Follow instructions and meet set standards

• Judge distances and slopes accurately

• Make decisions based on verifiable standards.

Physically, workers must be able to:

• Stoop, bend, and crouch

• Use hands, arms, and legs fully

• See well (either naturally or with correction)

• Lift up to 50 pounds, with frequent lifting and carrying of objects weighing up to 25 pounds.