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Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators
Operate one or several types of power construction equipment, such as motor graders, bulldozers, scrapers, compressors, pumps, derricks, shovels, tractors, or front-end loaders to excavate, move, and grade earth, erect structures, or pour concrete or other hard surface pavement. May repair and maintain equipment in addition to other duties.
What an operating engineers and other construction equipment operator does
Become an operating engineers and other construction equipment operator
If you enjoy doing these activities, you might make a good operating engineers and other construction equipment operator
- Keeping track of how well people and/or groups are doing in order to make improvements.
- Listening to others, not interrupting, and asking good questions.
- Noticing a problem and figuring out the best way to solve it.
Discover what you could earn in Washington
- Wage information is not available. Average annual earnings data is currently unavailable.
Operating Engineers And Other Construction Equipment Operator job outlook
- There are 8,064 workers in this occupation in Washington.
- There are 1,265 openings per year in this occupation in Washington.