Career - Mobile Plant Operator

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Mobile Plant Operators will prepare machines for operation and will load and unload equipment from low loaders and move it around worksites. They will select, change and operate special attachments such as winches, scrub clearers, rippers, pile drivers and rock-breaking hammers and will work from drawings and markers under the direction of supervisors and engineers and will back-fill trenches. They will break up paving, rock and similar material by operating hydraulic or pneumatic breakers and excavate or scrape earth, rock or rubble to the correct level and alignment. They will load trucks with excavated fill and drive machines to and from worksites. They will service equipment by cleaning, lubricating and refuelling it, and make minor adjustments and repairs when necessary and also maintain duty of care for other users and work to occupational health and safety requirements.
Avg Salary
Australia  $89,700 AUD
United Kingdom  £25,662 GBP
United States of America  $44,203 USD
New Zealand  $55,000 NZD
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