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Updated: 05/22/2013
Power Shovel Operator: Operates power-driven machine, equipped with movable shovel, to excavate or move coal, dirt, rock, sand, and other materials. Receives written or verbal instructions from supervisor regarding material to move or excavate. Pushes levers and depresses pedals to move machine, to... [+] More
Power Shovel Operator: Operates power-driven machine, equipped with movable shovel, to excavate or move coal, dirt, rock, sand, and other materials. Receives written or verbal instructions from supervisor regarding material to move or excavate. Pushes levers and depresses pedals to move machine, to lower and push shovel into stockpiled material, to lower and dig shovel into surface of ground, and to lift, swing, and dump contents of shovel into truck, car, or onto conveyor, hopper, or stockpile.
Observes markings on ground, hand signals, or grade stakes to remove material, when operating machine at excavation site. May tend mining machinery, such as pulverizer. May operate power shovel equipped with duck-bill scoop. May operate power shovel that digs by pulling dipper toward machine. May operate power shovel on which excavating bucket runs outward along horizontal boom to dig into materials. May operate power shovel designed to be converted to crane, skimmer scoop, backhoe, or dragline. (Source: eDOT Job Description) [-] Less
Cost of Living Data
A renter's cost of living for someone making $48,257 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania is 96.5% of the US National Average. For more information, or to compare cost of living data between two cities, click here.
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