About us

Heavy equipment drivers operate on site engines used for roads, bridges, airports, construction, gas and oil pipelines, tunnels, buildings, exploitation of opencast mine and quarries. They also carry out some material handling. They work for construction companies, public service work, exploitation of pipelines, forestry, cargo-handling service as well as heavy equipment companies.

The heavy equipment drivers exercise a part of all of the following functions:

• Operate heavy equipment such as: backhoe – bulldozer – loader – grader. To dig, move, load and level the earth, rocks, gravel and other materials when ever doing construction or other related work.
• Operate a bulldozer or any other heavy equipment used to clear the undergrowth before doing the forestry development and the opencast mines.
• Operate dredges to dig for water beds and extract material and then backfill.
• Operate different heavy equipment to spread, lay and compact concrete, asphalt or other sheathing materials during the construction of roads or highways.
• Operate shovel excavator to remove rocks, or other materials of an opencast mine run by an excavator of a quarry or a construction search.
• Operate heavy equipment to move, load and unload ship cargoes.
• Make the preliminary checks when using the machines. Clean, grease and fill the tanks.

 Habilités et intérêts :

• Good eye site
• Good shape
• Good with your hands in order to efficiently manipulate the engine controls
• Resourceful with an independent and entrepreneurial spirit.
• Sense of responsibility because you will be responsible for the good state of the vehicle as well as for the safety of your colleagues who will be working near the machine.
• Capacities for team work because you will have to work in collaboration with other labour colleagues and technicians on the site.