Career Overlap Occupation record
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Where an excavator operator can go next

5 destinations recorded, ranked by how much of the target role an excavator operator already meets. The closer to the top of Table 1, the less there is to learn.

Excavator operators use excavators to dig into earth or other materials to remove it. They are involved in a variety of projects, such as demolition, dredging, and the of digging holes, foundations and trenches.

Also known as tracked excavator operator, excavation worker, excavator, 360 degree excavator operator, backhoe excavator operator.

Plant and machine operators and assemblers 38 skills on file 5 career moves 4 above 60% overlap Closest: rigger, 70%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
rigger 70% covered mobile crane operator 65% covered pile driving hammer operator 64% covered demolition worker 63% covered tunnel boring machine operator 54% covered excavator operator You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from excavator operator, each one a link to that move’s record. Distance from the centre is how much retraining the move takes; the figure on each is how much of that role an excavator operator already covers. All 5 are listed in the tables below.
Table 1

Table 1 · Within reach

Table 2

Table 2 · What the job itself asks for

An excavator operator needs 18 required skills and areas of knowledge. These 10 are the ones fewest other jobs share, so they say the most about the work.

Required skill Area
  • dig sewer trenches working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • level earth surface working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • dig soil mechanically working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • recognise the hazards of dangerous goods assisting and caring
  • operate excavator working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • excavation techniques engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • keep heavy construction equipment in good condition constructing
  • drive mobile heavy construction equipment working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • inspect construction sites information skills
  • prevent damage to utility infrastructure management skills
Table 3

Table 3 · Jobs that lead here

The reverse view: occupations whose skills already cover much of what an excavator operator does. The figure is how much of this job each one brings.

Index

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Excavator operator is filed under Plant and machine operators and assemblers, ISCO major group 8. The full index lists all ten groups.

Note

How these figures were compiled

Overlap is how much of the target role is already part of an excavator operator’s work. It is directional: the figure for the reverse move differs. Every entry above opens the full comparison for that move: what carries over, what is missing, and where to start. The full method.