Where a grader operator can go next
5 destinations recorded, ranked by how much of the target role a grader operator already meets. The closer to the top of Table 1, the less there is to learn.
Grader operators work with a heavy piece of mobile equipment that creates a flat surface by slicing off the top soil with a large blade. Graders usually provide a flat finish on the heavy earthmoving work performed by the scraper and bulldozer operators.
Also known as grader worker, grader operative, motor-grader driver, grader driver.
Plant and machine operators and assemblers 31 skills on file 5 career moves 5 above 60% overlap Closest: tower crane operator, 77%
- 70% and above · short step
- 50 to 70% · real move
- Below 50% · substantial retraining
Table 2 · What the job itself asks for
A grader operator needs 12 required skills and areas of knowledge. These 10 are the ones fewest other jobs share, so they say the most about the work.
- operate grader working with machinery and specialised equipment
- recognise the hazards of dangerous goods assisting and caring
- keep heavy construction equipment in good condition constructing
- drive mobile heavy construction equipment working with machinery and specialised equipment
- inspect construction sites information skills
- operate GPS systems working with computers
- react to events in time-critical environments communication, collaboration and creativity
- mechanical tools engineering, manufacturing and construction
- work in a construction team communication, collaboration and creativity
- use safety equipment in construction assisting and caring
Table 3 · Jobs that lead here
The reverse view: occupations whose skills already cover much of what a grader operator does. The figure is how much of this job each one brings.
- mobile crane operator 71% covered · difficulty 31
- sewer construction worker 67% covered · difficulty 34.6
- tower crane operator 65% covered · difficulty 35.8
- demolition worker 65% covered · difficulty 36.2
- rigger 64% covered · difficulty 37.4
- pile driving hammer operator 63% covered · difficulty 37.8
- concrete pump operator 60% covered · difficulty 41
- concrete finisher 54% covered · difficulty 45.7
- dismantling worker 50% covered · difficulty 49.3
- tunnel boring machine operator 49% covered · difficulty 50.7
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Grader operator is filed under Plant and machine operators and assemblers, ISCO major group 8. The full index lists all ten groups.
How these figures were compiled
Overlap is how much of the target role is already part of a grader 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.