Where a scraper operator can go next
5 destinations recorded, ranked by how much of the target role a scraper operator already meets. The closer to the top of Table 1, the less there is to learn.
Scraper operators work with a mobile piece of heavy equipment that scrapes the top layer of the ground and deposits it in a hopper to be hauled off. They drive the scraper over the surface to be scraped, adapting the speed of the machine to the hardness of the surface.
Also known as scraper worker, towed-scraper driver, scraper operative, motor-scraper driver, towed-scraper operator, scraper driver.
Plant and machine operators and assemblers 35 skills on file 5 career moves 4 above 60% overlap Closest: rigger, 70%
- 70% and above · short step
- 50 to 70% · real move
- Below 50% · substantial retraining
Table 2 · What the job itself asks for
A scraper operator needs 16 required skills and areas of knowledge. These 10 are the ones fewest other jobs share, so they say the most about the work.
- move soil working with machinery and specialised equipment
- operate construction scraper working with machinery and specialised equipment
- dig soil mechanically 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
- prevent damage to utility infrastructure management skills
- mechanical systems engineering, manufacturing and construction
- operate GPS systems working with computers
Table 3 · Jobs that lead here
The reverse view: occupations whose skills already cover much of what a scraper operator does. The figure is how much of this job each one brings.
- sewer construction worker 68% covered · difficulty 35.7
- mobile crane operator 63% covered · difficulty 41.2
- pile driving hammer operator 61% covered · difficulty 42.9
- tower crane operator 58% covered · difficulty 45.1
- concrete pump operator 58% covered · difficulty 45.6
- tunnel boring machine operator 49% covered · difficulty 53.7
- dismantling worker 46% covered · difficulty 56.1
- dredge operator 36% covered · difficulty 64.8
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Scraper 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 scraper 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.