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Excavating and Loading Machine and Dragline Operators, Surface Mining

Walk the machine before start-up, check hydraulics and tracks, climb in and run the excavator for six-hour stretches, follow grade stakes to hit the cut elevation, radio the foreman when you hit unexpected rock, and park it at shift end with paperwork.

Median$53k
Jobs in U.S.34k
10-yr outlook-0.4%
Entry ed.High school diploma or equivalent
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Careers / Excavating and Loading Machine and Dragline Operators, Surface Mining
Career · Trades family

Excavating and Loading Machine and Dragline Operators, Surface Mining

Walk the machine before start-up, check hydraulics and tracks, climb in and run the excavator for six-hour stretches, follow grade stakes to hit the cut elevation, radio the foreman when you hit unexpected rock, and park it at shift end with paperwork.

Median$53k
Jobs in U.S.34k
10-yr outlook-0.4%
Entry ed.High school diploma or equivalent
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Get the full brief.

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  • Pay over the career, entry to senior
  • A real day in the life, start to finish
  • Real employers from the last 12 months
  • Related careers worth comparing

Email magic-link sign-in is coming next. For now Google handles the auth — we never see your password and we never ask for your age.