834-Mobile plant operators

Job Title ( International classification ): 
Mobile plant operators
ISCO Code: 
834
Job Description: 
Mobile plant operators drive, tend, operate and monitor special-purpose motorised, machinery or equipment used for clearing or preparing land; digging, moving, and spreading earth, rock and similar materials; and lifting or moving heavy objects.
Tasks: 

Main Tasks include -

  • preparing and positioning plant for operation
  • adjusting speed, height and depth of implements
  • driving and operating mobile plant
  • operating attachments to lift, swing and release trees, logs, earth and other heavy objects or materials
  • operating and monitoring lifting trucks and stationary or mobile cranes in construction, transportation and storage operations
  • servicing machinery and performing minor repairs.
Inclusions: 

Occupations in this minor group are classified into the following unit groups:

8341 Mobile farm and forestry plant operators
8342 Earthmoving and related plant operators
8343 Crane, hoist and related plant operators
8344 Lifting truck operators