Marg Career Library - Pile Driver Operators

Overview:

Drive pilings for retaining walls, bulkheads, and foundations of structures such as buildings, bridges, and piers using pile drives mounted on skids, barges, crawler treads, or locomotive cranes.

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Career Path:

A High School Diploma degree or Associate degree is enough.

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Job Opportunities:

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Job Responsibilities:

To engage power hammers or raise and lower drophammers that drive piles to specified depths, move levers and turn valves.
To position piling leads, hoist piling into leads, and position hammers over pilings, move the hand and foot levers on hoisting equipment.
Using heavy machinery with a pile driver head, drive pilings to provide support for buildings or other structures.
Equipment should be cleaned, lubricated, and refilled.
Perform pre-operational checks on equipment to ensure that it is in working order.

Work Life:

Mostly work outdoors
Have to work more than 40 hours a week

Key Skills:

Mechanical skills
Communication skills
Operation monitoring
Coordination
Operation and control

Designation:

Entry-level

Apprenticeship

Mid-level

Manager, supervisor

High-level

Contractor

Merits & Demerits:

Merits

1. Work is more practical than theoretical
2. Supportive work environment
3. It is easy to get into this career.

Demerits

1. Physically demanding
2. Irregular work schedule that changes depending on weather conditions, customer demand or contract duration.
3. Exposed to weather

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Pile Driver Operators

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