Pile Driver Operator

Operate pile drivers mounted on skids, barges, crawler treads, or locomotive cranes to drive pilings for retaining walls, bulkheads, and foundations of structures such as buildings, bridges, and piers.

O*NET reports this occupation under titles such as: Pile Driver; Pile Driver Operator; Pile Driving Operator

Tasks

• Move hand and foot levers of hoisting equipment to position piling leads, hoist piling into leads, and position hammers over pilings.
• Move levers and turn valves to activate power hammers, or to raise and lower drophammers that drive piles to required depths.
• Drive pilings to provide support for buildings or other structures, using heavy equipment with a pile driver head.
• Conduct pre-operational checks on equipment to ensure proper functioning.
• Clean, lubricate, and refill equipment.

Knowledge

• Building and Construction
• Mechanical
• Mathematics
• Transportation
• Engineering and Technology
• Public Safety and Security
• Design

Skills

• Monitoring
• Active Listening

Abilities

• Control Precision
• Multilimb Coordination
• Depth Perception
• Reaction Time
• Manual Dexterity
• Problem Sensitivity
• Rate Control
• Response Orientation
• Selective Attention
• Arm-Hand Steadiness
• Deductive Reasoning
• Visualization
• Far Vision
• Speech Recognition
• Oral Comprehension
• Oral Expression
• Inductive Reasoning
• Information Ordering
• Spatial Orientation
• Finger Dexterity
• Near Vision
• Auditory Attention