Loader Operator Job Description
Loader Operator Duties & Responsibilities
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Loader Operator Qualifications
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Licensing or Certifications for Loader Operator
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Education for Loader Operator
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Employers hiring for the loader operator job most commonly would prefer for their future employee to have a relevant degree such as High School and Collage Degree in General Education, Education, Industrial, Welding, Medical, Graduate, Construction, High School Education, Process Technology, Technical
Skills for Loader Operator
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Desired experience for loader operator includes:
Loader Operator Examples
Loader Operator Job Description
- Light vehicle and machine maintenance (ie
- Cleaning Machines/vehicles
- May need to answer telephone, wait on customers, and assist dispatcher
- Other misc
- Moves levers to lower and tilt bucket and drives front-end loader to force bucket into bulk materials
- Moves levers to raise and tilt bucket when filled, drives vehicle to work site, and moves levers to dump material
- Verifies amount of aggregate in storage bins and fills hoppers to ensure adequate quantity and quality of raw materials is maintained
- Performs routine maintenance on loaders, such as lubricating, fueling, and cleaning
- Participates in making sure the quality and quantity of raw materials meets established standards
- Ensures assigned established performance indicators are met
- Minimum 1 year previous experience in a role with similar responsibilities
- Ability to work outside in all types of weather and perform dirty, greasy duties
- Minimum 1 year of experience operating a Front End Loader
- Must be physically capable to climb on ladders and work at heights
- Must be willing to cross train throughout plant operations and willing to learn
- Must be willing to work various hours including overtime and Saturdays
Loader Operator Job Description
- Follows established procedures to ensure that the plant for which he/she is working is in compliance with state, federal, and local regulations and requirements
- Participates in on-going minor maintenance and visual evaluations of plant and equipment
- Confers with plant superintendent, batch person, and other personnel to resolve problems, provide immediate feedback, and may recommend solutions to improve performance
- May haul cement and/or additives from storage area in bulk or bags
- Follow established environmental procedures to ensure that the plant for which he/she is working is in compliance with state, federal, and local regulations and requirements
- Work with plant manager, batch person, and other personnel to resolve problems, provide immediate feedback, and may recommend solutions to improve performance
- Maintain roadways and berms
- Must keep plant areas clean/free of excess material
- Must be able to work overtime & weekends if necessary
- Maintain a high level of safety awareness
- Must be able to work outdoors in varying weather condidtions
- Perform other duties as required by Foreman
- 1-3 years preferred experience in loading customer trucks up to 5,000 tpd
- 1-3 years preferred experience in loading shot rock up to 10,000 tpd
- Previous heavy equipment operation experience or training is highly preferred
- Ability to climb stairs and ladders, reach, squat, tolerate prolonged sitting/standing, balance, bend from trunk, operate mobile equipment
Loader Operator Job Description
- Any unsafe condition to a supervisor immediately
- Always work safely, following all safety protocol, and take action to prevent any and all unsafe actions, processes, and behaviors
- Maintain Adequate roadways
- Operates a variety of vehicles and heavy construction equipment as needed
- Performs routine inspections and maintenance on equipment
- Take actions to avoid potential hazards and obstructions, such as utility lines, other equipment, other workers, and objects
- Operates other heavy equipment and other construction related duties as required
- Follows prescribed safety regulations
- Ensure that all housekeeping is maintained in a clear and orderly fashion in assigned area
- Follows work plans and pre-task cards
- Loader operations experience preferred
- Must be able to successfully complete a criminal background check, drug screen and physical
- High school education with automotive background and heavy equipment experience
- Would need to gain an understanding on the equipment they are operating with safety and general maintenance in mind
- Experience operating Front-End Loaders Volvo L90G and L90H or similar models
- Assists maintenance personnel with light maintenance and other duties as needed
Loader Operator Job Description
- Load trucks efficiently
- Load and carry material as required
- Continuously communicate with Plant Tower Operator for Scale Weighmaster
- Maintain pad level and loading area clear of debris
- Maintain equipment clean and safe
- Perform utility tasks such as shoveling, water hosing, and others when the primary or truck is down and as required
- Perform miscellaneous work with loader as assigned by Quarry Manager or Lead man
- Perform required preventive maintenance on the equipment
- Follow all safety checks, rules and regulations
- Load trucks to appropriate weights and dimensions following the CAT10/10/20 rule
- Must have experience as a loader / operator using heavy equipment
- Must wear safety equipment, including shoes, glasses, hearing protection, hard hats
- Considerable amount of time using hands and feet, shifting, steering, depress foot pedals, turn dials to operate power machinery, such as power shovels, scraper loaders, and/or backhoes
- Must partner with other plant employees to maintain plant operations as instructed by plant foreman to ensure daily schedules/estimates are met
- Ability to stockpile using loader with attention to supplying plant with raw materials in a safe and efficient manner
- May perform other related duties such as backfilling trenches/excavations
Loader Operator Job Description
- Conduct post-shift inspections regarding hazards and defects identified and communicate these to Dispatch / Supervisor and the incoming operators for the smooth running of Operations
- Communicate with Truck Operators and Dispatchers to verify that materials are dumped at the correct locations, based on mark-out information
- Utilize JIGSAW System to report loader equipment status
- Perform daily housekeeping and safety checks of the loader equipment
- Understand the loading activities that need to be completed and the designated location of loading activities
- Report and escalate all accidents and incidents occurring in the shift immediately to the Dispatcher / Shift Supervisor
- Load MAN Tipper Trucks
- Attend all pre-shift instruction meetings
- Monitor the flow of incoming and outgoing cheese
- Maintain good vat separation
- Welding and fabrication experience would be preferred
- Operates loader on 2nd Shift to transfer material onto customer over the road trucks offroad haul trucks and possible railcars
- Records daily maintenance activities, grease the loader daily
- Maintain the area around operations
- Assists Plant Operators and Maintenance Mechanics with other duties as needed
- Perform other duties as required by Production Leaders