Front-End Loader Operator (Quarry & Stockpile)

If you are smooth on the controls and careful around people, this road construction contractor in Burgersfort has a seat for you. If you learn fast and don't mind being shown things twice, you'll settle in within a few weeks.

This post is in Burgersfort (Limpopo). Please only apply if you can travel there daily. You'll start with a short induction before working on your own.

• Compact layers with the roller until density tests pass
• Cut and trim road layers to level with the grader
• Do the pre-start checklist on your machine before the first bucket
• Load tipper trucks without spillage or overloading
• Backfill and compact around pipes in layers

• At least 2 years operating the machine on construction sites
• Can read grade pegs and understand cut and fill
• Operator certificate for the machine class, from an accredited training provider
• Good depth perception and no history of machine accidents
• Medical certificate of fitness for operating mobile plant
• Willing to work on projects outside your home town

• Certificates on more than one machine type
• GPS machine control experience on excavators or graders

• Camp accommodation or a living-out allowance on remote sites
• Overtime paid on all hours past 45 a week
• Refresher training on new machines
• Travel home paid at the end of each site shift cycle

• You will likely do a practical test on the machine. Do the walk-around check out loud. It shows you work safely.
• List each machine with its size, for example "20-ton excavator, 4 years". Plant managers match you to the machine they need.