Excavator


 * __Excavator__**


 * Education,**
 * You need a high school diploma,
 * CDL,
 * maybe a 2 year tech. school,
 * knowledge operating/fixing equipment,
 * bidding on jobs,
 * know how to follow plans to dig


 * Salary,**
 * The pay starts at $31,000 a year and goes up depending on experience, location, and size of company.
 * Some smaller companies pay cash and bigger ones pay by check.


 * Duties,**
 * haul equipment to cite,
 * look at plans of where to dig,
 * dig the hole or put in fill depending on plans,
 * haul dirt in/out depending on job,
 * fix any of the equipment that breaks.


 * Typical day,**
 * haul dirt/equipment to job or pickup if the equipment is already there,
 * Follow plans on where/what to dig or move,
 * haul dirt in/out,
 * fix equipment on cite if possible or haul it back to your shop to fix it.
 * There are several people working for the company so each person has there own thing to do, so its different.


 * Jobs,**
 * excavating has slowed down a lot because of the economy.

loader
 * Tools,**
 * truck,
 * lowboy,
 * dump truck,
 * bulldozer,
 * bobcat,
 * loader,
 * backhoe,
 * CDL,
 * shop with tools to fix any of your stuff.

Peterbilt dump truck

back hoe