1. Interprets manufacturer/employer documentation re: inspection/maintenance and other documents.

1. Completes Operation Manual appropriately.
2. Completes Equipment Checklist on a daily basis.
3. Complete Fuel and Oil forms
4. Use Maintenance manuals.
5. Read and interprets different types of gauges.

2. Performs or arranges for servicing and scheduled maintenance.

1. Identify when the equipment needs scheduled maintenance.
2. Document the need for servicing
3. Contact the appropriate person if required.
4. Identify the appropriate lubricant for each piece of the equipment.

3. Performs preoperational/ post operational inspection.

Pre-Operational Inspection

1. Check Motor Oil levels
2. Check transmission, hydraulic and coolant levels
3. Do a walk around and ensure that there are no leakages.
4. Check to ensure that the parking brake has been applied.
5. Check the equipment’s tires.
6. Start the machine and recheck to ensure that all fluid levels are appropriate.
7. Ensure that the gauges are working properly.
8. Test gauges if needed
9. Do a sufficient warm-up prior to engaging the equipment.

Post-Operational Inspection

1. Check to ensure that oil, transmission, coolants, airbrakes and all other gauges are operating within defined limits. Adapt to weather conditions when required.
2. Identify when there are problems with the equipment.
3. Conduct inspection(s) during the shift.
4. Fuel the machine at the end of the shift
5. Clean the equipment and the work station at the end of the shift
6. Use PPE when taking a break during the shift or at any time outside of the cab.
7. Conduct a similar pre-operational inspection at the end of the shift.
8. Park on level ground.
9. Make the necessary adjustments on the equipment to prepare for the next shift.
10. Make the necessary adjustments on the equipment to minimize wear and tear.

4. Secures unattended equipment

1. Ensure that the equipment is parked on level ground.
2. Ensure that the parking brake is engaged.
3. Lower the equipment i.e the blade, rippers, bowls
4. Lower the cab.

5. Monitors/adapts operation regarding seasonal and atmospheric impacts on site conditions and equipment.

1. Identify the conditions of the site –wet, dry, frozen etc.
2. Determine the most appropriate means to do the job.
3. Identify the hazards associated with the job.
4. Recognize the effects of extremes in weather on the operation of machinery.