Heavy Equipment operators employment can be in wide variety of industries as well as specialize in a particular type of equipment. A crane operator for instance requires a special certification to operate a crane on a construction site. This is because of the precision needed to safely operate the crane.
Overall numbers of employment can be broken into the following areas:
- 404,000 Operating engineers
- 60,000 Paving, and road surfacing
- 4,600 Pile driver operators
The industries or types of employment include:
- Construction industry
- Heavy and civil engineering construction
- Local government
- Mining – grader, bulldozer and scraper
- Utility companies
- Self employed