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Career Guidance Skills working with machinery and specialised equipment S8.1 - operating mobile plant S8.1.1 - operating earthmoving equipment Operate bulldozer
Description
Operate a tracked or wheeled bulldozer, a powerful piece of machinery equipped with a shovel-like blade used to move earth, rubble or other material over the ground.
Bulldozer operators <a resource="http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/cae71f3f-ad4d-480e-b501-bff22827e60c" typeOf="http://data.europa.eu/esco/model#Occupation" href="http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/cae71f3f-ad4d-480e-b501-bff22827e60c"><span property="http://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label" xml_lang="en">Bulldozer operators</span></a>. may work with large bulldozer as used in surface mining, or smaller bulldozers used for precision work, as in construction projects.
Occupations requiring this skill
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Skill demand overview
- Essential in 1 occupations
- Optional in 6 occupations
- Total: 7 occupations
- Most common in: ISCO major group 8 (Plant and machine operators, and assemblers)
Essential for
- Bulldozer operatorBulldozer operators operate a heavy vehicle to move earth, rubble or other material over the ground. Duties The duties of a bulldozer operator include, but are not limited to:…
Optional for
- Road roller operatorRoad roller operators work with equipment to compact a variety of materials, such as soil, gravel, concrete or asphalt, in the construction of roads and foundations. They walk behi…
- Road construction workerRoad construction workers perform road construction on earthworks, substructure works and the pavement section of the road. They cover the compacted soil with one or more layers. R…
- Surface mine plant operatorSurface mine plant operators control heavy-duty equipment such as excavators and dump trucks, often involving a high level of spatial awareness, to excavate, load and tra…
- Mineral crushing operatorMineral crushing operators operate and monitor crushers and other machines to crush materials and minerals. They move stones to the crushers, fill the machines with minerals, monit…
- Scraper operatorScraper operators work with a mobile piece of heavy equipment that scrapes the top layer of the ground and deposits it in a hopper to be hauled off. They…
- Excavator operatorExcavator operators use excavators to dig into earth or other materials to remove it. They are involved in a variety of projects, such as demolition, dredging, and the of…
Related skills
- Keep records of work progress
- Operate excavator
- Follow health and safety procedures in construction
- Transport construction supplies
- Set up temporary construction site infrastructure
- Work in a construction team
- Keep personal administration
- Operate road roller
- Drive mobile heavy construction equipment
- React to events in time-critical environments
- Work ergonomically
- Prevent damage to utility infrastructure
Last updated on February 18, 2026
