CIP 2020 · 49.0202

Construction/Heavy Equipment/Earthmoving Equipment Operation

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Logging Equipment Operators

Drive logging tractor or wheeled vehicle equipped with one or more accessories, such as bulldozer blade, frontal shear, grapple, logging arch, cable winches, hoisting rack, or crane boom, to fell tree; to skid, load, unl

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Pile Driver Operators

Operate pile drivers mounted on skids, barges, crawler treads, or locomotive cranes to drive pilings for retaining walls, bulkheads, and foundations of structures such as buildings, bridges, and piers.

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Highway Maintenance Workers

Maintain highways, municipal and rural roads, airport runways, and rights-of-way. Duties include patching broken or eroded pavement and repairing guard rails, highway markers, and snow fences. May also mow or clear brush

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Earth Drillers, Except Oil and Gas

Operate a variety of drills such as rotary, churn, and pneumatic to tap subsurface water and salt deposits, to remove core samples during mineral exploration or soil testing, and to facilitate the use of explosives in mi

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Continuous Mining Machine Operators

Operate self-propelled mining machines that rip coal, metal and nonmetal ores, rock, stone, or sand from the mine face and load it onto conveyors, shuttle cars, or trucks in a continuous operation.

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Dredge Operators

Operate dredge to remove sand, gravel, or other materials in order to excavate and maintain navigable channels in waterways.

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O*NET® Education Crosswalks · CIP 2020 → O*NET-SOC 2019 · Retrieved Oct 14, 2026. Classification and crosswalk versions describe the source relationship, not a current admission rule.

Education relationships: O*NET® Resource Center crosswalks, U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration, based on NCES CIP data. CIP 2020 → O*NET-SOC 2019, source edition July 2024. Used under CC BY 4.0. StudyIndex groups the source relationships and adds exploration pages; no USDOL/ETA endorsement.