ProgramCIP 49.0202
Construction/Heavy Equipment/Earthmoving Equipment Operation
A program that prepares individuals to apply technical knowledge and skills to operate and maintain a variety of heavy equipment, such as a crawler tractors, motor graders and scrapers, shovels, rigging devices, hoists, and jacks. Includes instruction in digging, ditching, sloping, stripping, grading, and backfiling, clearing and excavating.
Definition from U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics (CIP 2020).
FieldFrom the federal list
JobsOfficial crosswalk
KnowledgeFrom O*NET
CoursesNext
ConceptsLater
Open questionsLater
01.
Leads to
16 jobs- Continuous Mining Machine Operators47-5041
- Crane and Tower Operators53-7021
- Dredge Operators53-7031
- Earth Drillers, Except Oil and Gas47-5023
- Excavating and Loading Machine and Dragline Operators, Surface Mining47-5022
- Explosives Workers, Ordnance Handling Experts, and Blasters47-5032
- Extraction Workers, All Other47-5099
- Highway Maintenance Workers47-4051
- Hoist and Winch Operators53-7041
- Logging Equipment Operators45-4022
- Material Moving Workers, All Other53-7199
- Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators47-2073
- Paving, Surfacing, and Tamping Equipment Operators47-2071
- Pile Driver Operators47-2072
- Rail-Track Laying and Maintenance Equipment Operators47-4061
- Underground Mining Machine Operators, All Other47-5049
02.
Knowledge those jobs draw on
- Mechanical8 of 16
- Public Safety and Security4 of 16
- Mathematics3 of 16
- Building and Construction2 of 16
- Production and Processing2 of 16
- Law and Government1 of 16
- Transportation1 of 16
- English Language1 of 16
How many of the linked jobs rate the area important (O*NET importance 3.5 or more out of 5).
03.