ISCO Minor Group 834 Mobile Plant Operators

Definition

Mobile Plant Operators: Mobile plant operators drive, tend, operate and monitor special-purpose motorized machinery or equipment used for clearing or preparing land; digging, moving, and spreading earth, rock and similar materials; and lifting or moving heavy objects.

Tasks performed usually include: preparing and positioning plant for operation; adjusting speed, height and depth of implements; driving and operating mobile plant; operating attachments to lift, swing and release trees, logs, earth and other heavy objects or materials; operating and monitoring lifting trucks and stationary or mobile cranes in construction, transportation and storage operations; servicing machinery and performing minor repairs.

Occupations in this minor group are classified into the following unit groups:

8341 Mobile Farm and Forestry Plant Operators

8342 Earthmoving and Related Plant Operators

8343 Crane, Hoist and Related Plant Operators

8344 Lifting Truck Operators

Unit Groups

Unit Group	Title
C8344	ISCO Unit Group 8344 Lifting Truck Operators
C8343	ISCO Unit Group 8343 Crane Hoist And Related Plant Operators
C8342	ISCO Unit Group 8342 Earthmoving And Related Plant Operators
C8341	ISCO Unit Group 8341 Mobile Farm And Forestry Plant Operators

Higher Level

• ISCO SubMajor Group 83 Drivers And Mobile Plant Operators