• Completes Operation Manual appropriately.
• Completes Equipment Checklist on a daily basis.
• Complete Fuel and Oil forms
• Use Maintenance manuals.
• Read and interprets different types of gauges.

• Identify when the equipment needs scheduled maintenance.
• Document the need for servicing
• Contact the appropriate person if required.
• Identify the appropriate lubricant for each piece of the equipment.

Pre-Operational Inspection

• Check Motor Oil levels
• Check transmission, hydraulic and coolant levels
• Do a walk around and ensure that there are no leakages.
• Check to ensure that the parking brake has been applied.
• Check the equipment’s tires.
• Start the machine and recheck to ensure that all fluid levels are appropriate.
• Ensure that the gauges are working properly.
• Test gauges if needed
• Do a sufficient warm-up prior to engaging the equipment.

Post-Operational Inspection

• Check to ensure that oil, transmission, coolants, airbrakes and all other gauges are operating within defined limits. Adapt to weather conditions when required.
• Identify when there are problems with the equipment.
• Conduct inspection(s) during the shift.
• Fuel the machine at the end of the shift
• Clean the equipment and the work station at the end of the shift
• Use PPE when taking a break during the shift or at any time outside of the cab.
• Conduct a similar pre-operational inspection at the end of the shift.
• Park on level ground.
• Make the necessary adjustments on the equipment to prepare for the next shift.
• Make the necessary adjustments on the equipment to minimize wear and tear.

• Ensure that the equipment is parked on level ground.
• Ensure that the parking brake is engaged.
• Lower the equipment i.e the blade, rippers, bowls
• Lower the cab.

• Identify the conditions of the site –wet, dry, frozen etc.
• Determine the most appropriate means to do the job.
• Identify the hazards assoc. with the job.
• Recognize the effects of extremes in weather on the operation of machinery.