Employment Percentage
21.71052632
SOC ID
47-2072
SOC Title
Pile Driver Operators
ONET ID
47-2072.00
ONET Concat ID
47207200
Median Salary
84917.97
Ed Level High School
71.18
Ed Level Certificate
20.950001
Ed Level Some College
7.88
Ed Level Associates
0
Ed Level Bachelors
0
Ed Level Masters
0
Ed Level Doctors
0
Typical Ed Level
a high school diploma or less
Career Description
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.
Core Tasks
- Move hand and foot levers of hoisting equipment to position piling leads, hoist piling into leads, and position hammers over pilings.
- Move levers and turn valves to activate power hammers, or to raise and lower drophammers that drive piles to required depths.
- Drive pilings to provide support for buildings or other structures, using heavy equipment with a pile driver head.
- Conduct pre-operational checks on equipment to ensure proper functioning.
- Clean, lubricate, and refill equipment.
Start Annual Earnings
41666.49
Top Annual Earnings
117441.68
EMSI Career Title Slug
pile-driver-operator