Description
Objectives
Learning Objective 1 – Identify and describe types, uses, and components of excavators.
- Identify and describe common types of excavators.
- Identify and describe common uses of excavators.
- Identify and describe major parts of excavators.
- Identify and describe excavator instrumentation and controls.
- Identify and describe common excavator buckets and attachments.
Learning Objective 2 – Identify and describe safety, inspection, and service guidelines associated with an excavator.
- Describe guidelines associated with excavator safety.
- Describe prestart inspection procedures.
- Describe preventive maintenance requirements.
Learning Objective 3 – Describe basic startup and operating procedures for a track-mounted hydraulic excavator.
- Describe startup, warm-up, and shutdown procedures.
- Describe basic maneuvers and operations.
- Describe common work activities.
- Describe activities involving special attachments.
Performance Tasks
Performance Task 1 (Learning Objective 2) – Demonstrate a proper prestart inspection and maintenance on an excavator.
Performance Task 2 (Learning Objective 3) – Perform proper startup, warm-up, and shutdown procedures.
Performance Task 3 (Learning Objective 3) – Perform basic maneuvers with a hydraulic excavator, including moving forward, moving backward, making a pivot turn, and making a spot turn.
Performance Task 4 (Learning Objective 3) – Demonstrate basic excavator operation by creating a 10 feet by 10 feet (3 meter by 3 meter) excavation at least 3 feet (1 meter) deep to grade.
