Profession loader driver

Loader driver - This is an employee who will be in demand all year round. Many people want to know what such a driver is doing, where you can study for such a specialty and what salary you can count on.

The work of the loader driver is directly related to the construction. This specialty is necessary at almost every stage of activity, starting from scratch. Such a worker is also needed in the warehouse, where it is necessary to carry out the transportation of goods with a large mass. Due to modern hoisting vehicles, excavation of trenches, pits is carried out, along with the transportation of various kinds of objects.

The loader driver is required periodically inspect the vehicle entrusted to him and make repairs in case of malfunctions. For this reason, a person who wants to master this profession must know structural features of the nodes of the vehicle, to be able to repair them and have physical strength, as it sometimes may also be required. It is because of the difficulties in activity that men usually choose this specialty.

Among the positive aspects of the profession we can distinguish what work is all year round. You can find a part-time job or a permanent place in various fields, from industry to utilities.

The driver of the loading machine is able to find a job in almost any field of activity. Not a single construction company, warehouse, railway platform can operate without such an employee. Loader driver can control different devices. For example, there is a lawn mower loader; this technique can often be found in agriculture. Combined types of equipment are produced, for example, a backhoe loader driver can not only take out the earth, but also dig trenches. In housing and communal services, broom loaders are in demand. They can be found on the streets of the city. They are aimed at garbage collection. There are drivers of a telescopic forklift. They are called generalists. The technique is actively used to move various kinds of cargo, relevant for utilities, agriculture and construction. The unit is a union of a front-end loader with a self-propelled crane.

Loaders can be divided according to characteristics into several categories, so drivers always have something to choose from:

• for bulk or piece cargo;
• single or multi-bucket, fork, by the method of arrangement of the forks, you can select the front mini-loader, side;
• differences in the type of drive system: forklift or electric, the first type is divided by the type of internal combustion engine into gasoline, gas and diesel;
• with tracked or wheeled system;
• varieties of tires - there are punctured superelastic, chamber-pneumatic, made from a solid rubber base;
• according to their performance, they can be divided into cyclic and continuous;
• loaders are also divided according to their capacity and size.

According to removable devices, the tractor driver can choose different variations:

• bucket: single, double jaw;
• with a tick grab;
• for a ring load in the form of one or more pins;
• special nozzles for rolls, cylinders and drums.

ETKS loader driver is divided into several categories.

Drivers with this rank may be admitted to management transport loaders or unloaders, along with a wagon loader / wagon unloader and other devices aimed at capturing cargo, along with vehicles for loading or laying out, moving and stacking different types of stacks of goods under the supervision of a more experienced master. Assistance in scheduled repair procedures is allowed.

The driver must have the following knowledge:

• key data about the vehicle device;
• instructions for use, installation, commissioning and break-in operations;
• knowledge of the types of oils used, their features, as well as lubricants;
• have an idea of ​​the existing causes of breakdowns and methods of dealing with them.

A loader driver in this category is able to drive battery-powered loading equipment and other units designed to capture cargo, necessary for loading and unloading, transportation and stacking of goods.

• MOT and repair work of the vehicle and units;
• identification of breakdowns in the functionality of vehicles and mechanisms along with their elimination;
• installation and removal of removable mechanisms designed to capture cargo;
• assistance in planned and preventive repair activities;
• battery charge.

Must be familiar with the following nuances:

• battery loader design;
• methods of loading / unloading cargo on any type of vehicle;
• the rules that exist for lifting and transporting, packing;
• traffic rules on the streets, features of movement on a loader on the territory of enterprises and tracks;
• electrical engineering data.

Drivers must drive all of the above vehicles, to carry out maintenance and repair of loaders with all its mechanisms, to be able to determine the causes of breakdowns and know how to eliminate them. Drivers also assist in the repair of loaders and their mechanisms.

The specialist should be familiar with the following points:

• structural features of loaders and batteries;
• loading and unloading techniques on any type of vehicle;
• rules for lifting, stacking and transporting goods;
• SDA, moving to vehicles across industrial zones and tracks;
• used grades of raw materials necessary for refueling and lubrication of mechanisms and vehicles;
• a list of key materials used in the manufacture of batteries;
• safety rules when working with acids and alkaline agents.

There are differences in pricing.

• 4th category. Such a driver can only interact with forklifts, the power level of which is not higher than 73.5 kW (up to 100 hp).
• 5th category. They can interact with devices whose power characteristics do not exceed the indicator of 73.5 kW (more than 100 hp), activity on loading vehicles is allowed, the indicators of which are not more than 147 kW (up to 200 hp), using it as bulldozer equipment, excavator, scraper and other vehicles.
• 6th category. An employee can get a job at an enterprise where it is necessary to manage loading units, with a power level above 147 kW (more than 200 hp), but not more than 200 kW (up to 250 hp). They are used as a bulldozer, excavator, scraper and in the role of other mechanisms.
• 7th category. It is necessary to work on tractor loaders with a capacity exceeding 200 kW (more than 250 hp), which are equipped with complicated electrical systems, front-loading forks or telescopic booms aimed at interacting with large-capacity containers.

Job description It is an internal official document, which is prepared in the organization for specialists of different categories. This code contains information about the interaction between different departments of production and personnel. This professional standard is created by the administration of the enterprise, the head of the personnel department is responsible for reading the instructions. The written job description for the loader driver will act as a memo and a list of requirements for performing entrusted work. A person who has undergone special training and has a certain length of service (or without experience, depending on the requirements of the organization) is accepted for this position. Employment and dismissal is accompanied by a specific order.

The loader driver should be familiar with the following information:

• purpose, arrangement of vehicles and mechanisms, along with the principle of operation of all nodes and devices;
• Traffic rules;
• varieties of possible damage;
• rules for use and maintenance of the loader;
• manufacturing features, rules for construction and installation, loading activities;
• plumbing.

The loader driver must possess physical and psychological health, the ability to distinguish colors, good hearing, vision, quick reaction, good memory.

Initially need to graduate loader driver courses. Then the State Technical Supervision will issue driver's license. This organization has all the rights in order to make out equipment and contain it. It is Gostekhnadzor who equates loading equipment with tractor equipment, therefore, as training courses are passed, tractor driver rights are issued. Training takes place in a driving school.

Salaries by region in Russia may vary in the range from 19,000 to 60,000 rubles. In Moscow, the level of wages is 40,000-50000 rubles.