该小组履行以下部分或全部职责：

• 操作垃圾车在指定地点清除垃圾和其他垃圾并倾倒货物
• 操作街道清洁设备，如街道清扫车或其他配备旋转刷的车辆，以清除沙子、垃圾和垃圾
• 操作装有犁刀片的扫雪机或卡车，清除街道、高速公路、停车场和类似区域的积雪
• 操作下水道维护设备，如 rodders 和下水道喷射清洁器，以维护和修理下水道系统
• 操作装有在道路上撒沙、盐或磨料的设备的卡车
• 操作电锯和其他清理设备来砍伐树木并减少靠近电线的植被
• 检查、润滑、加油和清洁设备，并向主管报告任何故障。

• 通常需要有公共工程工人的经验。
• 可能需要适用于特定类型设备的驾驶执照。
• 提供在职培训。
• 在安大略省和不列颠哥伦比亚省，可获得公用事业树艺师行业认证，但这是自愿的。
• 可能需要一些中学。

• 随着经验的积累，可能晋升到主管职位。

• 重型设备操作员（73400）
• 园林绿化和地面维护工人 ( 85121)
• 公共工程和维护工人 ( 75212)
• 公共工程维护设备操作员主管（72021 承包商和主管，重型设备操作人员）
• 运输卡车司机（73300）

This group performs some or all of the following duties:

• Operate garbage trucks to remove garbage and other refuse and dump loads at designated sites
• Operate street cleaning equipment such as street sweepers or other vehicles equipped with rotating brushes to remove sand, litter and trash
• Operate snowplows or trucks fitted with plow blades to remove snow from streets, highways, parking lots and similar areas
• Operate sewer maintenance equipment such as rodders and sewer jet cleaners to maintain and repair sewer systems
• Operate trucks equipped with apparatuses for spreading sand, salt or abrasives on roadways
• Operate chainsaws and other clearing equipment to fell trees and cut back vegetation close to power lines
• Check, lubricate, refuel and clean equipment and report any malfunctions to supervisor.

• Experience as a public works labourer is usually required.
• A driver's licence appropriate to a specific type of equipment may be required.
• On-the-job training is provided.
• Trade certification for utility arborists is available, but voluntary, in Ontario and British Columbia.
• Some secondary school may be required.

• Progression to supervisory positions is possible with experience.

• Heavy equipment operators (73400)
• Landscaping and grounds maintenance labourers (85121)
• Public works and maintenance labourers (75212)
• Public works maintenance equipment operators supervisor (in 72021 Contractors and supervisors, heavy equipment operator crews)
• Transport truck drivers (73300)