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	Pile Driver Operators	First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers	Civil Engineering Technologists and Technicians	Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except Engines	Structural Iron and Steel Workers	Crane and Tower Operators
SUMMARY	85% Imminent Risk	24% Low Risk	30% Low Risk	46% Moderate Risk	46% Moderate Risk	62% High Risk
JOB SCORE	3.8/10	6.8/10	5.2/10	6.8/10	6.6/10	4.5/10
POLLING	75% (High Risk, Based on 24 votes)	There hasn't been enough votes on this occupation yet	39% (Low Risk, Based on 84 votes)	29% (Low Risk, Based on 49 votes)	33% (Low Risk, Based on 59 votes)	49% (Moderate Risk, Based on 74 votes)
GROWTH by year 2034	4.3%	5.3%	2.1%	5.8%	4.4%	3.0%
WAGES	$70,510 or $33.90 per hour	$78,690 or $37.83 per hour	$64,200 or $30.86 per hour	$63,980 or $30.76 per hour	$62,700 or $30.14 per hour	$66,370 or $31.91 per hour
VOLUME as of 2024	3,040	806,080	62,130	180,270	64,720	42,000
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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.	Directly supervise and coordinate activities of construction or extraction workers.	Apply theory and principles of civil engineering in planning, designing, and overseeing construction and maintenance of structures and facilities under the direction of engineering staff or physical scientists.	Diagnose, adjust, repair, or overhaul mobile mechanical, hydraulic, and pneumatic equipment, such as cranes, bulldozers, graders, and conveyors, used in construction, logging, and mining.	Raise, place, and unite iron or steel girders, columns, and other structural members to form completed structures or structural frameworks. May erect metal storage tanks and assemble prefabricated metal buildings.	Operate mechanical boom and cable or tower and cable equipment to lift and move materials, machines, or products in many directions.

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