RURAL LIFE EARTHMOVING 22 The <strong>North</strong> <strong>Canterbury</strong> <strong>News</strong>, <strong>April</strong> <strong>21</strong>, <strong>2022</strong> For all your general farm and forestry earthmoving requirements Baden Ryan: 027 229 1579 Pam Ryan: 027 381 2741 e: ryanearth18@hotmail.com w: ryanearthmovingltd.co.nz ryan earthmoving ltd WHITE CONTRACTING •Excavator, Truck Trailer &Grader Hire •Driveways, Farm Tracks •Water Race &Site Clearing etc •ShingleSupplies Ph 027 264 9261 or 03 312 3024 Onsite Screening and Crushing • Road Metals • Aggregates • Drainage Metals • AP20 /AP40 /AP65 • Lane Rock • Chip • Sand • 2a Filter Sand • M4-40 • Washed Tailings • Arena Sand Formerly Kaiwara Rock Ltd Call Jon 027 432 8526 or Richard 0<strong>21</strong> 115 3689 Excavators • Graders Tip Trucks • Bulldozer •Dairy conversions •Stumping, root raking •Galleries •Effluent ponds & water storage •Land Clearance & general earthworks 2372099 2474714 2426691 •Cowlanes & farm tracks •Subdivisions &siteworks •Laser Level Accuracy •Driveways Richard Egden 0<strong>21</strong> 115 3689 www.wekaearthmoving.co.nz Earthmoving arewarding career Have you ever considered acareer in the earthmoving sector? Earthmoving machine operators use digging machines suchasbulldozers or graders to move, shapeorlevel earth, rock and rubble. Operatorsmay use global positioning systems (GPS), plansand diagrams to organise theirwork. They operate largeearthmoving vehicles such as bulldozers, gradersor excavators to excavateearth and other materials andload it on to trucks. Pay forearthmoving machineoperators dependsonlocationand experience. New earthmoving machineoperators usuallyearn between $20 and $35 an hour, while experienced operatorsorthose with specialist skillsmay earn more. Incomesmay vary during the year,as they often worklonger hours in the summer and shorterhoursinthe winter, or when it is wet. Pay forearthmoving machineoperators who run theirown businessesvaries depending on the sizeand successoftheir business. More aboutthe sources of the pay information is available on the website careers.govt.nz Earthmoving machine operators need to have skills in operating and maintaining heavy machinery, aknowledge of different types of diggingattachments, aknowledge of safework practices and healthand safety regulations, the ability to readGPS, plans, diagrams anddrawings. Selfemployed earthmoving machine operators also need business skills. Operatorscan work up to 55 hours aweek in summerand dry periods, and shorter hours during winter and wet periods. They may do shift work, be on call, and work weekends. It involves outdoorswork, on farms,building sites, roads,quarries 2410273 ONLINE MEAT SALES MEAT2U.NZ HOME KILL &WILD GAME MEAT PROCESSING 313 0022 2320895 Earthmoving ... Arewarding career option. and otherplaces where earthisbeing moved, with operators working in most weather conditions andtravel to work sites may be required. To enterthe job you need aminimum of afull car driver’s licence. Employers usually prefer aclass2licence androllers, tracks and wheels (R, Tand W) endorsement. Operators need to pass preemployment medicaland drug tests, and apolice check. Employers may support you to get the licences and endorsements you need. These include heavy vehicle licences (classes 2to5), depending on the vehicle, and R, Tand Wendorsements. You can gain qualifications through a training programme and/or by having your existingexperienceassessed, including a SIZE MATTERS –KNOWLEDGE MATTERS MORE! DWYER LEWIS EARTHWORKS LTD General Farm Maintenence -Dairy Conversions -Effluent Pond Construction • Excavators -5x23 Tonne tracked excavators &2x14tonne wheeled excavators • Sakai 7tonne double drum vibrating roller &14tonne construction roller • On site screening of shingleproducts • 3x Graders • Transporter -permitted 47 tonne • Trucks • Komatsum a t s u D65BulldozerD 6 5 B u z e rfo forr P Pipelaying, e y ing , Tracking andLand Clearing. • Cat615 Scraper Shane Dwyer Ph 0274 661 025 Blue Lewis Ph 0275 258 358 PHOTO:FILE New ZealandCertificateinInfrastructure Works(levels 2and 3), or aNew Zealand Certificate in Civil or Infrastructure Works (level 4or5), if you havealeadership or supervisingrole. The chancesofgettingajob as an earthmoving machineoperator are good due to national and local government planstospendmore than $5 billion on transport eachyear until2028,with afocus on building and maintaining safer roads, walkways and cycleways. Anumber of earthmoving machine operatorsare also approaching retirement age, including 45 percentofbulldozer drivers,and 33% of grader drivers are over age 55. For more information, go to careers. govt.nz. Cup was empty, with nothing left to give ClarenceValley farmer Hamish Murray now knows the importance of soft skills for his family’s highcountry sheepand beef farm. The trigger for this was when he went through one of the region’s toughest droughts in 201415. ‘‘My cup was empty; Ihad nothing left to give,’’ he says. ‘‘WhenIreached emotionalbreaking point, it was obviousthattobe successful atleading others,Ineeded to lookatmyselffirst. ‘‘Soft skills aren’t atypical priority onfarm, but they matter the most if you want to attract, trainand retain the best team.’’ Mr Murray is sharing hisexperience at BluffStation, in the Clarence River Valley,aspartofanew initiative funded by the Ministryfor Primary Industries to have more great workplacesinthefood and fibre sector. Knowing he had to makeachange, he joined aseriesofcoachingcourses, foundmentorsand did aNuffield scholarship. He thenshared thiswith his team. ‘‘I worked out what Ican controlor change,and whatIcan’t,’’ he says. ‘‘I learnt how to ask better andmore openquestions.Wecreated ateam, not ahierarchy. ‘‘Accessing some verypractical and powerful resources,improved my wellbeing, grewour staff’sselfawareness,and madeour family business abetterplace to work.’’ The Great Workplaces initiative is being led by theGrowing New Zealand /Primary Industry CapabilityAlliance (Pica) afterbeing developedwiththe helpofindustry organisations. Picachiefexecutive Dr Michelle Glogau said theproject promoted peopleand initiativesalready leading the way. ‘‘It’s away to sharetheir ideas and knowledge,and inspire other employers, managers andbusiness ownersworking in food andfibre,’’ she said. Farmersand others canaccess personal storiesand insights as well as leadershipand coaching courses, staff training,and personality profiling. 2452559
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