How to become an Earthmoving and Related Plant Operator
Official title: Earthmoving and Related Plant Operators
Earthmoving and related plant operators operate machines that excavate, push, level, spread and compact soil, rock and similar material on land surfaces, hillsides, riverbeds and coasts.
Main tasks
- Operate excavators to dig and move soil, rock, gravel, rubble and similar material
- Operate trenchers to dig trenches for sewers, drains, water mains, oil and gas pipelines and similar conduits
- Operate bulldozers to move, spread and level soil, sand, snow and other material
- Operate dredges to remove sand, gravel and mud from under water
- Operate pile drivers to drive timber, concrete and steel piles into the ground
- Operate road rollers to compact and level paving materials on roads, footpaths and similar surfaces
- Operate paving machines to lay concrete, asphalt or tar products on roads and other surfaces
Ways in
- Technical college: Technician certificate: Heavy equipment operation. National technician skill test (技術士技能檢定) run by the Workforce Development Agency, trade 070 重機械操作. Tested at a single level (單一級). Peernovo links this trade to the occupation.
Pay · Outlook · AI and this job
- Average pay: NT$606,000 a year
- Demand for Machine operators and assemblers jobs is projected at about 1,647,000 in 2024 and about 1,698,000 in 2030. (+3.1%)
- Generative AI can do relatively little of this work, by the ILO's global estimate.
Related jobs
- Mobile Farm and Forestry Plant Operators
- Crane, Hoist and Related Plant Operators
- Other Mobile Plant Operators
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Questions people ask
How do I become an Earthmoving and Related Plant Operator?
Ways in include: Technician certificate: Heavy equipment operation.
How much does an Earthmoving and Related Plant Operator earn in Taiwan?
Average pay is NT$606,000 a year (Ministry of Labor, Department of Statistics).
Is an Earthmoving and Related Plant Operator a growing career in Taiwan?
Demand for this job family is projected to change 3.1% from 2024 to 2030 (National Development Council).
Will AI change the work of an Earthmoving and Related Plant Operator?
Generative AI can do relatively little of this work, by the ILO's global estimate.
Sources
- Ministry of Labor, Department of Statistics: Occupational Wage Survey (職類別薪資調查) (2025 survey (July 2025 monthly, 2024 annual), released 2026-05-29), Open Government Data License, version 1.0, retrieved 4 October 2026
- National Development Council: Final manpower demand projections by occupation (職業別最終人力需求推估) (2025 to 2030 (base 2024), 13 job families), CC BY 4.0, retrieved 4 October 2026
- International Labour Organization, Generative AI and Jobs: A Refined Global Index of Occupational Exposure (ILO Working Paper 140, Gmyrek et al.) (ILO Working Paper 140, May 2025, Annex Table A1), CC BY 4.0, retrieved 4 October 2026
Updated 4 October 2026