Public Maintenance Machinery Operators
Job description
These individuals drive vehicles whose purpose is to maintain, clear, and ensure the proper functioning of public utilities (sewers, garbage, electricity, etc.).
Environment
- Equipment, machinery, tools
- Vehicle or passenger compartment
- Odours
- Humidity
- Noise
- Vibration
Main tasks
- Collect garbage, compost, and recyclable materials and transport them to designated areas.
- Remove sand and garbage from the streets.
- Clear snow from streets, parking lots, and similar areas.
- Maintain and repair the sewage systems.
- Spread sand on roads.
- Cut down trees and clear vegetation near power lines.
- Make sure the power poles are in good condition.
- Locate utility networks and underground pipes.
- Maintain and clean service vehicles.
- Inform (a) supervisor of any defects.
Advancement and mobility
- Experience leads to supervisory positions.
Hourly wage
The hourly wage is calculated by averaging wages from 2022 to 2024.- Minimum
- $21.08
- Median
- $25.50
- Maximum
- $35.00
Job prospects for 2024-2028
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Job prospects for 2024-2028
Job prospects
All of Québec
Good
All of Québec
Non available
Total jobs for 2023
All of Québec
3,000
All of Québec
na
Gender distribution
All of Québec
Not available.
- 6.3% Female
- 93.7% Male
Not available.
- 6.3% Female
- 93.7% Male
Job types
All of Québec
Not available.
- Full time
- Part time
Not available.
- Full time
- Part time
Yearly wage on 2020
All of Québec
$61,600
All of Québec
Other characteristics
All of Québec
- Non traditional for women
- None
All of Québec
- Non traditional for women
- None
Sectors of activity
All of Québec
Not available.
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NAICS 9145% of jobs
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NAICS 55, 5637% of jobs
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NAICS 48, 497% of jobs
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NAICS 234% of jobs
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NAICS 412% of jobs
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Others5% of jobs
All of Québec
Not available.
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NAICS 9145% of jobs
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NAICS 55, 5637% of jobs
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NAICS 48, 497% of jobs
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NAICS 234% of jobs
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NAICS 412% of jobs
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Others5% of jobs
Training and requirements
Formation
No specific training
Sometimes required
- A few years of secondary school education may be required.
- Experience as a Public Maintenance Labourer usually required.
Main skills and characteristics
Skills
- Data collection
- Operations and control
- Monitoring operations
- Coordination
- Result evaluation
- Information processing
- Active listening
- Oral expression
- Solving complex problems
Abilities
- Limb coordination
- Control accuracy
- Oral comprehension
- Static muscle power
- Response orientation
- Awareness of issues
- Hand-arm stability
- Auditory attention
- Manual dexterity
- Near vision
- Selective attention
- Digital dexterity
- Endurance
- Core strength
- Verbal skills
- Information organization
- Physical flexibility in extension
- Processing flexibility
- Reaction time
- Distance vision
- Visualization
- Speech clarity
- Classification
- Speed control
- Time sharing
- Depth perception
- Deductive reasoning
- Inductive reasoning
- Perception speed
- Speech recognition
Knowledge and attributes
- Capacity to work under pressure
- Focussed on results
- Capacity to adapt
- Capacity to work in a team
- Versatility
- Respect standards and regulations
- Assiduity and punctuality
- Availability
- Tolerance to routine work
- Timeliness
Interests
- Work in transportation and maintenance
- Work manually
- Work outdoors
Personality profiles (RIASEC)
- Realistic
- People with this profile prefer carrying out concrete tasks and being physically involved in what they do.
- Enterprising
- People with this profile prefer having responsibilities, influencing others and responding to challenges.
- Conventional
- People with this profile prefer specific, well-defined tasks. They like to respect the order of things and follow established rules.
Official name of the NOC 74205
Public works maintenance equipment operators and related workers
Job titles
- Electrical forester
- Collection truck driver - public works
- Garbage collector - driver
- Street sweeper operator
- Highway snowplow operator
- Sprinkling truck driver - public works
- Sewer-flushing truck operator
- Sanding truck operator - public works
- Snow removal equipment operator - public works
- Recycling truck driver
- Sewer flusher operator-driver - public works
- Street flusher operator
- Sand spreader operator
- Salt truck operator
- Equipment operator - municipal public work
- Mechanical sweeper operator - public works
- Road snowplow operator - public works
- Sewer jet cleaner operator - public works
- Sewer-pipe-cleaning machine operator - public works
- Maintenance equipment operator - public works
- Municipal maintenance equipment operator
- Public works maintenance equipment operator
- Highway snow removal equipment operator
- Urban snow removal equipment operator - public works
- Drain roto servicer - public works
- Municipal servicer drain roto
Skill type
Trades, transport and equipment operators and related occupations
Last update: January 29, 2026
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