BE A PROFESSIONAL PILE DRIVER

What Is a Pile Driver?

These are the people who work with pile-driving rigs.  These rigs are machines that look like cranes, but shake the ground as they drive metal, concrete, or wood pilings into the earth during the early stages of construction.  Usually the first workers at the construction site, they drive metal sheet piling to hold back dirt during excavations.   If you like working outside with large equipment, heavy materials, and sometimes under extreme weather conditions, then you'll like the hearty occupation of the pile driver.

What Types of Jobs are Done by Pile Drivers?

Pile drivers, as the name implies, drive concrete and metal piling as part of the foundation system upon which skyscrapers are built, and they drive wood and concrete piling to hold up docks, wharves and bridges.  In some cases they work on off-shore oil rigs and as commercial divers involved in underwater construction.  Pile drivers are usually involved in the installation of heavy timbers requiring the use of cranes and the skill of rigging.  Pile drivers are frequently called upon to cut, join, and fasten metal construction materials using welding equipment and oxy-acetylene torches.

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