I operate 35-50 tonne front loaders,
bobcat,
3+ tonne tele handler
20 tonne non slewing crane
Job pays decent but that is only because of the hours i do.
Apparently i am one of the best operators on any of the 3 sites despite only doing it for a few years, i drove tractors before getting into the mines which says a lot about the quality of people considering my dumb arse is what they look for in operators.
My site alone has been through half a dozen people in the last few weeks who had tickets and said they could operate that were fired within a few days because they were going to get themselves or someone else killed with no idea how to operate a loader.
Stuff like how to dig into pic related without it being dangerous, i do like me a good brickslide.