Ethan Whitworth

Makakadi Mining Services,where i was hired at the time for when they had the contract with Agright doing chicken farms.

637g twin power/d8t dozer was the main two machines i operated. bulking cut to fill,push and pull,stripping topsoil,final trimming gps work for drains/chicken pads/roads aswell as recalm dams. Rippers to bind materials or to help with final trimming work. At other times ill be on the water-cart spraying dry materials to mix with to get the right compaction. Experience with service truck using fast fill and everything else that is provided to top up machine oils and blow out air filters. 330gc 33 ton excavator work doing service trenches/back filling, aswell as loading 740 dumptrucks for cut to fill operations.. was jumping around a bit when we had operator missing or machine breakdown.

started off on a catloader with scales loading trucks and filling out dockets for truck drivers once i got the feel of that it was 1 week on the loader and 1 week on a Hitachi 20 ton excavator for rotation. later in time i was setting up the topsoil screener self loading the excavator or loader and driving to new topsoil stockpiles to see if it was worth will screening to be sold. ended up running my own topsoil screening operation loading trucks and screening topsoil for the boss. we had 3 screening operations in the end.

TS14 Trex Twin Power Gps/D7 Bulldozer and scoop, was the two machines I operated for Dion Raddich. Subcontracted out to Hick bros/Dines/Bob hick or Glamzina and others.Earthworks operations for subdivisions.. Filling in galleys, working on step terrain, cut to fill,push pull,stripping topsoil,cutting roads out,forming batters,getting top loaded with wet materials, final trimming house lots,sent to other small jobs to finish them off with gps TS14, benching in to virgin ground for better binding.

I was hired as Motorscrapper operater and labourer in the wet season. the machines I operated are 615/623 elavators and D7 bulldozer/scoop, for different subdivisions job over the course of time i was there. labouring jobs that are involved are :laying drain coils for roading, laying down services and appropriate safety tapes,silt fences,safety fences,clothing spill ways,constructing D cants ,checking on flock box systems for water to run off the job to avoid shut down, hand mulching with hay or just cleaning up the oil shed or just general house keeping.

I started this job when I was 16 trained up from my Step Dad. 815K compactor was my first machine learning the feel of the machine how to get the right compaction and where the oils are and grease points, after that it was the same for the 740 Cat dumtruck later 615 and 631 open bowl getting push loaded for cut and fill operation (bulk work), aswell as the D7 bulldozer scoop. my old man at the time was a site supervisor but an ex motorscrapper operator,he passed down alot of knowledge down over the years. wet session labourer.