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If hired, part of your responsibility will be performing light maintenance on your equipment. How often do you like to grease your excavator?
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Krista Wenz has been on thousands of interview panels hiring EMS professionals and firefighters for public and private agencies.
The interviewer asks this question to see how serious you are about taking care of and maintaining your equipment. The company wants to hire an excavator operator that takes their job seriously and will keep the company's equipment running properly. Describe how often you grease your equipment depending on the work you are performing. For example, if you are doing light work, you may only grease your excavator once a shift. For heavier work, you might grease the equipment every four hours.
Krista Wenz has been on thousands of interview panels hiring EMS professionals and firefighters for public and private agencies.
You want to avoid saying you do not believe in performing maintenance or do not grease your equipment very often. If you do not take care of your equipment, the interviewer will think you are unreliable and not want to hire you. They are looking for an excavator operator that will take care of the company's equipment and investment.
Krista Wenz has been on thousands of interview panels hiring EMS professionals and firefighters for public and private agencies.
"I like to maintain my equipment and apply grease depending on the work I am doing. I always apply grease at the end of my shift after cleaning the equipment. If I am performing heavy work, I will apply grease every four to six hours, and for lighter work, every 8 hours or as needed."
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