Excavator Training

Excavators are used in many ways:

Digging of trenches, holes, foundations
Material handling
Brush cutting with hydraulic attachments
Forestry work
Demolition
General grading/landscaping
Heavy lift, e.g. lifting and placing of pipes
Mining, especially, but not only open-pit mining
River dredging
Driving piles, in conjunction with a Pile Driver

Source: Wikipedia