This training outline for shovel operators, one in a series of eight outlines, is designed primarily for company training foremen or supervisors and for trainers to use as an industry-wide guideline for heavy equipment operator training in open pit mining in British Columbia. Intended as a guide for preparation of lesson plans both for classroom and on-the-job training activities, this outline is divided into eight modules. Each module is based on 3 to 14 objectives. For each objective, key points and procedures are outlined. Module topics are basic safety and operating rules, communications, indicators and controls, pre-start and operational checks, basic operation, shovel production, lubrication and service, and special assignments. A skill profile chart is attached. (YLB)