For Construction Pros

Heavy Equipment Operator Program Helping to Advance Careers in Construction

In 2011, only 13% of construction business owners reported cost and availability of labor as a significant problem. Fast forward to 2020 and the share increased to 85%. That means in any given month, ...
Waste Advantage Magazine

The Power of Skill: Why Well Trained Heavy Equipment Operators Are Essential in Transfer Stations and Landfills

As waste volumes grow and facilities face increasing regulatory scrutiny, the importance of operator training has never been greater. Investing in ...
WRBL

Jordan Vocational High School tries new pilot program for heavy equipment operation

COLUMBUS, Ga. (WRBL) – Jordan Vocational High School has a new Heavy Equipment Operator Training Program that started around the beginning of the school year. It prepares students for careers in ...
Construction Equipment

How Simulators Help Meet Demand for Heavy Equipment Operators

effectively to a student training on a Cat Simulators system. The U.S. Bureau of Labor projects more than 50,800 new heavy equipment operator positions will be added to the U.S. workforce every year ...
For Construction Pros

Heavy Equipment Operator Training Starts June 20 in Las Vegas

There's a new venue for learning how to operate heavy equipment. Dig This Las Vegas, billed as the "world’s first heavy equipment playground," is opening its Dig This Academy, an entry-level heavy ...
KTLA

Lincoln Tech Introduces Heavy Equipment Operator Training

Parsippany, NJ, Nov. 14, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Lincoln Educational Services Corporation (NASDAQ: LINC), a national leader in specialized technical training for more than 75 years, has introduced ...
NBC Montana

FVCC receives 5K grant to support heavy equipment operator program

KALISPELL, Mont. — The Flathead Valley Community College received a $5,000 grant to support the college's Heavy Equipment Operator program. The grant was funded through the Weyerhaeuser Giving Fund, ...
Business Insider

CASE and Team Rubicon Elevate Partnership With Expansion of Heavy Equipment Operator Training

RACINE, Wis., Aug. 10, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Last fall, CASE Construction Equipment asked its dealers to help support a new initiative with Team Rubicon: train more volunteers to operate heavy ...
T&D

City of Toledo Trains Heavy Equipment Operators with Simulators

In Toledo, Ohio, the Department of Public Service and the Department of Public Utilities together employ more than 75 heavy equipment operators to run the municipality’s equipment fleet. From motor ...
WATE 6 On Your Side

TCAT students get equipment operator experience by using VR

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WATE) — The Tennessee College of Applied Technology Knoxville is answering a call directly from the local construction industry. The college’s heavy equipment operator training ...
WestCentralOnline

Great Plains College launches heavy equipment operator program in Kindersley

Great Plains College is introducing a new heavy equipment operator program at its Kindersley campus, with the six-week course ...
OPB

Heavy equipment meets virtual training at Oregon’s only women’s prison

Kristyna Wentz-Graff / OPB In a dimly-lit, narrow trailer in Wilsonville, a handful of women sit in large moving chairs, with their hands on gear shifts and their feet on pedals. They’re operating ...