The Daily Reflector

Heavy Equipment Operator Training Program launching this fall

WILKESBORO — Wilkes Community College is pleased to announce the launch of a Heavy Equipment Operator Training Program, designed to equip individuals with the essential skills and knowledge needed to ...
The Shelby Star

Shelby-area students can get a boost in lineworker academy

Cleveland Community College, The Forward Fund to help students in the Electrical Lineworker Academy and the Heavy Equipment ...
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 ...
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 ...
For Construction Pros

[VIDEO] Both Students and Employers Benefit from Heavy Equipment Operator Training

Jay Schmul, chief instructor for Associated Training Services, a heavy equipment operator training school in Sun Prairie, WI, shares the benefits of its training programs to both the school’s students ...
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, ...
WCAX3

VR training helps heavy equipment operators build skills

EAST MONTPELIER, Vt. (WCAX) - A crew is hard at work loading up dump trucks on a virtual jobsite as part of the Associated General Contractors of Vermont’s newest piece of machinery -- a heavy ...
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 ...
Construction Equipment

Finding Success with Operator Care Programs

Reprinted with the permission of Equipment Manager magazine, the magazine of the Association of Equipment Management Professionals. Heavy construction companies know all too well the differences ...
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 ...
Post and Courier

Georgetown County creates apprenticeship program for heavy equipment operators

GEORGETOWN — Georgetown officials hope a new apprenticeship program for heavy equipment operators will help the county recruit and retain vital workers in a competitive job market. The public works ...