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 ...

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 ...

To help meet the industry’s persistent demand for heavy equipment operators, Local 150 of the International Union of Operating Engineers has gone virtual. Facing a bottleneck in getting apprentices ...

The U.S. Army Reserve’s 80th Training Command Total Army Service School (80TTC) located at Fort Hunter Liggett (FHL), and the Garrison’s Directorate of Public Works have once again partnered on ...

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 ...

Heavy equipment tools can make the difference between a smooth workday and a pricey disaster. Operating massive machinery worth hundreds of thousands of dollars without proper preparation isn't just ...

SAN BERNARDINO >> Bulldozers. Excavators. Backhoes. This wasn’t your typical classroom. The hum of the behemoth earth-moving vehicles enveloped the students here. As dust kicked up from the work, a ...

The evolution of heavy and specialized hauling has followed manufacturers “pushing the limits of what can be on the interstates and the highways,” said Erik Thompson, in sales for Daily Express. Items ...

New technologies make it easier than ever for construction companies to maximize the productivity and efficiency of their two biggest investments: heavy equipment and operators. That’s more important ...

T he risks posed to heavy equipment operators in certain situations can often limit the type of work they can perform. Hazardous materials, unstable subsurfaces and other site conditions can limit ...

Did you play with toy tractors and cranes when you were a kid? Construction equipment operators get to work with the real things and earn more money as they master each piece of equipment. But this ...