Start or Enhance Your Career in Heavy Construction
Become a heavy equipment operator and earn an NCCER industry-recognized credential! The Heavy Equipment Operator program has been developed to meet the growing employment demands for equipment operators. Start or enhance your career in the high-demand field of heavy construction.
Training Benefits
- 2 month nationally recognized credential
- Evening and weekend training available
- Short fast-track training to quickly gain skills
- Guarantee to interview with hiring companies
- Safe hands-on simulator learning with on the job experiences
- Experience a variety of on-the-job circumstances and equipment
- Experienced instructors
- State-of-the-art equipment
- Training program endorsed by the Heavy Construction Contractors Association
Employment Outlook
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Guarantee to Interview
Upon successful completion of the Heavy Equipment Operator Training Program, individuals not currently employed in this field will be guaranteed an interview with HR personnel from several local construction companies.*
Companies Include:
- Total Development Solutions, LLC
- The Anderson Company, LLC
- S.W. Rodgers Company, Inc.
- Superior Paving Corp.
- Shirley Contracting Company, LLC
- The Kauffman Group, Inc.
- William A. Hazel, Inc.
- Perry Engineering Company, Inc.
- Branch Civil, Inc.
- Wagman Heavy Civil, Inc.
- Atlantic Contracting & Material Company, Inc.
- Finley Asphalt and Concrete, Inc.
*Guaranteed interviews are based on those companies actively recruiting new hires.
Our “guarantee to interview” opportunities with premier local employers are not only a great foot-in-the-door for successful students, but most of these employers also offer additional training for students/employees once they are onboard at their organization.
Heavy Equipment Operator Level 1
Fast-Track Career Training Program
This class serves as the first level of training in the Heavy Equipment Operator program. Students will learn the following content: orientation to the trade, heavy equipment safety, identification of heavy equipment, basic operational techniques, utility tractors, introduction to earthmoving, grades, and interpreting civil drawings.
Heavy Equipment Operator Level 2
Fast-Track Career Training Program
This class serves as the second level of training in the Heavy Equipment Operator program. Students will learn the following content: Introduction to the heavy highway trade, trucks, heavy equipment, cranes, and forklifts, below grade construction, earth moving, plant operations, paving, structures, and site work.
HCCA Heavy Equipment Operator Scholarship Application
The Heavy Construction Contractors Association (HCCA) is pleased to offer this scholarship to assist aspiring Heavy Equipment Operators to obtain the necessary training and accreditation to obtain entry-level employment in the Heavy Equipment Operator profession.
