Heavy Equipment Training Course is 8 weeks long. Three hundred twenty (320) clock hours. Approximately 50% of the course is spent in the field and 50% in the classroom.

Graduates are qualified to operate backhoes, trackhoes, dozers, scrapers, graders and loaders in construction and maintenance fields. In addition to Heavy Equipment Operation, graduates are qualified to perform jobs in site-preparation, set-up, flaggers, grade-checking and survey crews.

No sharing equipment after first 4 days of instruction. Approximately 4 hours operating your own equipment daily. Direct hands-on operation of backhoes, trackhoes, bulldozers, loaders, graders and scrapers. Students will spend approximately 50% of training time in the field doing designed projects, including set-up, grade checking, cut and fill and preventative maintenance. Each student will specialize in 2 pieces of equipment.

Classroom time consists of engineering, safety, applied math and volume computations. Surveying training consists in use of transit levels, chain and rod, plumb bob and hand-sight levels. Actual projects are surveyed throughout the student tenure. Students perform all projects under the supervision of instructors who advise and guide them, as needed. Construction conditions exist to train students in a work atmosphere.

Current course costs: $7,687.75

Specialty Extension Add-On Training (SEAT)

Pre-requisites: Graduated from Heavy Equipment Operator Course

This program provides additional hands-on machine time. Graduates of our Heavy Equipment Operator Course will perform various excavation tasks on 2 (two) additional types of equipment. All hours will be spent in the field, progressively completing assignments, tasks, and projects that are applicable in the workforce. Additional NCCER credentials may be earned during this course.

Length: 4 weeks (160hrs)

Current course costs: $ 5,900.00

Coordinated Excavation Team Operations (CETOPS)

Pre-requisites: Graduated from Heavy Equipment Operator Course

This course allows Heavy Equipment Operator Gradutaes to maximize their training by working as part of an excavating team and putting their operating skills to use in realistic working conditions. This course is an excellent opportunity for those with little or no previous construction site experience to obtain a very realistic "feel" for what to expect when hired onto a job site. Beginning with blueprints and an unprepared site, the team completes all project layout, grading, and excavation tasks required for a bulding project. Basic surveying skills, rough and finish grading, road building, utilities trenching, setting culverts, material handling, and digging foundations all come together in this project. Additional NCCER credentials may be earned during this course.

Length: 4 weeks (160 hrs)

Current course costs: $5,900.00

We are proud of our successful training programs; after all, we have trained men and women in vocational careers since 1959. If you have any questions regarding any of our programs, please call us toll free 1-800-755-5477