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: $7,687.74

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