Train to become a Heavy Equipment Operator in the Fast-Growing Construction Field
Construction is the largest service industry in the United States, 
and it is growing fast, with more roads, houses, apartments, and office buildings being built every day – and plenty more on the drawing boards. Contractors and construction firms have a constant need for qualified heavy-equipment operators, to help build all these highways and structures. Heavy equipment operators and small earth-moving contractors also work in the utilities industry, including telephone, electric, gas, and water companies.
There is no more important occupation in the United States than the heavy equipment operator. Without these people, we would have very limited roads, dams, bridges, housing, flood control, and very little mining, land clearing, conservation, landscaping, reclamation, land filling, logging, or pipelines.
National Training, Inc.’s Heavy Equipment Operator School will train you on four types of heavy equipment, qualifying you for a great job.
The opportunities in this field are excellent for properly trained individuals. Demand for qualified heavy equipment operators shows strong, consistent growth. For qualified operators, this means job security, diverse employment opportunities, great benefits, retirement plans and steady compensation.
RESIDENT TRAINING HOURS BREAKDOWN 4 WEEKS (TOTAL 208 HOURS)
Classroom Lessons and Descriptions
| Orientation | 2 |
| Introduction to Earthmoving | 3.5 |
| Loaders | 6 |
| Backhoes | 8 |
| Dozers | 8 |
| Excavators | 8 |
| Heavy Equipment Safety | 7.5 |
| Grades, Part One | 10 |
| Site Work | 14 |
| Job Placement Assistance | 4 |
| Class Graduation and Exit Interview | 1 |
| Total Classroom Theory | 72 |
| HANDS ON EQUIPMENT PROJECTS AND EXCERCISES Equipment Projects will utilize bulldozers, loaders, backhoes, and excavators. | |
| Loaders – Performance Tasks | 18 |
| Backhoes – Performance Tasks | 34 |
| Dozers – Performance Tasks | 34 |
| Excavators – Performance Tasks | 34 |
| Heavy Equipment Safety – Performance Tasks | 2 |
| Grades, Part One – Performance Tasks | 6 |
| Site Work – Performance Tasks | 8 |
| Total hands on equipment projects and exercises | 136 |
| TOTAL TRAINING HOURS | 208 |
Complete details of this course are contained in our Heavy Now Program Catalog. You can download a PDF version of it by clicking here.
HEAVY EQUIPMENT CLASS SCHEDULE:
September 9, 2019 October 4, 2019
October 7, 2019 November 1, 2019
November 4, 2019 November 29, 2019
November 25, 2019 December 20, 2019
January 6, 2020 January 31, 2020
February 3, 2020 February 28, 2020
March 2, 2020 March 27, 2020
March 30, 2020 April 24, 2020
April 27, 2020 May 22, 2020
May 25, 2020 June 19, 2020
June 22, 2020 July 17, 2020
July 20, 2020 August 14, 2020
August 17, 2020 September 11, 2020
September 14, 2020 October 9, 2020
October 12, 2020 November 6, 2020
November 9, 2020 December 4, 2020
