Heavy Equipment Operations & Basic Maintenance

Heavy Equipment Operations and Basic Maintenance

Prepare for your career by learning to operate, troubleshoot, and maintain heavy equipment. You’ll also gain the skills to interpret blueprints and site plans for site development and collaborate in a team setting.

construction student using heavy excavating equipment
Program At a Glance:
  • Brownstown
  • Justin Findley
  • CIP Code: 49.0202

Core Skills

  • VA 100 Safety in Heavy Equipment
  • VA 200 Hand Tools
  • VA 300 Introduction for Power Tools
  • VA 400 Basic Rigging
  • VA 500 Employability Skills
  • VA 600 Heavy Equipment Safety
  • VA 700 Preventative Maintenance
  • VA 800 Major Division 8 Grades
  • VA 900 Major Division 9 Dump Trucks
  • VA 1000 Vibratory Rollers
  • VA 1100 Skid Steel Rollers
  • VA 1200 Crawler Loaders
  • VA 1300 Wheel Loaders
  • VA 1400 Dozers
  • VA 1500 Backhoe Loader
  • VA 1600 Excavators
Full Heavy Equipment Operations Task List

Certifications You’ll Earn

Safety comes first! Students will earn their OSHA Certification at the beginning of the year to understand all of the safety regulations for their lab space.

Our articulation agreement with ABC Keystone allows students who complete our Heavy Equipment Operations Program to enter into year two of an ABC employee-sponsored apprenticeship.

Learn about all formal instruction topics needed to earn a forklift license and safely operate Class I–VII forklifts.

Learn how to safely and effectively direct traffic, use hand signals and flagging devices, identify hazards, and respond during emergencies.

Career Pathways

Heavy Equipment Operator

Operate power construction equipment—like motor graders, bulldozers, scrapers, compressors, pumps, derricks, shovels, tractors, and front-end loaders—to move earth, erect structures, and pour concrete (or other hard surface pavement). You may also repair and maintain equipment in addition to your other duties.

Paving & Surface Equipment Operators

Operate equipment used to lay or repair road beds, parking lots, and airport runways. This career pathway includes concrete and asphalt paving machine operators, form tampers, tamping machine operators, and stone spreader operators.

Highway Maintenance Worker

Maintain highways, roads, airport runways, and rights-of-way. Duties include patching broken or eroded pavement and repairing guard rails, highway markers, and snow fences. You may also mow or clear brush from along roads or plow snow from roadways.

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