St. Paul Public Schools has officially opened a what the district calls a sandbox classroom, but it’s not for little kids.

I can’t even drive a remote control car well. I constantly crash, then I get frustrated, and I stop. So the idea of operating heavy machinery like excavators and dump trucks via remote control both ...

BIG SPRING, Texas — Howard college in big spring is using new technology to get students ahead of the game when it comes to jobs that use heavy machinery, which applies to a lot of different jobs in ...

Did you like to play with big toy trucks when you were a kid? Do you dream of operating heavy equipment for a living? Now's your chance to train to become an operating engineer. The Operating Engineer ...

effectively to a student training on a Cat Simulators system. The U.S. Bureau of Labor projects more than 50,800 new heavy equipment operator positions will be added to the U.S. workforce every year ...

WILMINGTON, NC (WWAY) — Cape Fear Community College announces the launch of a new Heavy Equipment Operator course designed to prepare students for high-demand careers in the construction and ...

Wildland firefighting is a coordinated effort. Like players on a sports team or musicians in an orchestra, hand crews, smokejumpers, water tenders, fire engines, helicopters, airtankers, and heavy ...

The U.S. Army Reserve’s 80th Training Command Total Army Service School (80TTC) located at Fort Hunter Liggett (FHL), and the Garrison’s Directorate of Public Works have once again partnered on ...

T he risks posed to heavy equipment operators in certain situations can often limit the type of work they can perform. Hazardous materials, unstable subsurfaces and other site conditions can limit ...

A fun Friday field trip for students in the Minnesota Virtual Academy. Nearly 80 of them stopped by the Local 49 Training Center in Hinckley. They’ve been taking online classes about heavy equipment.

In 2021, the construction industry reported the highest number of fatal work injuries in the private sector—many of which resulted from preventable accidents. The key to preventing these accidents is ...

Not enough people are stepping up to the excavator, dozer or backhoe, and that’s a big problem when the economy is fueling a need for heavy equipment operators. “We’ve seen an alarming decline in the ...