Heavy Equipment Operator Career Guide and Counseling

Question: Can you train to become a heavy equipment operator? What if you have no prior experience but want to start? Is that possible? What training to you have to go through? What sort of money can you make being a heavy equipment operator?

Answer: Contact your local Operating Engineers' Union hall and they can give you information on local training, apprenticeship programs, labor market conditions and hourly wages by type of equipment operated. Or you can go to your military recruiter, they are always looking for people interested in operating heavy equipment. They'll; train you, feed you, cloth you and pay you.

Question: How to become a heavy equipment operator? I really want to be a heavy equipment operator but I don't have time or money to go to school to do it. Is there any other way to learn?

Answer: Join the Army.

Question: What do you have to do to become an heavy equipment operator? I live in Illinois and I am wondering what you have to do to become a heavy equipment operator. Such as schooling, training, and so on.

Answer: usually just need to take a test and get certified.

Question: What's the best way to get a job as an electrician or heavy equipment operator? I wanted to start a job as an Apprentice Electrician or a Heavy Equipment Operator. There are no unions here in Denver that I can find for either career. I don't have any inside connections, and I don't have a college education. I have tried Craigslist but most companies want someone with experience. So, how do I get experience if I need experience to get experience? Thanks for your help with either electrical or heavy equipment.

Answer: Follow the link below and you'll find the info you're looking for. Go to the job page and you'll also see current listings. Good luck.

Question: Do you have to have a driver's license to be a heavy equipment operator? Do you have to have a driver's license to be a heavy equipment operator? My boyfriend does not have a driver's license but he wants to be a heavy equipment operator. Is that possible?

Answer: A drivers license is not required by law, but he will need to trained and have a license/certified (required by insurance not law) for the equipment he will be using. But many employers will require a DL or CDL for employment. have him contact a heavy equipment dealer for whats common in your area. CDL is for Commercial trucks operated on public roads. since bulldozers and the like are not operated on public roads, no DL is required by law.

Question: IS THERE A REALLY GOOD HEAVY EQUIPMENT OPERATOR SCHOOL IN LAS VEGAS? My husband wants to be a heavy equipment operator he has worked construction for the past five years. I have tried to look on the internet for something and found nothing please can someone help us? Any info would be greatly appreciated.

Answer: yes i have a 4 week school backhoe lader bobcat domptruck my name is adam give me a call 702-361-0989

Question: what battalion or brigade would a heavy equipment operator belong to in the US Army? Im enlisting into the army and want to be a heavy equipment operator. im trying to do more research on the computer about where ait school will be at. today is sunday and the recruiters office is closed so i cant get an answer from him and im anxious. any help would be great. thanks

Answer: Look up Combat Engineers.

Question: I have a friend who wants to be a heavy-equipment operator. Any advice on how to do this? He lives in Canada and has no experience in heavy equipment operating. I know he need to get a CDL if he is to work in NY, but not sure about the Canada laws. he doesn't have thousands to spend on going to a school first, besides I've heard that most operators find them a joke and they advise to learn on the job. Does anyone know of any resources where he can find companies that will train him on the job? I really don't know anything about the field at all, but really want to help him out. He wants to make a career out of it, not just a part time job, what would be the best way for him to start?

Answer: Your friend does not need a CDL unless it his intention to move the equipment from one location to another. Most companies have people, other than their operators to move equipment. He needs training. If he does not have the funds to go to for training, he may want to consider getting an entry job for a company that will train him. I would look at smaller companies. Most of these companies would start him on a front end loader to get his hand-eye coordination where it needs to be. If her were living in the States and a citizen he could be eligible for training grant, but have no knowledge about Canada.

Question: what is the easiest way to certified as a heavy equipment operator? I have experience with several different pieces of heavy equipment, just want to become certified.

Answer: I guess you are too serious to want to hear anything like "Keep eating till you break the 300 pound barrier" as a way to be a heavy equipment operator. If not then go with the previous answerer who has the serious reply.

Question: how much can a union heavy Equipment operator make start ting out as an apprentice/? I was wanting to try and get in the union as an operator or maybe eelectricianI was told by someone on here Electricians.makes the most.but how much more than an operator?IM in the low country of Sc not much union here but may move to WV?

Answer: If you want to make top dollar running heavy equipment move to Alaska. They get $50 an hour in some places.