Maximizing the productivity and cost effectiveness of construction equipment is the foremost objective of maintenance managers. To reduce unscheduled downtime and cost, they use a sophisticated ...

Did you play with toy tractors and cranes when you were a kid? Construction equipment operators get to work with the real things and earn more money as they master each piece of equipment. But this ...

Seasoned equipment operators can probably share a few horror stories about their time behind the controls of heavy equipment when they first started out. For many, working in the chill or heat and ...

Five employees from the Virginia Department of Transportation’s Culpeper District earned championship trophies at the annual equipment operators’ competition on June 1 and 2. The event, known as the ...

If Mark Huempfner could find a qualified heavy equipment operator, he'd hire him. "For equipment operators, it seems like an ongoing process trying to find good, qualified people," said Huempfner, ...

There's a new venue for learning how to operate heavy equipment. Dig This Las Vegas, billed as the "world’s first heavy equipment playground," is opening its Dig This Academy, an entry-level heavy ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WAVE) - The best of the best from the Metro Public Works competed in a two-day showdown. They have been competing in the annual State Equipment Operators’ Safety and Training ...

Medical equipment, from computed tomography scanners to surgical tools, is becoming more and more sophisticated. The rapid infusion of technology has generated incredible advancements in patient care; ...

Every equipment operator, regardless of skill level and experience, comes to the table with different strengths and weaknesses. Across the board, however, employers and training organizations are ...