One of the biggest challenges that construction companies face today is the shortage of skilled workers. “They are unable to find qualified operators that they can put in a piece of equipment [and be ...

Nine students in the Heavy Equipment Operator Training Program at Kennebec Valley Community College worked on advanced ...

“We’re seeing a growing preference for smaller equipment, as well as more and more mini excavators working near utility lines,” said Trin Ruiz, SPM at CM Labs, in a statement. “We wanted to develop a ...

A new technical school has opened its doors in the Portneuf Valley, and local business leaders are calling it “the first of its kind in Idaho.” The Pocatello-Chubbuck Chamber of Commerce held a ribbon ...

EAST MONTPELIER, Vt. (WCAX) - A crew is hard at work loading up dump trucks on a virtual jobsite as part of the Associated General Contractors of Vermont’s newest piece of machinery -- a heavy ...

Keeping excavator operating costs down depends not only on managers doing the blocking and tackling such as routine maintenance, but also on taking advantage of ever-evolving technologies such as ...

FAIRFIELD - Usually construction companies compete against each other to get jobs, but that's not always the case.

The Jones County Junior College Workforce Development College is offering training for jobs as an entry-level Heavy Equipment Operator. The class will meet at the JCJC Advanced Technology Center in ...

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 ...