Tag: equipment operators

Dealers

Equipment Roundup: Cat intros 78L engine; Manitou launches its largest telehandler; Robot dog could become ultimate jobsite companion; LiuGong intros 9018F excavator; Equipment Operators Sound Off

VIDEO: Equipment Operators Sound Off on Green Operators, Machine Tech, Cat Operator Challenge During the North American Finals of its Global Operator Challenge, Caterpillar invited four operators that took part in the competition to talk about their experiences competing. But the conversation also included their opinions on finding new operators, using machine control and other […]

December 23, 2019

Safety

HDE’s new Lookout detector warns equipment operators to prevent electrocution

The Lookout Voltage Detection Network from HDE will help equipment industry operators avoid dangerous energized conductors. More on Equipment World.

October 23, 2019

Construction Equipment

New, sweeping aerial lift standards to take effect in one year

Long-expected, major changes to standards over-seeing aerial lifts have now been published and will take effect in December 2019. Read more on Equipment World.

December 24, 2018

Driver/operator coaching/training

Ditch Witch claims first virtual-reality training kit for HDD operators

Ditch Witch officially introduces the first virtual-reality simulator for training operators. Learn more about the virtual reality training simulator here.

October 30, 2018

Construction Equipment

Operators, utility crews square off at 2018 National Gas Rodeo

Case Construction Equipment put together a great overview video of the rodeo with some great overhead and up-close views of the competitions! Check it out here.

October 11, 2018

Roadbuilding

Contractors end lockout of Mich. union equipment operators

A lockout of union equipment operators and technicians by a contractors group in Michigan has ended -- so now work can resume on major road projects in the state.

October 1, 2018

Roadbuilding

Contractors lock out union operators, techs from Mich. road jobs, halting major projects

Michigan Infrastructure and Transportation Association started the lockout September 4 after the union had been negotiating with independent contractors.

September 25, 2018

Driver/operator coaching/training

Amid shortage of skilled laborers, Nev. contractors build operator training facility with high-tech simulators

Virtual-reality simulations will be the centerpiece of a new education and training facility that’s intended to provide a pipeline of sorely needed construction workers in Nevada. The heavy equipment operator training program will use the region’s first virtual reality construction heavy equipment simulators, according to the Nevada Chapter of the Associated General Contractors of America, […]

January 12, 2018

Roadbuilding

Transportation safety certificate seeks to curb work zone deaths

Alarmed at the statistic that 50,000 deaths and injuries occur each year in or around U.S. road and bridge construction sites, a national organization has developed a safety training certificate with the goal of creating incident-free transportation work zones worldwide. So far, 111 candidates have been listed as earning the Safety Certification for Transportation Project […]

November 24, 2017

Roadbuilding

Equipment operators, other positions go unfilled by Miss. DOT

The Mississippi Department of Transportation wants legislative help to fill 354 job vacancies, including for equipment operators, according to The (Jackson) Clarion-Ledger. MDOT Executive Director Melinda McGrath has asked the state legislature to give her flexibility to change employee positions and salaries and give performance-based compensation, the newspaper reports. McGrath told the state House’s Transportation […]

September 12, 2017

Roadbuilding

Three life-saving equipment operators among Caltrans employees honored with state’s top award

Four employees of the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) have received the Governor’s State Employee Medal of Valor Award, the top award for state public servants in California for showing “courage in the face of danger” while on duty. Gov. Edmund G. Brown Sr. first presented the awards in 1959, and roughly 600 state employees […]

April 18, 2016

Workforce

How a heavy equipment operator, mother of two went from no driver’s license to running her own construction crew

“What am I doing here?” That was Patricia Hook’s first question when she arrived at J. Pettiecord two years ago. The mother of two didn’t have a driver’s license or any construction experience, and she looked around the Des Moines, Iowa, contractor’s yard filled with heavy trucks and equipment, and “it kinda scared me.” Despite […]

January 29, 2015