If you work in construction, you know that working on a construction site can be one of the most dangerous and hazardous jobs out there. On average, there are nearly 150,000 injuries on the job each ...

In 2011, only 13% of construction business owners reported cost and availability of labor as a significant problem. Fast forward to 2020 and the share increased to 85%. That means in any given month, ...

This massive construction scene shows an operator controlling heavy machinery from inside a modern cabin. Equipped with ...

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 ...

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 ...

SAN BERNARDINO >> Bulldozers. Excavators. Backhoes. This wasn’t your typical classroom. The hum of the behemoth earth-moving vehicles enveloped the students here. As dust kicked up from the work, a ...

Kristyna Wentz-Graff / OPB In a dimly-lit, narrow trailer in Wilsonville, a handful of women sit in large moving chairs, with their hands on gear shifts and their feet on pedals. They’re operating ...

Watch 75 of the biggest and most powerful heavy equipment machines in action as they perform extreme tasks at a level you’ve never seen before. From giant excavators tearing through the earth and ...

Conversions from hourly rate r: Base annual (40 hrs/wk): \( \text{Annual}_{40} = 2{,}080 \times r \) Typical OT annual (60 hrs/wk, 20 hrs at 1.5×): \( \text{Annual ...