Heavy Equipment Operating Engineers Apprenticeship - Community College of Allegheny County

Heavy Equipment Operating Engineers Apprenticeship from Community College of Allegheny County is a Campus Certificate Industrial Engineering degree that prepares you for a Engineering career. The four-year certificate program in Heavy Equipment Operating Engineers Apprenticeship offers qualifying applicants occupational training under the sponsorship of the local Joint Apprenticeship and Training Committee (JATC) of the Western Pennsylvania Operating Engineers. The cooperative component of this program involves lecture and laboratory classes for 45 academic credits. A student may apply these 45 credits towards an Associate degree in Building Construction Estimating or Supervision. Instruction in this program encompasses a wide range of skills, including safety, plans and specifications, soil inspection and welding. The main focus is the operation of a wide variety of heavy equipment utilized in the construction industry. Upon successful completion of this certificate, including the required job experience hours, graduates will be able to: Conduct pre-operational inspections, troubleshoot and perform routine maintenance on heavy equipment . Interpret the information contained on construction grade stakes. Communicate effectively using terminology common to the construction industry. Give and receive hand signals used in the construction industry. Safely and productively operate a wide variety of heavy equipment. Students who successfully complete this four-year training, seek employment in any number of jobs, including backhoe operator, excavator operator, loader, crane operator, grader operator and forklift operator. View more details on Community College of Allegheny County . Ask your questions and apply online for this program or find other related Industrial Engineering courses.