Brian Hayden, 24, was crowned Caterpillar’s Global Operator Challenge champion after emerging victorious over several other machine operators from around the world at a March competition in Las Vegas.

Watch how heavy machine operators are trained at a professional training facility. In this video, trainees practice ...

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 ...

Her name is Lena Turek–but on the job site, everyone knows her as “Teaspoon.” The 24-year-old is commanding some of the heaviest equipment on the highway. At 5-years-old, while other kids were ...

John Schiedeck has loved operating heavy machinery since he learned to walk. Now, he could be crowned the best operator in the world. After beating over 5,500 operators and three rounds of challenges, ...

The Youth Workforce Development Foundation has received nearly $8 million in funding through the federal Apprenticeships Build America program to help Elgin-area students and others in Illinois get ...

effectively to a student training on a Cat Simulators system. The U.S. Bureau of Labor projects more than 50,800 new heavy equipment operator positions will be added to the U.S. workforce every year ...

Last fall, Case Construction Equipment asked its dealers to help support a new initiative with Team Rubicon: train more volunteers to operate heavy equipment for its veteran-led humanitarian ...

Heavy equipment tools can make the difference between a smooth workday and a pricey disaster. Operating massive machinery worth hundreds of thousands of dollars without proper preparation isn't just ...