EDWARDS, Ill. (WMBD) — Heavy machine operators across the Midwest are competing in the Global Operator Challenge. The challenge is held at the Caterpillar Edwards Demonstration and Learning Center.

Crews have a new tool to help them if a fire breaks out in the Bosque.On Thursday, heavy equipment operators were trained to fight fires. Authorities said heavy equipment operators are crucial in ...

A new training simulator was unveiled yesterday in Toledo with the goal of improving skill levels of all heavy equipment operators in the city. The brand new state of the art technology is a first for ...

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 ...

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 ...

A hands-on program certifying incarcerated women as heavy equipment operators offers a model for closing labor gaps and ...

GEORGETOWN COUNTY, S.C. (WCIV) — Georgetown County is facing one of its biggest problems head-on. They started a program designed to train heavy machinery operators, and it could be headed to schools ...

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, ...

PORTAGE, Wis. (AP) — Authorities in Columbia County say a man operating some heavy machinery died when it touched electrical lines. The sheriff's office says 40-year-old William McKibben was ...

CHARLESTON, W.Va. –Leaders with the union representing heavy equipment operators are among the biggest advocates of getting an infrastructure deal done in Washington D.C. “Growth comes to the economy ...

PHILADELPHIA (CBS)-- The union representing heavy equipment operators has called a strike against the General Building Contractors Association. Members of Operating Engineers Local 542 were told to go ...