Construction Heavy Equipment Earthmoving Equipment Operation

A program that prepares individuals to apply technical knowledge and skills to operate and maintain a variety of heavy equipment, such as a crawler tractors, motor graders and scrapers, shovels, rigging devices, hoists, and jacks. Includes instruction in digging, ditching, sloping, stripping, grading, and backfiling, clearing and excavating.

Degree Statistics

This program is offered at 51 institutions across the United States, with a total of 3125 degrees awarded annually.

Certificates Below Bachelor's

803

certificates awarded

Associate Degrees

degrees awarded

Post-Baccalaureate Certificates

certificates awarded

Other Awards

2,182

awards given

Top Schools for Construction Heavy Equipment Earthmoving Equipment Operation

These institutions offer the most degrees in this program, ranked by total annual completions.

Rank	Institution	Degrees
1	Community College of Allegheny County Pittsburgh, PA	321
2	Northwest Louisiana Technical Community College Minden, LA	258
3	State Technical College of Missouri Linn, MO	186
4	Hazard Community and Technical College Hazard, KY	173
5	Ivy Tech Community College Indianapolis, IN	168
6	Central Lakes College-Brainerd Brainerd, MN	147
7	Bridgerland Technical College Logan, UT	120
8	Butte College Oroville, CA	111
9	Buckeye Hills Career Center Rio Grande, OH	104
10	SUNY College of Technology at Alfred Alfred, NY	90
11	Indian Capital Technology Center-Muskogee Muskogee, OK	84
12	Central Arizona College Coolidge, AZ	77
13	North Central Kansas Technical College Beloit, KS	72
14	Utah State University Logan, UT	72
15	Pontotoc Technology Center Ada, OK	72
16	Hocking College Nelsonville, OH	69
17	Southern Oklahoma Technology Center Ardmore, OK	68
18	Greater Johnstown Career and Technology Center Johnstown, PA	68
19	Lake Area Technical College Watertown, SD	66
20	Fox Valley Technical College Appleton, WI	64
21	Mid-EastCTC-Adult Education Zanesville, OH	64
22	Pennsylvania College of Technology Williamsport, PA	57
23	Central Community College Grand Island, NE	51
24	Shasta College Redding, CA	48
25	United Tribes Technical College Bismarck, ND	40
26	Copiah-Lincoln Community College Wesson, MS	40
27	Pearl River Community College Poplarville, MS	39
28	Douglas Education Center Monessen, PA	36
29	Coalinga College Coalinga, CA	36
30	Washington County Community College Calais, ME	28
31	Great Oaks Career Campuses Cincinnati, OH	27
32	Miles Community College Miles City, MT	27
33	Mississippi Delta Community College Moorhead, MS	27
34	Salish Kootenai College Pablo, MT	21
35	Stanly Community College Albemarle, NC	20
36	The University of Montana Missoula, MT	18
37	University of Arkansas Community College-Batesville Batesville, AR	16
38	Washburn Institute of Technology Topeka, KS	15
39	Northwest Iowa Community College Sheldon, IA	15
40	Kiamichi Technology Center-McAlester McAlester, OK	15
41	Ocean County Vocational-Technical School Toms River, NJ	15
42	Louisiana Delta Community College Monroe, LA	12
43	Miami Valley Career Technology Center Englewood, OH	12
44	North Arkansas College Harrison, AR	11
45	Northwood Technical College Rice Lake, WI	9
46	Central Louisiana Technical Community College Alexandria, LA	9
47	Buckeye Joint Vocational School New Philadelphia, OH	9
48	Flathead Valley Community College Kalispell, MT	8
49	Trinidad State College Trinidad, CO	4
50	Flagler Technical College Palm Coast, FL	3
51	Miami Lakes Educational Center and Technical College Miami Lakes, FL	3