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Heavy Equipment Operator
Heavy Equipment Operator
at South Louisiana Community College
Louisiana Catalog
If you want to drive dozers, excavators, backhoes, and skid steers, our 9-week program in New Iberia is for you! Through a combination of classroom, simulation, and hands-on skills training, you'll learn the fundamental skills of how to safely operate heavy equipment.
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Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators
Operate one or several types of power construction equipment, such as motor graders, bulldozers, scrapers, compressors, pumps, derricks, shovels, tractors, or front-end loaders to excavate, move, and grade earth, erect structures, or pour concrete or other hard surface pavement. May repair and maintain equipment in addition to other duties.
Showing wage data for: New Orleans, LA
Entry
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Hourly Wage
$36,690
$49,510
$68,030
$17.64
$23.8
$32.71
Admissions
REQUIREMENTS:
- Age: 18+.
- No High School, GED or HiSET required* *A high school or HiSET diploma is required for most financial aid grant applications.