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Heavy Equipment Operator at South Louisiana Community College

Heavy Equipment Operator

at South Louisiana Community College

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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.

Leads to

$49.5k careers

Costs

$6k

Takes

9 Weeks
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Example Career

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.

Realistic
Conventional
Investigative

Showing wage data for: New Orleans, LA

Entry

Median

High

Salary

Hourly Wage

$36,690

$49,510

$68,030

$17.64

$23.8

$32.71

Admissions

   High school diploma or equivalency

REQUIREMENTS:

  • Age: 18+.
  • No High School, GED or HiSET required* *A high school or HiSET diploma is required for most financial aid grant applications.

Who do I Contact?

1101 Bertrand Drive
Lafayette, LA 70506

Quick Facts

Location:  Lafayette, LA

Type:  Short-term training 0-6 months

Format:  In-Person

Hours:  Full-time

Age:  18 and up

Requirements:  High school diploma or equivalency