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Companies That Hire Heavy Equipment Operators
The types of companies that hire heavy equipment operators are not short. All sorts of companies employ crane operators, forklift drivers, dump truck drivers, riggers and signalpersons, and people who operate every type of heavy equipment under the sun. Here’s a short list of the types of companies you might be employed by as a heavy equipment operator:
- Construction companies
- Utility companies
- City/municipal governments
- State agencies
- Federal state departments
- Oil & gas companies
- Timber companies
- Mining operations
- Military
- Other industrial employers
As you can see, that’s a broad swath of companies. In each of those categories, you may be employed by a variety of types of businesses. For instance, mining companies may include coal, diamond, or precious metals. Municipal governments could include cities, counties, townships, or boroughs. Even the military is versatile and often hires civilian contractors for some types of jobs.
Specific Employers Who Have Hired ATS Graduates
These employers will hire heavy equipment operators right out of training or with years of experience. They may also hire management personnel. You do not necessarily have to rise through the ranks. If you have the experience, you have the experience.
Employers who have hired heavy equipment operators who graduated from Associated Training Services classes include:
- Halliburton
- Waste Management
- Oak Park
- Quikrete
- Cranemasters
- Shaw
- Flippo Construction
- Merit Asphalt
- Senn Blacktop
- Waas Boring & Cable Inc.
- Intercon Construction LLC
- Buell’s Landscape Center
- Michels Corporation
- Pike Industries
- Tradesmen International
- Minnesota Department of Transportation
- Tube City IMS
And that’s just a small number of employers who have hired our graduates, who train on the best heavy equipment in the industry. You’ll learn how to operate brand-name equipment, such as Case, LIFTek, Badger, JohnnyBall, JCB, Dica, and more.
Our instructors are the best in the business, and all graduates gain access to our free job placement website with access to jobs all across the U.S. and Canada.
Our next heavy equipment class begins on December 7, 2015. Enroll to get in today.
This article does a very good job of explaining the importance of training heavy equipment operators. I would imagine that someone that has this type of training would be hired more often. If it would be crane operator, riggers, or even dump truck drivers.