1. Heavy Equipment Operator Cody Miller

2. History • People need operators to lift heavy stuff on the job site and to make a spot to build. • They can take down trees, flatten the ground ,and hole heavy stuff for long periods of time.

3. Skills • CDL • Heavy Equipment Training programs also consist of web-based training (WBT), computer-based training (CBT) and simulator training (ST ) • A CDL is not necessary to operate heavy equipment, however, you may need to take the equipment from one site to another on a truck and a CDL license is required to drive on public roads. You will be very attractive to employers with the CDL than without it. And many contractors require a CDL for employment.

4. Education • Heavy Equipment Operators typically need to have Commercial Drivers Licenses, and most operators are also required to have earned high-school diplomas. They should also have experience driving trucks and using smaller construction machinery to demonstrate awareness of the way construction works • Operation and maintenance of the different pieces of equipment • Hazards, safety rules, and precautions for • Traffic laws

5. Financial Outlook This is the pay scale

6. Jobs • Construction equipment operators held about 494,000 jobs in 2006.