Operating Engineers Certification Program
Cranes and Derricks in Construction Final Rule The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) released a historic new standard, addressing the use of cranes and derricks in construction and replacing a decades old standard. The significant...
What is an Apprenticeship?
Apprentices have a long history dating back to ancient Greece when young workers entered a term of service, now called indentureship, to a skilled tradesperson to learn a craft. Things are much the same today. Currently, an apprentice is...
What is an Operating Engineer?
Operating Engineers cover a variety of job classifications in industries such as highway and building construction (sometimes called Hoisting and Portable, descriptive of the type of equipment used), mining, toll ways, municipalities, tunnels, slag, landscaping, power plants, refineries, railroads,...
What is a Heavy Equipment Operator?
Heavy Equipment Operators are the highly skilled people who operate the heavy equipment on job sites such as buildings, highways, toll ways, municipalities, tunnels, slag, landscaping, power plants, refineries, railroads, quarries and plants that produce rock, sand and gravel....
What is a Heavy Equipment Technician?
Operating Engineers are also heavy-duty mechanics who repair equipment on the job site and in the shops of contractors. They repair just about every type of construction equipment. Being a heavy equipment technician requires advanced mechanical aptitude and the...
Construction Building Inspector (Field Inspector) Apprenticeship Program
Construction Building Inspectors are the newest addition to the Local 150 Operating Engineers Union. The role of a construction building inspector is multifaceted and exciting. Inspectors are involved from the very beginning of a job to the absolute end...