Did you play with toy tractors and cranes when you were a kid? Construction equipment operators get to work with the real things and earn more money as they master each piece of equipment. But this ...

Maximizing the productivity and cost effectiveness of construction equipment is the foremost objective of maintenance managers. To reduce unscheduled downtime and cost, they use a sophisticated ...

The operator plays a critical role in minimizing construction equipment owning and operating costs. Ted Polzer, director of product and customer support, Case Construction Equipment and Brad Stemper, ...

It can be hard to find operators to work solar power installations in remote locations, prompting some contractors to explore autonomous earthmoving equipment. With a tight labor market and ...

With the compact track loader market remaining hot, a cold day during a Chicagoland winter was the backdrop for a ...

After two rounds of putting their heavy machinery and technology skills to the test, only nine of the original 5,500 operators are left in Caterpillar’s Global Operator Challenge. The final round of ...

Every equipment operator, regardless of skill level and experience, comes to the table with different strengths and weaknesses. Across the board, however, employers and training organizations are ...

Rosey Grab is making a good living as an equipment operator on Minnesota construction sites, a job mostly associated with male workers. But as she’s quick to point out, the equipment doesn’t know or ...

As the nation's power demands have increased over the past few decades, the nature of the hazards posed by overhead transmission and distribution lines has become increasingly complex. And for ...