17 01, 2024

And the Winners of the 2023 Cat® Simulators Student Showdown are…!!!

Congratulations to the 2023 Cat® Simulators Student Showdown champions – Advanced Dozer Champion Cooper Sunday and Advanced Construction Excavator Champion Landon Scott!In September, Cat Simulators invited students across the U.S. to compete in the 2023 Cat Simulators Student Showdown. From November 1 to December 8, students enrolled in heavy equipment

28 06, 2023

The Spotlight – Issue 1

Introducing The Spotlight - our new semi-annual digest! We're excited to showcase our clients' success stories, provide invaluable pre-operation walkaround inspection information, offer machine maintenance tips for heavy equipment operators and more. We hope you enjoy discovering how high schools, technical schools and businesses have integrated Cat Simulators systems into

21 12, 2022

And the Winners of the First-Ever Cat® Simulators Student Showdown are…!!!

In September, Cat® Simulators invited students from across the U.S. who were enrolled in heavy equipment operator (HEO) programs to compete in the first-ever Cat Simulators Student Showdown. The students would compete virtually from November 28 to December 9 on either the school/college’s Advanced Construction Excavator or Advanced Dozer Cat

6 10, 2022

Heavy equipment training makes it way to high schoolers

Watch the video to see more about Warren County Area Technology Center's heavy equipment operator program. BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – At the Warren County Area Technology Center, high school juniors and seniors are learning how to operate dozers. After months of preparation by Southcentral Workforce Development Board, Warren County Public

22 08, 2022

Local students get hands-on with excavator simulators

ALTHA, Fla. (WMBB) — High schools across America have been offering driver’s ed for decades, but very few have heavy equipment operation as a class. Calhoun County high schoolers can now learn how to operate excavators, using state-of-the-art simulators. Levi Anderson is a senior at Altha High School. He is

17 05, 2022

Howard College offers class to operate heavy equipment

BIG SPRING, Texas — Howard college in big spring is using new technology to get students ahead of the game when it comes to jobs that use heavy machinery, which applies to a lot of different jobs in our area. The Heavy Equipment operator course at Howard College opens the

13 05, 2022

Women learn trade skills at Louisiana Correctional Institute

BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - Since 2016, the incarcerated population has decreased because of programs training people for jobs when they get out of prison. It may look like normal Capital Area construction. “Once I started it, it was just the idea of learning something new and being given an

25 10, 2021

Students Have Real-World Experience With Simulator

CRESCO - Students from Crestwood and Riceville High Schools were able to experience a construction simulator at Northeast Iowa Community College (NICC) on Oct. 6.This was a partnership between Equipment Operator Training, LLC (EOT), JB Holland Construction and NICC.The simulator is a training tool for students and employees to operate