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.

Spring is here, and that means some jobs are gone. You aren’t going to need many snow removal experts in most of the country, and ground that is no longer frozen is no longer safe for logging equipment because the mud is dangerous. But other jobs are available, and more on the way.

Here are a few of the possibilities:

SPRINGFIELD, MO — hiring heavy equipment operators

DE FOREST, WI — hiring heavy equipment operators

BURNSVILLE, MN — hiring mobile crane operators

CEDAR RAPIDS, IA — hiring Class-A CDL truck drivers

GWINN, MI — hiring Class-A CDL truck drivers

PLEASANT HILL, NC — hiring Class-A CDL truck drivers

CLARE, MI — hiring Class-A CDL truck drivers

NEW BERN, NC — hiring mobile crane operators

COLUMBUS, OH — hiring heavy equipment operators

ROME, OH — hiring Class-A CDL truck drivers

MILWAUKEE, WI — hiring Class-A CDL truck drivers

SUN PRAIRIE, WI — hiring Class-A CDL truck drivers

TEHACHAPI, CA — hiring heavy equipment operators and CDL truck drivers

DES MOINES, IA — hiring Class-A CDL truck drivers

Anyone of these jobs is a potential career for a graduate of ATS Heavy Equipment Operator Training School because you will have both the training and the certification that employers want. You’ll also have two-lifetime benefits:

• Employment Assistance that begins with personal career counseling when you start classes
• Total Resources Network with free access for graduates to professional networking in the skilled trades industries