Overview
Program Coordinator: Misty Slayer (mistyslayer@cltcc.edu)
Program Description:
Mission
The mission of the Certificate of Technical Studies in Heavy Equipment Vehicle Operator is to prepare individuals for employment as professional heavy equipment vehicle operators and tractor-trailer drivers.
Program Description
The HEVO program is a short-term training course designed to prepare students to enter the heavy construction industry. Program content includes instruction in general construction site safety, operation of diesel powered heavy equipment and tractor trailer rigs, identification of common equipment/vehicle components, defensive driving skills, actual driving on rural, urban and interstate highways, cargo handling, tractor trailer backing and maneuvering, documentation and verification of loads and grades and equipment/vehicle inspections and logging.
Location: Rod Brady Campus, Jena
Cost: $4,360.80
Student Learning Outcomes
- Demonstrate work safety when dealing with all professional heavy equipment.
- Demonstrate general construction site safety.
- Demonstrate ability to operate diesel powered heavy equipment.
- Demonstrate ability to identify common equipment/vehicle components.
Program Curriculum
HEAVY EQUIPMENT VEHICLE OPERATOR (CIP Code 49.0202)
CERTIFICATE OPTIONS
CTC – Heavy Equipment Operations – Level 1
CTS – Heavy Equipment Operations – Level 2
CTS – Heavy Equipment Vehicle Operator
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Course No.
|
Course Title
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Lecture
|
Lab
|
Total
Credit Hrs.
|
Total Clock Hrs.
|
|
JOBS 2450
|
Job Seeking Skills
|
2
|
0
|
2
|
60
|
|
WKSF 1003
|
Industrial Workplace Safety
|
2
|
1
|
3
|
90
|
|
HCVO 1013
|
Orientation to the Construction Trade
|
2
|
1
|
3
|
90
|
|
HCVO 1023
|
Introduction to Earth Moving
|
1
|
3
|
4
|
120
|
|
CTC – Heavy Equipment Operations – Level 1
|
7
|
5
|
12
|
360
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
HEVO 1133
|
Construction Technology & Equipment
|
1
|
3
|
4
|
120
|
|
HEVO 1143
|
Soils & Machinery
|
1
|
3
|
4
|
120
|
|
CTS – Heavy Equipment Operations – Level II
|
9
|
11
|
20
|
600
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
CTDP 1053
|
Commercial Vehicle Operations & Regulations
|
2
|
1
|
3
|
90
|
|
CTDP 1064
|
Commercial Vehicle Operations II
|
1
|
3
|
4
|
120
|
|
CTS – Heavy Equipment Operator
|
12
|
15
|
27
|
810
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
With approval of Division Chair/designee, the following courses may be substituted for any of the above course requirements individually or in combination:
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Course No.
|
Course Title
|
Lecture
|
Lab
|
Total
Credit Hrs.
|
Total Clock Hrs.
|
|
SPPR 2991
|
Special Projects I
|
0
|
1
|
1
|
30
|
|
SPPR 2992
|
Special Projects II
|
0
|
2
|
2
|
60
|
|
SPPR 2993
|
Special Projects III
|
0
|
3
|
3
|
90
|
|
SPPR 2995
|
Special Projects IV
|
0
|
4
|
4
|
120
|