Heavy Equipment Mechanic Training

Training programs in Heavy Equipment Repair & Maintenance, and Heavy Equipment Operator Training

The skills needed to both repair and operate heavy equipment took on extra importance with the passage of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act back in November of 2021. This legislation will initially invest $1.2 Trillion dollars in national infrastructure. Half of this investment will be dedicated to the building of roads, bridges, and other major infrastructure projects. These are projects that will rely heavily on both the operation and the maintenance of tracked and advanced types of machinery. Lincoln Tech offers training programs for both equipment repair and operation.

Heavy Equipment Mechanic Training

Heavy equipment mechanic training at Lincoln Tech will help you build professional experience while you work side-by-side with industry-experienced instructors. You’ll learn to troubleshoot, repair and maintain the electrical, mechanical, hydraulic, drive train, steering and suspension systems on a wide variety of rigs. Heavy equipment includes trucks, heavy-duty machinery, off-road equipment, construction equipment and more.

With more than 151,000 job openings projected for heavy equipment technicians across the United States by 2032¹, now is an excellent time to pursue a career working with heavy equipment.

Highlights Of Heavy Equipment Mechanic Training

Build a career working with the equipment that helps build America. Along the way you'll have the Lincoln Tech advantage at your fingertips:

• Use heavy equipment work bays are well equipped with professional-grade industry diagnostic equipment and tools.
• Take apart and reassemble engines, transmissions and transaxles from mobile off-road heavy duty equipment such as tractors, bulldozers, backhoes, excavators and much more.
• Learn how Pascal's Law and Bernoulli's Principles of hydraulics apply to the heavy equipment repair and maintenance industry.
• Train to repair and replace parts on heavy equipment systems such as front-end loader differentials, brake systems, kingpin suspensions, rubber and steel track systems and much more.

Heavy Equipment Operator Training Program

Training for this essential skill is offered as either a stand-alone program, Heavy Equipment Operator, or as an additional program to augment your skillset after graduating from either the Heavy Equipment Maintenance Technology or the Heavy Equipment Service Technology program. This essential skill is experiencing a nationwide 5% annual job growth, which equates to 45,000 job openings per year out to 2030². The Heavy Equipment Operator program is offered at Lincoln Tech’s South Plainfield, NJ campus.

Students will learn core craft skills & safety procedures, as well as how to identify different kinds of heavy equipment. Then the student will learn basic operational techniques, utility tractors, introduction to earthmoving, and interpreting civil drawings. Finally, students will operate a variety of mobile, off‐road equipment in a simulated environment to perform exercises on excavator and wheeled loader equipment. Simulator exercises include basic controls, loading, and unloading, excavating, and trenching.

Prepare for a Career in Heavy Equipment

At Lincoln's heavy equipment technician schools, you’ll get ready to shift into high gear with a career in the heavy equipment industry. Depending on the program you have chosen, you'll graduate prepared to pursue entry-level employment opportunities as a heavy equipment technician at equipment dealerships, independent construction companies, equipment rental companies and independent repair shops, or as a skilled operator of heavy equipment. Enroll in hands-on career training at Lincoln Tech, and get on the path to a successful career in the heavy equipment industry.

¹ National Center for O*NET Development. National Employment Trends: 49-3042.00 - Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except Engines. O*NET OnLine. Retrieved September 20, 2024, from https://www.onetonline.org/link/localtrends/49-3042.00

² National Center for O*NET Development. National Employment Trends: 47-2073.00 - Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators. O*NET OnLine. Retrieved February 15, 2023, from https://www.onetonline.org/link/localtrends/47-2073.00?st=&g=Go

The Heavy Equipment Operator program is not eligible for financial aid, and it is out of our accreditor’s scope of accreditation. This program is not available to Georgia and Wisconsin residents Programs vary by campus.

Campuses that currently offer training in this program area are listed below, as well as links to exact program informational fact sheets: