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ITD sponsors training for Heavy Equipment Operators          

Heavy-equipment operators – those who run excavators, graders, and bulldozers -  are going the way of welder, pipe fitters, carpenters and other trades jobs; the demand for work is high but there are too few people skilled enough to do it.

Russ Rivera, a compliance officer with the Office of Civil Rights had an idea on how to change that. He secured federal grants to fund a three-and-a-half week crash course to train heavy-equipment operators.

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Published 08-03-17