Heavy Equipment Logging Operations and Maintenance Certificate

Cost: $1,408
Length: 18 weeks
Working 6 months later: Not reported

Program names, program descriptions and occupation titles appear here in English, because that is the only language the federal and state records publish them in. Everything else on this page is translated.

What happened to people who took this

People enrolled: 248

Finished the program: 27%Based on 111 peopleTypical California program: 85% of 1,951 reportingThat median pools every California program that reported this measure, whatever its length, credential, or field, and leaves out the ones that reported nothing. It is a reference point, not a rating of this program.
Working 6 months later: Not reported
Earnings in one quarter after: Not reported

The jobs this trains for

This describes the jobs people do, not the classes this program teaches. It comes from the U.S. Department of Labor, which asks people already doing the work. The Department publishes it in English only, so the job names and the sentences below stay in English on this page.

Trains for more than one job. The outlook shown is the weakest of them.

Where California publishes a separate figure for Redding MSA (Shasta County), it appears beneath the statewide one. Statewide stays the headline: people who train here do not necessarily work here.

Logging Equipment Operators

Job ads may call this: Skidder Driver · Loader Operator · Yarder Operator · Skidder Operator

Some of what people in this job do. The Department rates how important each one is, and they appear in that order.

Inspect equipment for safety prior to use, and perform necessary basic maintenance tasks.
Control hydraulic tractors equipped with tree clamps and booms to lift, swing, and bunch sheared trees.
Grade logs according to characteristics such as knot size and straightness, and according to established industry or company standards.
Drive and maneuver tractors and tree harvesters to shear the tops off of trees, cut and limb the trees, and cut the logs into desired lengths.

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Drive straight or articulated tractors equipped with accessories such as bulldozer blades, grapples, logging arches, cable winches, and crane booms to skid, load, unload, or stack logs, pull stumps, or clear brush.
Drive crawler or wheeled tractors to drag or transport logs from felling sites to log landing areas for processing and loading.

What this pays in Redding MSA (Shasta County)

Each bar runs from the lowest-paid tenth to the highest-paid tenth. The darker middle is where half the people are, and the line is the median.

Area	The lowest-paid tenth earn under	Half earn under	The highest-paid tenth earn over
Redding MSA (Shasta County)	$51,365	$62,242	$73,016
Across California	$51,735	$63,618	$129,937

The federal Bureau of Labor Statistics' 2026 figures for Redding MSA (Shasta County) beside the same figures for the whole state. A region can sit well below or above the statewide spread, and the statewide number is the one most often quoted — so where they differ, the local row is the one that describes the work near this program.

Typical pay in California: $63,618per yearRedding MSA: $61,764
Projected openings: 2,000Redding MSA: 240
Projected change: +7.7%
Usually needs: High school diploma or equivalent

Getting in

Experience needed first: None
Training after you are hired: 1 to 12 months

These are the federal government's answers for the occupation, not rules this provider sets. California publishes the same two answers for every one of these jobs.

What people in this job actually studied

Most common: High school diploma — 51% of the people doing this work.

California says this job usually needs: High school diploma or equivalent. 27% of the people doing it went less far than that.

No high school diploma: 27%
High school diploma: 51%
Started college, no degree: 13%
Two-year degree: 4%
Four-year degree: 5%
Master's degree: 0.6%
Doctorate or professional degree: 0.2%

This counts people already doing this job, across the whole United States. Every other figure on this page is California's, and the federal government publishes no state version of this one. It is what people happen to have, not a rule about who gets hired. A small row does not mean you would be turned away, and a large one is not a promise of a job.

Material Moving Workers, All Other

Pay, hiring, and what people studied

The Department publishes no list of daily tasks for this job. This is how it describes the work instead.

All material moving workers not listed separately.

What this pays in Redding MSA (Shasta County)

Each bar runs from the lowest-paid tenth to the highest-paid tenth. The darker middle is where half the people are, and the line is the median.

Area	The lowest-paid tenth earn under	Half earn under	The highest-paid tenth earn over
Redding MSA (Shasta County)	$35,071	$40,385	$46,241
Across California	$36,522	$39,251	$51,370

Typical pay in California: $39,251per yearRedding MSA: $40,429
Projected openings: 10,940Redding MSA: 50
Projected change: +4.1%
Usually needs: No formal educational credential

Getting in

Experience needed first: None
Training after you are hired: Under a month

No earlier job experience is expected, and new hires are not put through a long training period. For work like this, a program is usually the way in.

What people in this job actually studied

Most common: High school diploma — 49% of the people doing this work.

No high school diploma: 15%
High school diploma: 49%
Started college, no degree: 20%
Two-year degree: 7%
Four-year degree: 8%
Master's degree: 0.7%
Doctorate or professional degree: 0.4%

Program details

This program provides in-person instruction only.

This certificate will train students to enter a career in the logging industry as a heavy logging equipment operator. Students will operate various pieces of heavy logging equipment and trucks. This is a hands-on, field-experience oriented certificate. Some courses will utilize off-campus forestry grounds for training.This is also a registered pre-apprenticeship to the California Registered Apprenticeship Forest Training.

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Someone else may be able to pay for this

This program was on California's Eligible Training Provider List when the state last reported it to the U.S. Department of Labor (2026-08-04). Programs on that list can be paid for through an Individual Training Account. Listings are renewed periodically and can lapse, so a program listed when the state last reported may not be listed today. Ask before you rely on it.

The place to ask is an America's Job Center of California

EDD State of California - ReddingAffiliate site
Phone: 530-225-2185
1325 Pine StRedding, CA 96001about 9.8 miles away
Hours: Monday - Friday 8:00am - 5:00pm
Has a veterans' representative
Smart Workforce CenterComprehensive center
Phone: 530-246-7911
760 Cypress AvenueSuite 210Redding, CA 96001about 10 miles away
Hours: Mon/Tues/Thurs/Fri 8 am-5 pm, Wed 9 am-5 pm. Closed 12 noon-1 pm.

Distances are straight-line, so the drive is longer. Call before you travel: opening hours here are as the federal directory published them, and the state notes its own staff are not present at every location.

Find a center anywhere in California, and check what is on the list today:
CareerOneStop — American Job Center Finder (U.S. DOL) · California EDD — Office Locator · California EDD — Eligible Training Provider List

How this gets paid for, and what to ask →

Whether a person can have a program paid for is decided by their local workforce development board and the America's Job Center staff who interview them — not by this site, and not by the training provider. California has 45 local workforce development areas and each sets its own policies, so the answer can differ between two people in neighboring counties. Nothing here is a promise of funding or a determination of eligibility.

The rules cited here, and the state and federal sites linked to, are published in English.

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