HED130: Heavy Equipment Operator Truck Driver - Level 3
College of Instrument Technology · Bellflower, CA
- Cost
- $19,999
- Length
- 14 weeks
- Working 6 months later
- 90%
Program names and program descriptions appear here in English, because that is the only language the federal and state records publish them in. Occupation titles are translated where O*NET publishes a Spanish name. Everything else on this page is translated.
What happened to people who took this
- People enrolled
- 144
- Finished the program
- 89%Based on 140 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
- 90%Typical California program: 69% of 1,690 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.
- 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 Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale MD (Los Angeles 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.
Show 4 more things this job involves
- 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.
- Fill out required job or shift report forms.
- Calculate total board feet, cordage, or other wood measurement units, using conversion tables.
- Typical pay in California
- $63,618per year
- Projected openings
- 2,000
- Projected change
- +7.7%
- Usually needs
- High school diploma or equivalent
California publishes no separate figure for this job in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale MD. The statewide figures above are the only ones there are.
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.
Paving, Surfacing, and Tamping Equipment Operators
Pay, hiring, and what people studied
Job ads may call this: Asphalt Raker · Paver Operator · Loader Operator · Roller Operator
- Start machine, engage clutch, and push and move levers to guide machine along forms or guidelines and to control the operation of machine attachments.
- Fill tanks, hoppers, or machines with paving materials.
- Control paving machines to push dump trucks and to maintain a constant flow of asphalt or other material into hoppers or screeds.
- Observe distribution of paving material to adjust machine settings or material flow, and indicate low spots for workers to add material.
Show 4 more things this job involves
- Coordinate truck dumping.
- Drive machines onto truck trailers, and drive trucks to transport machines and material to and from job sites.
- Inspect, clean, maintain, and repair equipment, using mechanics' hand tools, or report malfunctions to supervisors.
- Set up and tear down equipment.
- Typical pay in California
- $85,382per year
- Projected openings
- 1,280
- Projected change
- +7.1%
- Usually needs
- High school diploma or equivalent
California publishes no separate figure for this job in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale MD. The statewide figures above are the only ones there are.
Getting in
- Experience needed first
- None
- Training after you are hired
- 1 to 12 months
Program details
This program provides in-person instruction only.
Train and Certify as a Heavy Equipment Operator and Truck or Bus Driver with Endorsements, plus up to 13 Certifications: 1) Excavator Operator 2) Skip Loader Grader Operator 3) Road Grader Operator 4) Heavy Equipment Operator Backhoe Loader 5) Skid Steer Backhoe/Loader/Forklift Operator 6) Equipment Load and Tie-down for Transportation 7) Dump Truck Certs 8-11) OSHA Certifications (www.cit-la.com for details) 12) Forklift Safety 13) Truck, Bus or Hostler Driver. CIT Offers a multifaceted learning environment: hands-on training, classroom instruction, digital lectures, group participation, and media recordings.
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 (2026-09-18). 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.
Ask before you enroll, not after
The order the rules set out starts at the center rather than at the school. Before a center can find somebody eligible for training services it has to gather enough to decide, at a minimum through an interview, evaluation or assessment and career planning. Referring a person to the provider they have chosen and setting up the account both come after that, and both are the center's to do — the account is a payment agreement with the training provider, and it is the provider that is paid through it. So the call belongs before enrolling and before paying. Anyone who has already done either should still ask, and ask what it means for them.
The place to ask is an America's Job Center of California
SELACO Cerritos AJCCComprehensive center
Phone: 562-402-9336
10900 E 183rd StreetCerritos Professional Center Suite 392Cerritos, CA 90703about 1.9 miles away
Hours: Monday to Friday 8:00-5:00 pm
Has a veterans' representative
LBWIN Adult Career Services CenterAffiliate site
Phone: Public- 562-570-3700
4811 Airport Plaza DriveSuite 120Long Beach, CA 90815about 4.9 miles away
Hours: Monday -Friday 8:00am -5:00pm
Has a veterans' representative
Rancho Dominguez- AJCC of CaliforniaComprehensive center
Phone: 310-762-1101
2909 E Pacific Commerce DriveCompton, CA 90221about 4.9 miles away
Hours: Monday - Friday 8am-5pm
Has a veterans' representative
At a comprehensive center all the required partner programs can be reached; an affiliate site offers some of them. 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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