I am a huge advocate for accountability. If we can encourage our equipment operators to feel that accountability, they will usually operate the equipment more productively (like get more done with ...

Maximizing the productivity and cost effectiveness of construction equipment is the foremost objective of maintenance managers. To reduce unscheduled downtime and cost, they use a sophisticated ...

Caterpillar Inc. first kicked off its Global Operator Challenge in 2019, hosting more than 10,000 entrants from 30 countries before selecting nine of the most talented equipment operators to compete ...

Seasoned equipment operators can probably share a few horror stories about their time behind the controls of heavy equipment when they first started out. For many, working in the chill or heat and ...

Did you play with toy tractors and cranes when you were a kid? Construction equipment operators get to work with the real things and earn more money as they master each piece of equipment. But this ...

Increased use of “smart” manufacturing machinery — connected equipment that produces reams of actionable operational data — and automation in general mean that a new generation of plastics machinery ...

Every equipment operator, regardless of skill level and experience, comes to the table with different strengths and weaknesses. Across the board, however, employers and training organizations are ...