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Heavy equipment operator training in Mississippi

9 heavy equipment operator programs with costs, results and funding that can make them free

9 schools offer these heavy equipment operator programs, and Mississippi has approved every one for workforce funding. Each shows its price if you pay yourself and how past students did.

Heavy equipment operators drive and control the machines that build roads, bridges and buildings. Most have a high school diploma and learn on the job or in a three- or four-year apprenticeship, and many need a commercial driver's license to haul their equipment between jobsites.1 In Mississippi, every program asks for a diploma or other schooling first.

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How much does heavy equipment operator training cost in Mississippi?

$1,631 to $3,828 is what most heavy equipment operator programs in Mississippi cost if you pay yourself

That is the middle half of the 8 programs with a price. All of them: $675 to $5,800

In the typical program

Finished the program
Not enough data
Working 6 months later
Not enough data
Earned a year, estimated
Not enough data
Length
15 to 54 weeks

Source: US Department of Labor, program year 2024 (July 2024 to June 2025). Only programs approved for workforce funding are listed; other schools in Mississippi may also offer heavy equipment operator training. How these figures are made

Is there free heavy equipment operator training in Mississippi?

Who qualifies, and other ways to pay: financial aid, grants and the GI Bill

Heavy equipment operator training in Columbus, Picayune, Jackson and other Mississippi cities

Choosing an area filters the list below. 3 in smaller cities and towns.

All 9 heavy equipment operator programs in Mississippi approved for WIOA funding

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9 programs

  • Heavy equipment operator courseIn personHigh school diploma or equivalent

    Construction Equipment (Operator)

    Pearl River Community College

    Poplarville

    High school diploma or equivalent

    Pearl River Community College, Poplarville · Heavy equipment operator course · In person · High school diploma or equivalent

    Earned a year, estimated$26,300
    Price if you pay yourself$4,210
    More details about Construction Equipment (Operator) at Pearl River Community College
    Finished
    100%
    Working at 6 months
    56%
    Earned in a quarter
    $6,576
    Length
    32 weeks, 45 hours a week
    Cost of supplies
    $500
    Students counted
    112
    a year, estimated
    $26,300
    price
    $4,210

  • Heavy equipment operator courseIn personHigh school diploma or equivalent

    Construction Equipment (Operator)

    Copiah-Lincoln Community College

    Wesson

    High school diploma or equivalent

    Copiah-Lincoln Community College, Wesson · Heavy equipment operator course · In person · High school diploma or equivalent

    Earned a year, estimated$26,300
    Price if you pay yourself$3,700
    More details about Construction Equipment (Operator) at Copiah-Lincoln Community College
    Finished
    100%
    Working at 6 months
    76%
    Earned in a quarter
    $6,576
    Length
    32 weeks, 45 hours a week
    Cost of supplies
    $300
    Students counted
    46
    a year, estimated
    $26,300
    price
    $3,700

  • Heavy equipment operator courseIn personHigh school diploma or equivalent

    Construction Equipment (Operator)

    Gregory Construction

    Columbus

    High school diploma or equivalent

    Gregory Construction, Columbus · Heavy equipment operator course · In person · High school diploma or equivalent

    Earned a year, estimatedNot reported
    Price if you pay yourself$675
    More details about Construction Equipment (Operator) at Gregory Construction
    Finished
    Not reported
    Working at 6 months
    Not reported
    Earned in a quarter
    Not reported
    Length
    96 weeks, 8 hours a week
    Cost of supplies
    None listed
    Students counted
    Not reported
    a year, estimated
    Not reported
    price
    $675

  • Heavy equipment operator courseIn personHigh school diploma or equivalent

    Construction Equipment (Operator)

    East Mississippi Community College - Golden Triangle / Mayhew

    Columbus

    High school diploma or equivalent

    East Mississippi Community College - Golden Triangle / Mayhew, Columbus · Heavy equipment operator course · In person · High school diploma or equivalent

    Earned a year, estimatedNot reported
    Price if you pay yourself$1,125
    More details about Construction Equipment (Operator) at East Mississippi Community College - Golden Triangle / Mayhew
    Finished
    Not reported
    Working at 6 months
    Not reported
    Earned in a quarter
    Not reported
    Length
    8 weeks, 32 hours a week
    Cost of supplies
    None listed
    Students counted
    Not reported
    a year, estimated
    Not reported
    price
    $1,125

  • Heavy equipment operator courseIn personHigh school diploma or equivalent

    Heavy Equipment & Maintenance Operations Combo

    Jones County Junior College

    Ellisville

    High school diploma or equivalent

    Jones County Junior College, Ellisville · Heavy equipment operator course · In person · High school diploma or equivalent

    Earned a year, estimatedNot reported
    Price if you pay yourself$1,800
    More details about Heavy Equipment & Maintenance Operations Combo at Jones County Junior College
    Finished
    Not reported
    Working at 6 months
    Not reported
    Earned in a quarter
    Not reported
    Length
    15 weeks, 16 hours a week
    Cost of supplies
    None listed
    Students counted
    Not reported
    a year, estimated
    Not reported
    price
    $1,800

  • Heavy equipment operator courseIn personHigh school diploma or equivalent

    Heavy Equipment & Maintenance Operations Combo

    Jones County Junior College - Petroleum Training Center

    Stonewall

    High school diploma or equivalent

    Jones County Junior College - Petroleum Training Center, Stonewall · Heavy equipment operator course · In person · High school diploma or equivalent

    Earned a year, estimatedNot reported
    Price if you pay yourself$1,800
    More details about Heavy Equipment & Maintenance Operations Combo at Jones County Junior College - Petroleum Training Center
    Finished
    Not reported
    Working at 6 months
    Not reported
    Earned in a quarter
    Not reported
    Length
    15 weeks, 16 hours a week
    Cost of supplies
    None listed
    Students counted
    Not reported
    a year, estimated
    Not reported
    price
    $1,800

  • Heavy equipment operator courseIn personHigh school diploma or equivalent

    Construction Equipment (Operator)

    East Mississippi Community College - Scooba / Main Campus

    Scooba

    High school diploma or equivalent

    East Mississippi Community College - Scooba / Main Campus, Scooba · Heavy equipment operator course · In person · High school diploma or equivalent

    Earned a year, estimatedNot reported
    Price if you pay yourself$2,250
    More details about Construction Equipment (Operator) at East Mississippi Community College - Scooba / Main Campus
    Finished
    Not reported
    Working at 6 months
    Not reported
    Earned in a quarter
    Not reported
    Length
    6 weeks, 32 hours a week
    Cost of supplies
    None listed
    Students counted
    Not reported
    a year, estimated
    Not reported
    price
    $2,250

  • Heavy equipment operator courseIn personHigh school diploma or equivalent

    Construction Equipment (Operator)

    Mississippi Delta Community College - Capps Center Indianola

    Indianola

    High school diploma or equivalent

    Mississippi Delta Community College - Capps Center Indianola, Indianola · Heavy equipment operator course · In person · High school diploma or equivalent

    Earned a year, estimatedNot reported
    Price if you pay yourself$5,800
    More details about Construction Equipment (Operator) at Mississippi Delta Community College - Capps Center Indianola
    Finished
    Not reported
    Working at 6 months
    Not reported
    Earned in a quarter
    Not reported
    Length
    54 weeks, 26 hours a week
    Cost of supplies
    $600
    Students counted
    Not reported
    a year, estimated
    Not reported
    price
    $5,800

  • Heavy equipment operator courseIn personHigh school diploma or equivalent

    Heavy Equipment Operator

    Parchman State Penitentiary

    Parchman

    High school diploma or equivalent

    Parchman State Penitentiary, Parchman · Heavy equipment operator course · In person · High school diploma or equivalent

    Earned a year, estimatedNot reported
    Price if you pay yourselfNot reported
    More details about Heavy Equipment Operator at Parchman State Penitentiary
    Finished
    Not reported
    Working at 6 months
    Not reported
    Earned in a quarter
    Not reported
    Length
    96 weeks, 8 hours a week
    Cost of supplies
    Not reported
    Students counted
    Not reported
    a year, estimated
    Not reported
    price
    Not reported

How to pay for heavy equipment operator training in Mississippi

WIOA funding can pay for heavy equipment operator training in Mississippi

Every program on this page is approved for WIOA funding: public workforce funding under the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act. It can pay for training for eligible adults, people who lost their job and young people.2People on public assistance, with a low income or lacking basic skills come first, and veterans have priority.3Your state or local area may limit how much WIOA pays and for how long. If a program costs more, a Pell Grant, a scholarship or severance pay can cover the rest.4

Ask at an American Job Center

Eligibility rules apply, and services vary from state to state. Your local American Job Center can tell you whether you qualify. The Department of Labor's page links to the center finder, or call 1-877-US-2JOBS (1-877-872-5627).5

Financial aid and grants for heavy equipment operator training

Most students can get federal student aid for college, career school or trade school. A Federal Pell Grant, unlike a loan, usually doesn't have to be repaid. Ask the school whether its program qualifies.67

GI Bill for heavy equipment operator training

Veterans, service members and qualified dependents can use GI Bill benefits for non-college training programs.8

The program list does not show which programs accept these. Ask the school.

Does WIOA pay for job training? Who qualifies and how to apply

Quick facts: Heavy equipment operator training in Mississippi

programs with a price cost under $2,000
4 of 8
lowest typical price among the states with enough programs to compare
1st of 13
heavy equipment operator programs here, against the typical state's 4
9 vs 4

State comparisons use the same figures as the heavy equipment operator training by state table: the middle program of each state, and only states with three or more schools for prices. Source: US Department of Labor, program year 2024 (July 2024 to June 2025).

Where the Mississippi heavy equipment operator program numbers come from

Which Mississippi heavy equipment operator programs are on this list?

These are the heavy equipment operator programs Mississippi approved for WIOA funding (public workforce funding under the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act), as reported to the US Department of Labor for program year 2024 (July 2024 to June 2025). Each state keeps its approved programs on an eligible training provider list (ETPL).9 The list here covers programs approved as of June 30, 2025. Schools that never applied for approval are missing, so this is a part of what Mississippi offers.

How Mississippi heavy equipment operator program prices are reported

The price is tuition and required fees for someone paying without workforce funding, as the school reported it. "Trained with WIOA funding" on a program counts the people whose training there WIOA paid toward through a training account in program year 2024; the file never gives counts under 3, so a program without the line may still take WIOA students. It does not say how much of the price WIOA covered. Prices under $100 are treated as not reported, because the file holds many blanks entered as $0. Check the current price with the school.

What the graduate results of these programs measure

The figures at the top of this page are the middle program among those that report results: half did better, half did worse. Results describe students who left each program in recent years: the share who finished, the share working in the second quarter after leaving, and the middle earnings of those working in that quarter. States report earnings for that one quarter because they take them from the wage reports employers file every three months. The yearly figure here is that quarter times four, rounded to the nearest $100: an estimate, and an early one, since it is measured about half a year after training. The quarter as reported is under "More details" on each program. Results are withheld for small programs, and they describe past students, so they are no guarantee.

Why do some heavy equipment operator programs say "Not reported"?

Where a school or the state left a field empty, or the Department of Labor withheld it, the page says "Not reported". Nothing here is estimated to fill a gap.

Why the kind of school is left off each program

The file also records whether a school is public, private or nonprofit, but those entries are wrong too often to print next to a school's name, so this page leaves them out.

Other training in Mississippi

Sources for the facts about heavy equipment operator training in Mississippi

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  1. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Outlook Handbook: Construction Equipment Operators
  2. US Department of Labor, TrainingProviderResults.gov: About This Site
  3. US Department of Labor: WIOA Adult Program
  4. Code of Federal Regulations, title 20, part 680, sections 680.220 and 680.310: career services before training, and limits on Individual Training Accounts (GovInfo, 2024 edition)
  5. US Department of Labor: American Job Centers
  6. US Department of Education, Federal Student Aid: Eligibility for Federal Student Aid
  7. US Department of Education, Federal Student Aid: Don't Miss Out on Federal Pell Grants
  8. US Department of Veterans Affairs: GI Bill benefits for non-college degree programs
  9. US Department of Labor, Training and Employment Guidance Letter 8-19, Attachment I: Requirements for Training Providers, Program Eligibility, and the State Eligible Training Provider (ETP) List