Heavy equipment operator training in Utah
3 heavy equipment operator programs with costs, results and funding that can make them free
3 schools offer these heavy equipment operator programs, and Utah 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 Utah, all 3 programs ask for a high school diploma or equivalent.
All 3 are the same kind of program: heavy equipment operator course.
See the 3 programsHow much does heavy equipment operator training cost in Utah?
$1,045 to $5,613
is what the 3 programs with a price cost if you pay yourself
In the typical program
- Finished the program
- Not enough data
- 2 programs report it; a typical figure needs 5
- Working 6 months later
- Left out
- Utah's rates sit far below every other state's
- Earned a year, estimated
- Not enough data
- 2 programs report it; a typical figure needs 5
- Length
- Not enough data
- 2 programs report it; a typical figure needs 5
Source: US Department of Labor, program year 2024 (July 2024 to June 2025). Only programs approved for workforce funding are listed; other schools in Utah may also offer heavy equipment operator training. How these figures are made
All 3 heavy equipment operator programs in Utah approved for WIOA funding
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3 programs
Construction Heavy Equipment Earthmoving Equipment Operation
Utah State University, All Locations
Logan
Accredited school
High school diploma or equivalent
Earned a year, estimated$20,300Price if you pay yourself$5,61318 students trained with WIOA funding
Program website, Construction Heavy Equipment Earthmoving Equipment Operation at Utah State University, All LocationsMore details about Construction Heavy Equipment Earthmoving Equipment Operation at Utah State University, All Locations
- Finished
- 97%
- Working at 6 months
- Left out
- Earned in a quarter
- $5,083
- Length
- Left out
- Cost of supplies
- $250
- Students counted
- 44
- Earned a year, estimated
- $20,300
- Price if you pay yourself
- $5,613
- students trained with WIOA funding
- 18
Construction Heavy Equipment Earthmoving Equipment Operation
Bridgerland Technical College, All Locations
Logan
Accredited school
High school diploma or equivalent
Earned a year, estimated$44,200Price if you pay yourself$2,508School website, Construction Heavy Equipment Earthmoving Equipment Operation at Bridgerland Technical College, All LocationsMore details about Construction Heavy Equipment Earthmoving Equipment Operation at Bridgerland Technical College, All Locations
- Finished
- 93%
- Working at 6 months
- Left out
- Earned in a quarter
- $11,052
- Length
- 15 weeks, 28 hours a week
- Cost of supplies
- $300
- Students counted
- 40
- Earned a year, estimated
- $44,200
- Price if you pay yourself
- $2,508
Construction Heavy Equipment Earthmoving Equipment Operation
Davis Technical College, All Locations
Kaysville
Accredited school
High school diploma or equivalent
Earned a year, estimatedNot reportedPrice if you pay yourself$1,045School website, Construction Heavy Equipment Earthmoving Equipment Operation at Davis Technical College, All LocationsMore details about Construction Heavy Equipment Earthmoving Equipment Operation at Davis Technical College, All Locations
- Finished
- Not reported
- Working at 6 months
- Not reported
- Earned in a quarter
- Not reported
- Length
- 19 weeks, 15 hours a week
- Cost of supplies
- Not reported
- Students counted
- Not reported
- Earned a year, estimated
- Not reported
- Price if you pay yourself
- $1,045
No programs match these filters.
How to pay for heavy equipment operator training in Utah
WIOA funding can pay for heavy equipment operator training in Utah
Every program on this page is approved for it. Whether you qualify, how much your local area pays and how to apply are on our page Does WIOA pay for job training?
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.
Heavy equipment operator training in Logan, Ogden and other Utah cities
Choosing an area filters the program list above.
Other training in Utah
How heavy equipment operator training compares with the rest of skilled trades: Trade school programs in Utah
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Where the Utah heavy equipment operator program numbers come from
Which Utah heavy equipment operator programs are on this list?
These are the heavy equipment operator programs Utah 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 Utah offers.
How the prices and results of Utah heavy equipment operator programs are measured
Prices are tuition and required fees for someone paying without workforce funding, as the school reported them; check the current price with the school. Results describe students who left each program in recent years, so they are no guarantee, and the yearly earnings are the reported quarter times four, an estimate. A program without a "Trained with WIOA funding" line may still take WIOA students. Where a field was left empty or withheld, the page says "Not reported", and "Left out" where a figure was filed but failed one of our checks; nothing is estimated to fill a gap. Where the numbers come from explains each figure in full.
How reliable are the Utah figures?
We leave out the share working 6 months later for Utah: its rates sit far below every other state's.
Sources for the facts about heavy equipment operator training in Utah
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- US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Outlook Handbook: Construction Equipment Operators
- US Department of Labor, TrainingProviderResults.gov: About This Site
- US Department of Labor: WIOA Adult Program
- Code of Federal Regulations, title 20, part 680, sections 680.220, 680.230 and 680.310: career services before training, other grants such as Pell Grants first, and limits on Individual Training Accounts (GovInfo, 2024 edition)
- US Department of Labor: American Job Centers
- US Department of Education, Federal Student Aid: Eligibility for Federal Student Aid
- US Department of Education, Federal Student Aid: Don't Miss Out on Federal Pell Grants
- US Department of Veterans Affairs: GI Bill benefits for non-college degree programs
- 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