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Heavy equipment operator training in West Virginia

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

2 schools offer these heavy equipment operator programs, and West Virginia 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 West Virginia, all 2 programs take students without a high school diploma.

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How much does heavy equipment operator training cost in West Virginia?

$6,995 to $11,000

from the lowest-priced program to the highest, if you pay yourself

These two programs

Finished the program
97%
Working 6 months later
Not reported
Earned a year, estimated
about $39,500
Length
Not reported

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

Is there free heavy equipment operator training in West Virginia?

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

Heavy equipment operator training in Columbus, Huntington and other West Virginia cities

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All 2 heavy equipment operator programs in West Virginia approved for WIOA funding

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2 programs

  • Heavy equipment operator courseIn personNo diploma needed

    Heavy Equipment Training I

    Performance Training Solutions LLC

    Reynoldsburg, OH

    No diploma needed

    Performance Training Solutions LLC, Reynoldsburg, OH · Heavy equipment operator course · In person · No diploma needed

    Classes are outside West Virginia; West Virginia approved the program for its funding.

    Earned a year, estimated$39,500
    Price if you pay yourself$6,995
    Program website, Heavy Equipment Training I at Performance Training Solutions LLC
    More details about Heavy Equipment Training I at Performance Training Solutions LLC
    Finished
    97%
    Working at 6 months
    Not reported
    Earned in a quarter
    $9,880
    Length
    Not reported
    Cost of supplies
    None listed
    Students counted
    34
    a year, estimated
    $39,500
    price
    $6,995

  • Heavy equipment operator courseIn personNo diploma needed

    Heavy Equipment Operator

    Collins Career Center

    Chesapeake, OH

    No diploma needed

    Collins Career Center, Chesapeake, OH · Heavy equipment operator course · In person · No diploma needed

    Classes are outside West Virginia; West Virginia approved the program for its funding.

    Earned a year, estimatedNot reported
    Price if you pay yourself$11,000
    Program website, Heavy Equipment Operator at Collins Career Center
    More details about Heavy Equipment Operator at Collins Career Center
    Finished
    Not reported
    Working at 6 months
    Not reported
    Earned in a quarter
    Not reported
    Length
    Not reported
    Cost of supplies
    $1,000
    Students counted
    Not reported
    a year, estimated
    Not reported
    price
    $11,000

How to pay for heavy equipment operator training in West Virginia

WIOA funding can pay for heavy equipment operator training in West Virginia

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

Where the West Virginia heavy equipment operator program numbers come from

Which West Virginia heavy equipment operator programs are on this list?

These are the heavy equipment operator programs West Virginia 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 West Virginia offers.

How the prices and results of West Virginia heavy equipment operator programs are measured

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. Results describe students who left the program in recent years, and the yearly earnings figure is the reported quarter times four, an estimate. They describe past students, so they are no guarantee. Where a field was left empty or withheld, the page says "Not reported". Where the numbers come from explains each figure in full.

How reliable are the West Virginia figures?

We leave out the share working 6 months later for West Virginia: every program that reports it reports exactly 100%.

Other training in West Virginia

Sources for the facts about heavy equipment operator training in West Virginia

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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, 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)
  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