Initial Training Overview:
Job training for a Heavy Construction Equipment Operator consists of nine weeks of Basic Training and 4 to 12 weeks of Advanced Individual Training (AIT) at Fort Leonard Wood Missouri. Exact length of training depends on specific construction equipment at first duty assignment.
Additional Training Information:
Specific formal training opportunities for this MOS, including advanced training courses available at specific points of the soldier's career, can be found on the
Army Training Requirements and Resources System (ATRRS) Web Site.
Restrictions:
During Basic Training and Advanced Individual Training (AIT), the Army limits a soldier's personal freedom, using a "Phase System," which grants increased freedom, based upon phase of training. For details, see
Army Training Phase Restrictions.
Training Details:
Basic course is seven weeks of MOS specific training consisting of operating techniques and operator level maintenance of the 5-ton dump truck, M915 tractor with semi trailer, dozer, grader, scraper and scooploader. Following the basic course, other equipment operator courses may be attended, depending on the requirements of the first duty station. Other subjects taught during the course include: Interpreting information on grade stakes, driving bulldozers, roadgraders, and other heavy equipment to cut and level earth for runways and roadbeds, clearing, grubbing, stripping, excavating, backfilling, stockpiling and pushing scraper with tractor crawler, cutting and spreading fills material with scraper, transporting heavy construction equipment with tractor-trailer, assisting in performance of combat engineer missions, lifting and moving steel and other heavy building materials using winches, cranes, and hoists, and digging holes and trenches using power shovels.
