One of the largest hurdles you will face with being a heavy equipment operator is gaining field experience. You need equipment, schooling, and land to practice on.
Coming in 2025, we will begin to offer hands-on training for excavators and front-end loaders. Our practical training course will put you in the seat and teach you real world scenarios designed to make you stand out to employers. In addition to the education, we will offer play-days for you to spend a full day in a machine to gain practice and build muscle memory.
-About the Training-
Training will include 4 days of field knowledge and equipment operation. This will be comprised of both classroom instruction and field demonstration to create a real life scenario. Then, during operation, you are in constant communication with the instructor via a high-end radio headset to guide you through the process.
Much like driver's education when going for your driver's license, you need to practice and learn the rules of the road. You won't leave your schooling as a professional, but you will learn best practices and feel comfortable doing it.
UPDATE (8/20/25): We are getting close! We hope to begin offering this service within the next couple of months. If you would like us to notify you when all details have been finalized, please add yourself to our waitlist and we will contact you when schedule and pricing have been finalized.
M.G.L. c. 146 § 53 states that anyone who will operate derricks, cableways, machinery used for discharging cargoes, and temporary elevator cars used on excavation work or used for hoisting building material, when the motive power to operate such machinery is mechanical and other than steam, including but not limited to excavators, backhoes, front end loaders, uniloaders, skid loader, skid steer loaders, compact loaders or similar devices, lattice cranes, derricks, cranes with or without wire rope; all fork lifts, powered industrial lift trucks, overhead hoists (underhung), overhead cranes, underhung cranes, monorail cranes, lifting devices, cableways, and powered platforms, or any other equipment that has the minimum capability of hoisting the load higher than 10 feet, and either the capability of lifting loads greater than 500 pounds or the capacity of the bucket exceeds 1/4 cubic yards must hold a license from the Department. See 520 CMR 6.01.
You must be 18 years of age or older.
Yes. Provided that rental entity has an approved a short-term rental program, the hoisting machinery regulations allow individuals renting compact hoisting machinery to obtain a temporary permit from the short-term rental entity for a fourteen (14) consecutive day rental period upon completion of the entity’s training program. See 520 CMR 6.03.
No. M.G.L. c. 146, § 53 provides an exemption for hoisting machinery used exclusively for agricultural purposes.
Yes, we offer a group discount.
- Groups of 5 or more may receive $25 off per person.
- Groups of 10 or more may receive $50 off per person.
We also offer a $50 multi-class discount for individuals taking both our 1C/2A & 1B/3A classes.
Discounts will automatically apply in shopping cart if you are ordering all items at the same time.
Yes. A Massachusetts ID is accepted when applying for a hoisting license.