What is the length of the Engineers Joint Training Fund Heavy Equipment Operator Apprenticeship?
This training program is 4100 hours in length, but because the work is seasonal, an apprentice usually completes the training in 4 to 5 years. Because of the seasonal nature of the work, the weather can have an impact on work placement. Labor trends also impact work placement. Work can never be guaranteed. What sort of person is an Operating Engineer? An Operating Engineer is someone who likes to work outside and can tolerate all types of weather conditions (heat, cold, rain, mud, dust); someone who can work under conditions that may require sitting in the same position or in an awkward position for an indefinite period of time; be able to withstand strenuous work; someone who likes the challenge of hard work and the satisfaction of having been a part of a project such as creating a new road or building. An Operating Engineer has to be flexible with work days and hours. One job may require working six or even seven, ten-hour days while another may require four, ten-hour days rather tha
