EDWARDS, Ill. (WMBD) — Heavy machine operators across the Midwest are competing in the Global Operator Challenge. The challenge is held at the Caterpillar Edwards Demonstration and Learning Center.

Her name is Lena Turek–but on the job site, everyone knows her as “Teaspoon.” The 24-year-old is commanding some of the heaviest equipment on the highway. At 5-years-old, while other kids were ...

SAN BERNARDINO >> Bulldozers. Excavators. Backhoes. This wasn’t your typical classroom. The hum of the behemoth earth-moving vehicles enveloped the students here. As dust kicked up from the work, a ...

The Youth Workforce Development Foundation has received nearly $8 million in funding through the federal Apprenticeships Build America program to help Elgin-area students and others in Illinois get ...

A heavy equipment operator from Wells, Maine, won the Caterpillar Global Operator Challenge. Brian Hayden was named the best operator in the world after competing against thousands. The competition ...

John Schiedeck has loved operating heavy machinery since he learned to walk. Now, he could be crowned the best operator in the world. After beating over 5,500 operators and three rounds of challenges, ...

effectively to a student training on a Cat Simulators system. The U.S. Bureau of Labor projects more than 50,800 new heavy equipment operator positions will be added to the U.S. workforce every year ...

A career as a heavy equipment operator offers a secure job building infrastructure that also doesn't require debt from a traditional four-year university. You can start by attending a far less ...