Heavy Equipment Operations

  • students watching something being lifted on a back hoe
  • piece of heavy equipment
  • bulldozer
  • crane on a truck building a house
  • heavy equipment, students, in a trench
  • students wearing bright green shirts and hard helmets near a dug hole
  • students pouring concrete, wearing hard helmets
  • yellow heavy equipment vehicle pouring dirt
  • students with shovels
  • students working in dirt basement
  • student operating a piece of heavy equipment
  • crane on a truck

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Program Advantages

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Student involvement in project-based learning includes participating in real world construction projects, installing septic systems, residential site work, excavations, lot clearing, and local community projects.

Professional Outlook

Occupational outlook projects 3% job growth each year. Median hourly salary is $28.57. Median annual salary is $59,420. Due to the experience students receive at Alfred State and the excellent program reputation, there are multiple employment opportunities for students. 

Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics May 2022
Contact
Daniel Helveston, Building Trades Department Chair
607-587-4147
Pioneer Quotes

"This program gives students the hands-on experience and classroom theory needed to be successful in the trade." -Tyler Wright, '16

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Building Trades Department