Did you play with toy tractors and cranes when you were a kid? Construction equipment operators get to work with the real things and earn more money as they master each piece of equipment. But this ...

Increased use of “smart” manufacturing machinery — connected equipment that produces reams of actionable operational data — and automation in general mean that a new generation of plastics machinery ...

To help meet the industry’s persistent demand for heavy equipment operators, Local 150 of the International Union of Operating Engineers has gone virtual. Facing a bottleneck in getting apprentices ...

Maximizing the productivity and cost effectiveness of construction equipment is the foremost objective of maintenance managers. To reduce unscheduled downtime and cost, they use a sophisticated ...

Paving equipment has come a long way in the past decade as manufacturers continue to improve their products’ features and capabilities in order to ensure optimal production speed and pavement quality.

If Mark Huempfner could find a qualified heavy equipment operator, he'd hire him. "For equipment operators, it seems like an ongoing process trying to find good, qualified people," said Huempfner, ...

To experienced equipment operators, compact machines may drum up images of cramped operator environments, minimal comfort features and rudimentary controls. However, manufacturers have been rapidly ...

Medical equipment, from computed tomography scanners to surgical tools, is becoming more and more sophisticated. The rapid infusion of technology has generated incredible advancements in patient care; ...

ElectriCom LLC, a utility infrastructure company specializing in electric, telecommunications, fiber optic and storm response, was looking for a new way to increase operator practice time without ...

Conversions from hourly rate r: Base annual (40 hrs/wk): \( \text{Annual}_{40} = 2{,}080 \times r \) Typical OT annual (60 hrs/wk, 20 hrs at 1.5×): \( \text{Annual ...