Heavy Equipment Operator Training Starts June 20 in Las Vegas

Dig This Las Vegas is opening Dig This Academy, an entry-level heavy equipment operator training school.

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Dig This Las Vegas is opening Dig This Academy, an entry-level heavy equipment operator training school.
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There's a new venue for learning how to operate heavy equipment. 

Dig This Las Vegas, billed as the "world’s first heavy equipment playground," is opening its Dig This Academy, an entry-level heavy equipment operator training school. Dig This Academy is an accredited National Center for Construction and Education Research (NCCER) Training Unit. All Dig This Academy programs are state certified by the Nevada Commission on Post-Secondary Education (CPE).

Dig This Academy programming is scheduled to begin on June 20 and will take place at Dig This Las Vegas’ existing 5-acre campus at 800 W. Roban Ave., Las Vegas.   

Dig This Academy will use curriculums from the National Center for Construction Education and Research's Heavy Equipment Operations. Multiple Heavy Equipment Operator Ready Certification programs will also be offered for excavators, dozers, backhoes and loaders. These one-week courses will be specific to the type of heavy equipment and designed to provide safety, knowledge and basic operating information. Upon successful program completion, trainees will have the knowledge and experience to enter the workforce as an entry-level operator. 

“Dig This Las Vegas is excited to bring Dig This Academy to life,” said Ed Mumm, Dig This owner and founder. “With our existing location, facilities, diverse equipment fleet and access to additional equipment, we have the ideal site for a training school. And, we are perfectly poised timing-wise considering the current and future demand for heavy equipment operators. Nowhere else in Nevada will you have access to this type of heavy equipment training. We look forward to preparing trainees for a rewarding and successful career in the construction industry.”

Enrollment applications and program pricing can be found online at digthisvegas.com. Applications are currently being accepted.

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