Terrific!! Construction is expected to grow 19 percent from 2012 to 2022*, faster than the average for all occupations! This is due in part because of the increased spending on the infrastructure to improve roads, bridges, water and sewer systems, and the electrical power grid. In addition to the need for heavy equipment operators to repair and upgrade our infrastructure, these workers will be needed to keep up with the need for more houses, apartments, and other building projects, due to population growth.

Construction equipment operators held 409,700 jobs in 2012, with approximately 78,000 more operators needed by 2022 to keep up with the expected growth.* In addition to the NEW job opportunities, heavy equipment operators will be needed to replace those leaving the industry.

The potential for employment in the construction industry is outstanding, to say the least. The best opportunities will be available to heavy equipment operators who have the training and ability to operate MULTIPLE types of equipment.

There’s plenty of work to do on a construction site that cannot be done by hand; this is where a construction equipment operator comes in. He or she may operate the equipment that moves heavy materials from Point A to Point B, excavate gravel and earth, drive piles into the ground, or spread and level asphalt, concrete and other paving material.

In this position, workers will operate heavy equipment used in the construction and maintenance of roads, bridges, airports, gas and oil pipelines, tunnels, buildings and other structures, in surface mining and quarrying activities and in material handling work. They are employed by construction, pipeline and logging companies, as well as by heavy equipment contractors.

All over the world including Nigeria, numerous multibillion dollar infrastructure and excavation projects are underway and making good progress. At the forefront of these projects is a skilled set of committed heavy-equipment operators.

According to the Occupational Outlook Handbook popularly read in Nigeria, Construction Equipment Operators are predicted to see an increase of 19 percent in their job outlook from 2012 to 2022; this is well above the average outlook of 11 percent for the same timeframe in other industries.

In addition to this statistic, there are other reasons why heavy equipment is a strong career choice for those looking to make a career change.

Perhaps most enticing among these reasons are that few blue-collar jobs pay as well as heavy equipment operator jobs. When you consider the pay, the pension, and all the benefits together, it is a fairly lucrative field. Additionally, if you have multiple qualifications (i.e. rigger, mobile crane operation, forklift, excavator, reachstacker certification, etc.), you can command even higher pay.

Coupled with high pay is plenty of opportunity. The heavy equipment industry is seeking new candidates to hire and train right now. Both the private sector and the public sector need qualified people to operate heavy equipment to build roads, bridges, skyscrapers, public projects, and so on. According to statistics, there were 404,900 heavy equipment operators employed in 2010 alone, and this number is only growing.


Along with the compensation and available jobs, a career as a heavy equipment operator can offer a certain level of job security. Heavy equipment operators can work for state and local governments; highway, street and bridge construction companies; utility system construction companies; and other specialty trade contractors. With all of this need, this industry is one where you can find plenty of opportunity and security.

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