Not only do students achieve basic skills such as identifying and driving stakes, setting of witness stakes, using hand and arm signals, radio communication, and pacing, but also advanced skills such as the use of total station electronic distance meters, automatic levels, theodolites, prisms, and radial staking and topography. This program prepares students for entry level employment as stationary engineers. Courses taught in a classroom setting supplement the hands-on training. Like all training administered by the IUOE, safety is a key component. This program provides students with the necessary skills for entry level employment in the paving industry.
Basic training is provided in the operation of dirt and asphalt construction equipment.
By teaching students to operate both types of equipment, they gain relevant knowledge in operating equipment that is required in virtually all stages of a paving project. Further, students receive classroom training to complement the hands-on training components of this program. This program provides students with additional expertise in the paving industry to gain a hiring advantage in the industry. Enrollments in this program stem from graduations from the IUOE heavy equipment operator and basic paving training programs. Students travel out of town to various centers to complete these projects, so they must not only exhibit the superior operational skills required of this work, but also the maturity to serve as ambassadors for the IUOE Job Corps Program.