- Community of interest
- Industrial Technologies & Agriculture
- Award
- Certificate of Achievement
- Program code
- 07260.00CA
- Department
- Heavy Equip Operator
- CIP code
- 49.0202: Construction/Heavy Equipment/Earthmoving Equipment Operation.
- TOP code
- 0947.30 - Heavy Equipment Operation*
Program detailsAward, code, department, CIP/TOP
Program Snapshot
- Community of interest
- ITAG Industrial Technologies & Agriculture
- Award
- Certificate of Achievement
- Program code
- 07260.00CA
- Department
- Heavy Equip Operator
- CIP code
- 49.0202: Construction/Heavy Equipment/Earthmoving Equipment Operation.
- TOP code
- 0947.30 - Heavy Equipment Operation*
Next Steps
Certificate of Achievement — expand to learn about this award
A career-aligned credential built around a specific field of study or area of emphasis. Faster to complete than a degree, and the coursework typically stacks into a related AS or AA later if you choose to continue.
Semester-by-Semester Map
Term 1
Class Schedules
course details
This course is a study of the agriculture, environmental science and natural resources industries with a focus on career opportunities, self evaluation, and skills necessary for successful job procurement. Topics include job trends, resumes and cover letters, interviewing skills, and the types of careers available in agriculture, environmental science, and natural resources.
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This is a basic surveying course. Topics will include selection, care and use of tapes and levels; field observations, note taking and office computations; use of surveying instruments and equipment for land measurement and mapping; practice in differential, profile, and contour leveling; building foundation layout; horizontal angles; cut and fill measurements and calculations for land grading. Laser and Global Positioning System (GPS) technology will be introduced at the basic level.
course details
This course covers design principles, selection, maintenance, adjustment, and safe operation of wheel and crawler type tractors used in agriculture and in the construction industry. (C-ID AG-MA 108L).
course details
This course presents the theory, operating principles, application, component parts, support systems, maintenance, adjustment, and repair of Diesel engines and related systems used on modern trucks and heavy equipment used in the construction and agricultural industries. The related systems include electrical, power train, hydraulic, and Heating, Ventilating, and Air Conditioning (HVAC) systems.
course details
This course includes oxyacetylene welding (OAW), oxyacetylene cutting (OFC-A) and shielded metal arc welding (SMAW) processes, in the flat and horizontal positions on various joint details. It will also include safety procedures, electrode identification, joint fit-up and alignment, base metal preparation, weld quality, beads and fillet welds, with focus on theory and practice. All welds will meet the American Welding Society (AWS) qualification standards.
Term 2
Class Schedules
course details
This course involves the design principles, uses, maintenance, adjustment, calibration, and repair of machinery used in California agriculture. Emphasis is placed on primary and secondary tillage, planting, chemical application, and harvesting equipment. Selection and operation of both machinery and tractors will be practiced. Safety will be stressed throughout.
Corequisite: AET 36
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This course will examine construction regulations, erosion control, drainage, environmental mitigations, soils and aggregates, technical report writing, interpreting blueprints and site plans, applied mathematical calculations, management skills, fleet management practices, project organization, and entrepreneurship.
Corequisite: AET 36
Corequisite: AET 35
course details
This course covers selection, operation, service, and adjustment of heavy equipment used in agriculture and construction industries. Also covered are measurement and techniques used in preparing roads, building sites, and other projects as may be required in the field using heavy equipment.
Corequisite: AET 35
course details
This course is an introduction to the theory, operating principles, application, graphical symbols, component parts, systems, maintenance, adjustment, and repair of hydraulic and pneumatic systems used on modern trucks and heavy equipment used in the construction and agricultural industries.
course details
This course will cover reading site plans, interpreting grade stakes, and setting grades to ensure that earth-moving work meets specifications, using both manual and Global Positioning Systems (GPS) methods.
Career Connections
2-Year Degree Paths
Entry points students may pursue after associate-level study, technical preparation, or licensure pathways.
Example roles: 8
- Rail-Track Laying and Maintenance Equipment Operators
- Pile Driver Operators
- Paving, Surfacing, and Tamping Equipment Operators
4-Year Degree Paths
Roles that more often open up after transfer and a bachelor's degree.
No locally mapped occupations in the current dataset are grouped into the 4-year pathway for this program.
Graduate School Paths
Advanced roles commonly associated with graduate, professional, or post-baccalaureate study.
No locally mapped occupations in the current dataset are grouped into the graduate-school pathway for this program.
Local Job Market
Rail-Track Laying and Maintenance Equipment OperatorsSOC 47-40612 nearby openings
Top employers in sample
- City of Chico 1
- Pacific Coast Producers 1
Where the postings are
- Butte Creek, Butte County 1
- Thermalito, Butte County 1
Sample current postings
Pile Driver OperatorsSOC 47-2072no nearby openings indexed
No nearby openings matched any of: pile driver operator. Browse this occupation on Adzuna for postings outside the mapped keyword set.
Paving, Surfacing, and Tamping Equipment OperatorsSOC 47-2071no nearby openings indexed
No nearby openings matched any of: paving surfacing and tamping equipment operator, tamping equipment operator. Browse this occupation on Adzuna for postings outside the mapped keyword set.
Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment OperatorsSOC 47-20739 nearby openings
Top employers in sample
- Lumen 2
- Maximus 2
- Amain.com 1
- MilliporeSigma 1
- NVIDIA 1
Where the postings are
- Chico, Butte County 5
- Chapmantown, Butte County 1
- Durham, Butte County 1
- Nelson, Butte County 1
- Oregon, Butte County 1
Sample current postings
Highway Maintenance WorkersSOC 47-405123 nearby openings
Top employers in sample
- State of Nevada 17
- County of Sacramento 3
Where the postings are
- Mound House, Carson City 17
- Sacramento, Sacramento County 3
Sample current postings
Explosives Workers, Ordnance Handling Experts, and BlastersSOC 47-5032no nearby openings indexed
No nearby openings matched any of: explosives workers ordnance handling experts and blaster, explosives worker, ordnance handling expert. Browse this occupation on Adzuna for postings outside the mapped keyword set.
Excavating and Loading Machine and Dragline Operators, Surface MiningSOC 47-50221 nearby opening
Top employers in sample
- Vision Staffing Solutions 1
Where the postings are
- Marysville, Yuba County 1
Sample current postings
Earth Drillers, Except Oil and GasSOC 47-5023no nearby openings indexed
No nearby openings matched any of: earth drillers except oil and gas, earth driller, except oil. Browse this occupation on Adzuna for postings outside the mapped keyword set.
Posting counts come from Adzuna's index of US job boards, covering the last up to 90 days within up to 100 miles of ZIP 95965. Coverage and salary visibility vary by employer. Empty searches expand the radius and posting window before the section gives up.
Source Notes
Course sequencing is generated from the Acadia Program Mapper cache. Career groupings use local CIP-to-SOC mappings and BLS occupation data when available. Confirm education plans with Counseling and Advising.
Career Connections shows 8 of 16 occupations mapped by the NCES/IPEDS crosswalk.
Live wage data was not available from the BLS helper for the mapped occupations, so some pay fields may be blank.
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