Paid apprenticeship
Forest City, IA
Tuition
Paid employment
Intake not published
3 listings on file
Heavy Equipment Operator programs in Iowa
3 registered apprenticeships, and no trade schools. We hold no school records for this trade yet, which is a gap in our coverage rather than a statement about the trade. The apprenticeships are below.
What the job pays in Iowa
$60,330median, per year
This is what operating engineers and other construction equipment operators earn across Iowa, half above and half below. It is an experienced-worker figure, not a starting wage. Nationally the median is $59,850.
US Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS, SOC 47-2073 · survey 2025-05 · retrieved 2026-08-26
50-mile radius
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Enough on file to rank
Paid apprenticeships · 3
These pay you from day one. No tuition.
Paid apprenticeship
Brooklyn, IA
Tuition
$0
Paid employment
Intake not published
No working website on record. Search this name on apprenticeship.gov.Full detailIowa Workforce Development, Registered Apprenticeship Sponsors by Occupation
Paid apprenticeship
Indianola, IA
Tuition
$0
Paid employment
Intake not published
No working website on record. Search this name on apprenticeship.gov.Full detailIowa Workforce Development, Registered Apprenticeship Sponsors by Occupation
Requirements, the test, timing
How to actually get in
Finding the program is the easy part. The application is where people fall down.
How to get into a heavy equipment operator apprenticeship3 listings matched. Figures come from the publishers named on each card. Nothing on this page is estimated.