This chart is designed to help students and parents understand the educational and physical expectations and/or recommendations for the Heavy Equipment Operations & Preventive Maintenance program at Lehigh Career & Technical Institute. For additional information, please visit the program webpage.

Program Safety & Physical Considerations

• High degree of self-discipline and focus needed for safety with and around earth  moving equipment
• Coordination ability to adjust actions in relation to others’ actions
• Willingness to work in all kinds of weather
• Extended standing, bending, stooping, working inside and outside, working in muddy, dusty and rocky conditions, and working in equipment that bumps and shakes the driver
• Ability to work in tight spaces
• Ability to diagnose the source of a problem quickly and accurately
• Ability to watch gauges, dials, or other indicators to make sure machine is working properly

Essential Aptitudes Recommended

• Eye/Hand/Leg coordination
• Finger and manual dexterity
• Form perception
• Spatial acuity
• Color discrimination
• The ability to coordinate two or more limbs while sitting, standing, or lying down; it does not involve performing the activities while the whole body is in motion
• The ability to quickly and repeatedly adjust controls of a machine or vehicle to expected positions
• The ability to choose quickly between two or more movements and response to two or more different signals

Reading & Language Arts Levels

• College Prep Reading and Language Arts
• College level text books and manuals
• Oral and written communication skills

Math Level

• Basic math level
• College Prep Algebra
• College Prep Geometry
• Compute ratio, rate, and percent
• Measurements of fractions, decimals, and percentages
• Standard measurements
• Order of operations
• Tape measurement reading to the 16th of an inch and/or hundredths of a foot
• Use of measuring devices to 1/1000th  of an inch

End of Year – 12th Grade Assessment Test

• NOCTI

Industry Certifications

• Students will have the opportunity to earn industry certifications in the program
• Students must provide their own transportation to and from the job site

Program Requirements & Related Costs

• Shirt: 2 at $6 each
• Pants: $25
• Steel-tip work boots: $75
• Eye protection provided
• Hard hat provided

Cooperative Education

• Students who meet all the requirements, including teacher recommendation, grades, attendance, and discipline record
• Students must provide their own transportation to and from the job site

Articulation Agreements

• Lehigh Carbon Community College
• Statewide Articulation Agreements

Other Skills

• Ability to work independently and on a team
• Basic mechanical skills
• Basic computer skills
• Detail oriented
• Critical thinking skills