At the IUOE Local 701 there are a total of eight simulators set up on six workstations. Five workstations are located at the union’s Eugene, OR training center and one at the union hall in Gladstone,OR. At the Operating Engineers Training Center (OETC) Eugene facility, two instructors oversee the simulators grouped by specialty field of expertise. The structures department has two simulator stations running either tower or mobile hydraulic crane, and the dirt group has three simulator stations set up to run hydraulic excavator and future simulators.
“We are now able to provide a more thorough training program for our apprentices and to upgrade operators in their fields of expertise, whether they are moving dirt or operating a crane on a building project”
— Gene Kidd, Staff Supervisor, IUOE Local 701
