Certification: Heavy Highway Construction

13614 Progress Boulevard, Alachua, FL 32615

Heavy Highway Construction professionals build the infrastructure, working on roads, bridges and ports, otherwise called non-building construction. A trained heavy highway construction worker needs math skills and knowledge of heavy equipment operations, safety, earthmoving, hand tools and traffic regulations.

To help trainees get started in the industry, the Heavy Highway program provides a new Heavy Highway Helper credential. Overall, completing the two level program results in several credentials:
Core Curriculum
Basic Safety
Heavy Highway Construction Level 1
Basic Rigger
Signal Person
Heavy Highway Construction Level 2
Heavy Highway Helper
More information about this certification

More than two years of education or training after high school required?
No
More than two years of work experience required?
No
Oral or Written Exam Required?
Yes

Core

  1. The certification does not have a minimum education level or has an education level below a two-year Associates of Arts or Associates of Sciences degree and the certification does not have a minimum requirement for work experience or requires two or less years of work experience.
  2. The certification has an education level of an Associates of Arts or Associates of Sciences degree or higher, but has a work experience requirement of less than 2 years of work experience.
  3. The certification has a work experience requirement of more than 2 years but does not require a two-year Associates of Arts or Associates of Sciences degree.

  • This certification is related to the Job Corps training program.