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Heavy Equipment Operating
Gary King
Heavy Equipment Teacher
General
The Heavy Equipment Operator (HEO) program offers high school juniors and seniors the opportunity to learn to operate heavy equipment.
The program is housed out of the LEAD Center. A building on the Ray-Pec east campus - near East Middle School and the Ninth Grade Center - provides a space for the equipment and open land for students to use as they learn to use equipment.
The program is being developed in partnership with the International Union of Operating Engineers Local 101.
Read about the program in this brochure (pictured below).
In the news!
This news story tells about Ray-Pec offering training in the Heavy Equipment Operators and HVAC trades. Watch this segment by KCTV5:
Heavy Equipment Operating Student Help With Integrated Learning House
Students in one new Ray-Pec High School program helped prepare the site for another new program coming in fall 2025.
In January 2025, students in the Heavy Equipment Operators Program helped prepare the site for the new Integrated Learning House at the high school. The Integrated Learning House will be an actual house designed for students with special needs to practice the skills needed to live on their own. Students will not live in the house, but will use the house as a classroom to learn a variety of tasks.
School Board President Ruth Johnson makes it official during the May 13, 2024, groundbreaking ceremony.
Superintendent Dr. Mike Slagle addresses attendees at the groundbreaking ceremony.
Abe Lewis, LEAD Center Director, tells about the opportunities for students.
Business partners brought pieces of equipment to the site for the ceremony.
School District representatives and business partners celebrated the groundbreaking for the program.