Crane operator training in Colorado
2 crane operator programs with costs, results and funding that can make them free
1 school offers these crane operator programs, and Colorado has approved every one for workforce funding. Each shows its price if you pay yourself and how past students did.
Crane and tower operators lift and move materials, machinery and other heavy loads, usually guided by signals from workers on the ground. Training can take several months, many operators first spend years running other construction equipment or working as riggers and signalers, and some states and cities require a crane operator license.1 On construction sites, federal rules require employers to make sure each crane operator is certified, by an accredited testing organization, or licensed before running most cranes, and the employer must provide that certification at no cost to the worker.2
In Colorado, 1 of the 2 programs takes students without a high school diploma and 1 asks for earlier courses first.
Both are the same kind of program: mobile crane operator course.
See the 2 programsHow much does crane operator training cost in Colorado?
$10,189 to $13,400
from the lowest-priced program to the highest, if you pay yourself
These two programs
- Finished the program
- Not reported
- Neither program reports it
- Working 6 months later
- Not reported
- Neither program reports it
- Earned a year, estimated
- Not reported
- Neither program reports it
- Length
- 24 weeks
Source: US Department of Labor, program year 2024 (July 2024 to June 2025). Only programs approved for workforce funding are listed; other schools in Colorado may also offer crane operator training. How these figures are made
All 2 crane operator programs in Colorado approved for WIOA funding
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Mobile Crane Operations
Heavy Equipment College of Oklahoma
Oklahoma City
No diploma needed
Earned a year, estimatedNot reportedPrice if you pay yourself$10,189Program website, Mobile Crane Operations at Heavy Equipment College of OklahomaMore details about Mobile Crane Operations at Heavy Equipment College of Oklahoma
- Finished
- Not reported
- Working at 6 months
- Not reported
- Earned in a quarter
- Not reported
- Length
- 24 weeks, 50 hours a week
- Cost of supplies
- $140
- Students counted
- Not reported
- Earned a year, estimated
- Not reported
- Price if you pay yourself
- $10,189
Lattice Boom Crane Operations
Heavy Equipment College of Oklahoma
Oklahoma City
Education and courses
Earned a year, estimatedNot reportedPrice if you pay yourself$13,400Program website, Lattice Boom Crane Operations at Heavy Equipment College of OklahomaMore details about Lattice Boom Crane Operations at Heavy Equipment College of Oklahoma
- Finished
- Not reported
- Working at 6 months
- Not reported
- Earned in a quarter
- Not reported
- Length
- 24 weeks, 50 hours a week
- Cost of supplies
- $140
- Students counted
- Not reported
- Earned a year, estimated
- Not reported
- Price if you pay yourself
- $13,400
No programs match these filters.
How to pay for crane operator training in Colorado
WIOA funding can pay for crane operator training in Colorado
Every program on this page is approved for it. Whether you qualify, how much your local area pays and how to apply are on our page Does WIOA pay for job training?
Financial aid and grants for crane operator training
Most students can get federal student aid for college, career school or trade school. A Federal Pell Grant, unlike a loan, usually doesn't have to be repaid. Ask the school whether its program qualifies.78
GI Bill for crane operator training
Veterans, service members and qualified dependents can use GI Bill benefits for non-college training programs.9
The program list does not show which programs accept these. Ask the school.
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Where the Colorado crane operator program numbers come from
Which Colorado crane operator programs are on this list?
These are the crane operator programs Colorado approved for WIOA funding (public workforce funding under the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act), as reported to the US Department of Labor for program year 2024 (July 2024 to June 2025). Each state keeps its approved programs on an eligible training provider list (ETPL).10 The list here covers programs approved as of June 30, 2025. Schools that never applied for approval are missing, so this is a part of what Colorado offers.
How the prices and results of Colorado crane operator programs are measured
Prices are tuition and required fees for someone paying without workforce funding, as the school reported them; check the current price with the school. Results describe students who left each program in recent years, so they are no guarantee, and the yearly earnings are the reported quarter times four, an estimate. A program without a "Trained with WIOA funding" line may still take WIOA students. Where a field was left empty or withheld, the page says "Not reported", and "Left out" where a figure was filed but failed one of our checks; nothing is estimated to fill a gap. Where the numbers come from explains each figure in full.
How reliable are the Colorado figures?
The US Department of Labor's own results site lists Colorado among the states with "known data quality concerns".11 The figures here are shown as the state reported them; check them with the school before you enroll.
Sources for the facts about crane operator training in Colorado
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- US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Outlook Handbook: Material Moving Machine Operators
- Electronic Code of Federal Regulations: 29 CFR 1926.1427, Operator training, certification, and evaluation
- US Department of Labor, TrainingProviderResults.gov: About This Site
- US Department of Labor: WIOA Adult Program
- Code of Federal Regulations, title 20, part 680, sections 680.220, 680.230 and 680.310: career services before training, other grants such as Pell Grants first, and limits on Individual Training Accounts (GovInfo, 2024 edition)
- US Department of Labor: American Job Centers
- US Department of Education, Federal Student Aid: Eligibility for Federal Student Aid
- US Department of Education, Federal Student Aid: Don't Miss Out on Federal Pell Grants
- US Department of Veterans Affairs: GI Bill benefits for non-college degree programs
- US Department of Labor, Training and Employment Guidance Letter 8-19, Attachment I: Requirements for Training Providers, Program Eligibility, and the State Eligible Training Provider (ETP) List
- US Department of Labor, TrainingProviderResults.gov: search page, note on states with known data quality concerns