Cygnet

Cygnet Training Center

Located about 10 miles south of Bowling Green, OH and four miles east of I-75 Exit 171, the Cygnet Training Center is recognized as one of the top training centers for Operating Engineers in North America. Built on 160 acres in Southeast Wood County by the Ohio Operating Engineers Apprenticeship & Training Fund, this training center first opened its doors for training in January 2000. The facility consists of a 8,250-sq.-ft. building with three classrooms equipped with modern audio-visual equipment, a computer lab, offices for staff and instructors, and a lunch room. Attached is a 6,400-sq.-ft. shop boasting a 10-ton overhead crane covering two large bays. The shop has state-of-the-art hot-water heat in the floor supplemented by a waste-oil furnace. Connected to the shop is a 16,000-sq.-ft. all-weather training building. Equipped with carbon monoxide sensors and exhaust system, the building can support the operation of up to six pieces of construction equipment simultaneously. Paving, grader, and directional boring classes are also held in the building. Outside training areas include a concrete pad with permanent industrial and RT forklift practical tests, and a stone pad with cranes set up for all three CCO practical tests. There is also room on the stone pad for CDL class A & B maneuverability training. Nearby is a large, elevated dirt pad used for dozer, backhoe, excavator, loader, and grader training. Dragline and clamshell training is also available on request. Borrow pits and stockpiles are used for scraper and push-cat training.

 Cranes

• American 599C lattice crawler - 40 ton
• P&H 9070 lattice truck - 70 ton
• Lima 600TC lattice truck - 65 ton
• Grove RT 422 hyd. RT - 22 ton
• Grove RT 48 hyd. RT - 8 ton
• Grove TMS300 hyd. truck - 25 ton

Backhoes and Excavators

• CAT 320C-L excavator
• CAT 420 TLB
• Komatsu PC35MR-mini-excavator
• New Holland 575E TLB
• Case 580SK TLB
• John Deere 310B TLB

Dozers

• CAT D3C
• Case 650K 
• John Deere 750
• JD 450H
• CAT D7E
• CAT D7F
• CAT D8K

CDL Trucks

• Freightliner sgl. axle dump w/ 2 axle trailer
• Freightliner semi with 50 ton lowboy tailer
• Mack tandem dump

Loaders

• John Deere 444H wheel
• CAT 287B track skidsteer
• CAT 951B
• Komatsu 815 Skidsteer

Rollers / Compactors

• Dresser 712 tandem
• RayGo 45 Ram sheepsfoot
• REX SP848

Support Equipment

• CAT 613B water wagon
• Terex 2566B articulated dump truck

Graders

• John Deere 670
• CAT 130G

Forklifts

• Hyster 2 ton industrial
• Terex 72-31 all terrain
• CAT TH 63 telescopic rough terrain

Scrapers

• CAT 621B
• CAT 613B
• CAT 627B
• John Deere 762A
• CAT D8 & No. 435 pull