WTECB

Heavy Equipment Colleges of America

Not yet verified. Call to confirm. This listing comes from Washington Workforce Training and Education Coordinating Board (WTECB), private career schools, but when we checked its own website on 2026-11-04 we could not confirm it (address not found on its own site and no listed trade on a program page of its own site). It is not counted in our totals or listed under any trade.

State-licensed career school in Lakewood, Washington, listed by Washington Workforce Training and Education Coordinating Board (WTECB), private career schools (checked 2026-11-02). Programs it names: heavy equipment operator.

Address: 4701 McChord Drive SW, Lakewood, WA 98499
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Website: hecofa.com
Phone: not published by the source
Type: State-licensed career school
Listed by: Washington Workforce Training and Education Coordinating Board (WTECB), private career schools (status: Licensed (on WTECB licensed-schools list))
Federal student aid: Not in federal (IPEDS) data

Programs

Program names exactly as the source publishes them. Length and cost appear only where the source states them.

Trade	Program as published	Credential	Length	Cost
Heavy Equipment Operator	Cert. of Heavy Equip. Operations-Mobile Crane	Certificate	120 hours / 3 weeks	not published

What we could not confirm

Tuition and program length, unless shown above.
Start dates, completion and job placement.
Federal aid: this school is not in IPEDS, so Pell Grants and federal loans are usually not available there.

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Source: Washington Workforce Training and Education Coordinating Board (WTECB), private career schools, https://careerbridge.wa.gov/learn/educational-institutions/364, downloaded 2026-11-02. Location: geocoded street address (US Census). Methodology.