02-05-2025
Heavy machine operators compete in the Global Operator Challenge
EDWARDS, Ill. (WMBD) — Heavy machine operators across the Midwest are competing in the Global Operator Challenge.
The challenge is held at the Caterpillar Edwards Demonstration and Learning Center. Its purpose is to test the skills and precision of equipment operators.
Operators had to use the heavy machinery to roll a barrel, go through tight spaces, and avoid obstacles.
Sarah Bobbitt, a senior marketing consultant at Caterpillar Inc., said operators competing are the best in the Midwest.
'I want them to get out there to operate new equipment that they haven't been able to before, see the greatest technologies that we have available, and maybe meet new people,' she said. 'I've already seen quite a few of the guys kind of getting together and coming together as a team.
'So it's an awesome opportunity. Local to regionals, to globals, to grow as a person, as an operator, to expand that network,' Bobbitt said.
The winners from the Edwards competition will go on to compete in the regional competition in North Carolina.
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