AED Accredited post-secondary colleges have met the rigorous requirements of AED's national standards for equipment technology programs. These Standards for Construction Equipment Technology have been developed and are updated by The AED Foundation's Technical Training Committee with broad representation from industry distributors, technical schools, and manufacturers. The standards have truly been developed "by industry, for the industry" to meet specific industry needs.

Today's equipment service technicians require advanced skills and knowledge to service and repair construction equipment that is increasingly sophisticated and complex. In meeting AED national technical standards, AED Accredited colleges "set the industry standard" for equipment technology excellence.

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AED Foundation Accredited Programs

Alaska Vocational Technical Center - Seward, Alaska
Program:
Diesel/Heavy Equipment Technology program
Dakota County Technical College - Rosemount, Minnesota
Program:
Heavy Construction Equipment Technology
Des Moines Area Community College - Des Moines, IA
Programs:
Diesel Technology
Caterpillar Technology
Edison Community College - Piqua, OH
Programs:
Machinery Technology - Mobile Powered Machinery
Ferris State University - Big Rapids, Michigan
Program:
Heavy Equipment Technology
Idaho State University - Pocatello, Idaho
Program:
Diesel /Diesel Electric Technology
Illinois Central College - East Peoria, Illinois
Programs:
Diesel Powered Equipment Technology program
CAT Dealer Service Technician program
Lane Community College - Eugene, OR
Program:
Heavy Equipment Technology
Lansing Community College - Lansing, MI
Program:
Heavy Equipment Technology
Lewis-Clark State College - Lewiston, Idaho
Program:
Diesel Powered Equipment Technology program
Linn Benton Community College - Eugene, OR
Programs:
Heavy Equipment/DieselTechnology
John Deere Construction & Forestry
Linn State Technical College - Linn, Missouri
Programs:
Heavy Equipment Technology program
CAT Dealer Service Technician Program
Minnesota State Community and Technical College - Moorhead, MN
Program:
Diesel Equipment Technology
North Dakota State College of Science - Wahpeton, North Dakota
Programs:
Diesel Technology Program
CAT Dealer Service Technician Program
Northeast Wisconsin Technical College - Sturgeon Bay, WI
Program:
Diesel Equipment Technology
Oklahoma State University - Okmulgee, OK
Programs:
CAT® Dealer Prep
Komatsu ACT Program
Owens State Community College - Perrysburg, OH
Program:
CAT Dealer Service Technician Program
Parkland College - Champaign, IL
Program:
Diesel Power Equipment Technology
Pennsylvania College of Technology - Williamsport, Pa
Programs:
Heavy Equipment Technology
Heavy Construction Equipment Technologies: CAT Emphasis
State University of New York at Cobleskill - Cobleskill, NY
Program:
Diesel Technology
Diesel Tech-John Deer Construction
Wake Technical Community College - Raleigh, NC
Programs:
Heavy Equip & Transportation Tech - Gen Track
John Deere Const Equipment Technology
White Mountains Community College - Berlin, New Hampshire
Formerly Known as New Hampshire Community Technical College
Program:
Mobil Diesel & Equipment Technology

AED is an international trade association representing companies involved in the distribution, rental and support of equipment used in construction, mining, forestry, power generation, agriculture and industrial applications. AED member dealers are unique in that they are each authorized, via contract with an original equipment manufacturer, to inventory, sell and service new machinery in a given geography. More than 90% of AED's factory authorized dealers rent construction equipment as well. The Associated Equipment Distributors strongly adheres to and strongly advocates principles of integrity, ethics and fairness. The AED urges its members to conduct their businesses ethically and compatibly with the free enterprise system and the laws which govern it. Contractors can locate factory authorized construction equipment dealers at the MachineMart® web site.