Extended Reality (XR) technologies have emerged as powerful educational tools, offering next-generation learners immersive and interactive experiences that enhance the learning process across various disciplines. Despite its promise, the application of these technologies in engineering fields, particularly in construction engineering fieldwork education and training, remains limited. In response, we created a virtual training environment using Virtual Reality (VR) that simulates a real-world construction fieldwork with a conventional hydraulic crawler excavator, focusing on two learning objectives: (1) learning the control of the excavator and (2) learning to operate the backhoe loader to load and drop materials at designated locations. Our environment allows students to participate in the virtual excavator and construction operations training through a VR headset within a traditional classroom setting, eliminating the need for physical machines and thereby reducing both the cost and risk associated with real fieldwork training. The usability of our virtual training application has been assessed. The result demonstrates that immersive and interactive VR training significantly boost student engagement and knowledge acquisition while also indicating its potential to transform training and learning approaches to construction practices by making training activities more accessible and safer.