Driving trucks can be a job that takes you away from your family for two or three nights each week. Driving dump trucks generally means you're home for dinner each night and you get to sleep in your own bed…
If you watch enough television or go to the movies, you are bound to have seen airplane flight simulators, but what about grader operators and other heavy equipment? They are around in various stages of technical design. Some are reasonably…
Are you considering a heavy equipment career but not sure about what the future holds, or what to do next? Perhaps we can help. ATS Heavy Equipment Operator Schools is one of the oldest schools in the country with over…
It may take several years to gain the experience and knowledge to operate one of those huge construction cranes. No matter who you are, it all starts with a crane operator training course and then your first job. From there,…
With the holiday season emptying a lot of wallets (and bank accounts), paying for a heavy equipment training program may seem beyond your means right now. It doesn't have to be since there are financial aid options available designed to…
Becoming a skilled bulldozer operator is a career within itself. For the more adventurous, there is a lot on offer beyond the construction and road building industries. It all starts with heavy equipment operator training. Once you have the basic…
Like all heavy equipment operators, backhoe operators have to perform daily maintenance tasks. These tasks are designed to ensure the equipment stays on the job for as many hours as possible. Not only that, if done properly, daily maintenance tasks…
Our heavy equipment training schools strive to deliver training that is both industry relevant and at the same time compliant with national standards. To achieve this we designed our training programs inline with those established by the various national bodies…
Truck driving as a career offers a lot to those that like variety. You can drive the same stretch of road every day for years, yet it's not the same. There are different weather conditions and, of course, your fellow…
The demand for heavy equipment operators is steadily rising with forecasts for 2010, indicating a much heavier demand in spring and summer, especially when it comes to excavators and loaders. Bulldozers and graders follow closely with other heavy equipment operators…