According to many former students, the singe factor affecting their employment options was their choice of training. Why? In most cases, that was the feedback from the employer. Heavy equipment training organizations develop a reputation. It is this reputation that…
A major component of heavy equipment safety for excavator and crane operators is the look up and live philosophy. It can be all too easy to fall into the tunnel vision trap when you are digging trenches or using a…
The popularity of heavy equipment careers seems to come in waves - this could be an economic led effect or perhaps an effect brought on by publicity when heavy equipment labor shortages appear. We are currently in a situation where…
I bet you didn't know that dump trucks built roads. In a way, they do. Sure, they don't smooth out the road base and they don't lay the seal, but they do play a big role in building our roads.…
Bulldozer operators and backhoe operators are the two units of heavy equipment most likely to work on their own. They do form integral parts of teams but you will often find a backhoe out on a site doing the preparation…
Bulldozer operators - where do they work? It would probably be easier to list where they don't work. Typically they work on small housing projects, landscaping, new subdivisions, construction projects of all shapes and sizes, roadwork, and anywhere that requires…
How would you like to spend a day outdoors digging trenches? Sound like fun? Okay, here you go, here's a shovel, let me know when your done! What, you're back already? Doesn't sound like fun? - oh well, let's get…
Motor grader operators normally work in areas such as new sub-divisions, parking lots, airport runways, highways, country roads, and the final stages of general road construction. Like all heavy equipment operators, they require specialist skills for their equipment. Like crane…
Ever wondered what it was like to work as a mobile crane operator? Let's spend a day with an operator and see what sort of day they have. Mobile crane operators are amongst the most skilled workers when it comes…
Summer is over and it may only be Fall, but that means winter is not far off and with winter comes snow. Heavy equipment operators should now be preparing their equipment for snow clearing and part of that preparation will…