The logging industry uses a lot of heavy equipment, and loggers love frozen ground because it is stable ground. But according to a recent study by the University of Wisconsin-Madison, the time they have to operate on frozen ground is…
We hear it from the time we are small: warnings about the possibility of falling when we are in a hurry. When the location is a large piece of heavy equipment, rushing to get on or off always has the…
There's a slight difference in the job listings this week -- see those "local CDL drivers" being hired? It's a mistake to assume that all truck driving jobs will be long-haul. In fact, many of the positions listed on the…
It's always a good idea to get training and receive national credentials when you are hoping to be employed in a skilled trade. But there's a big difference between the kind of training you'd get in the backfield practicing with…
Lifetime Employment Assistance Did you know that Associated Training Services has a lifetime employment assistance service? It's true -- and it does last for a lifetime. As long as one of our graduates needs help finding the next job, ATS…
There are only a few more weeks in 2014! How time flies -- and how easy is it to let it slip by without getting started on your career plans? At ATS Heavy Equipment Operator Training School, those career plans…
A lot of agencies are out there working with folks to help them find the training that will give them employability. The problem is, those agencies usually have very specific rules they must follow in the process, and one of…
There will always be a need for storm clean up crews because there will always be storms, right? Whether it's a summer tornado in the midwest, or a hurricane hitting the coast, El Niño causing problems or a classic Nor'easter…
Look at all the job listings this week! Most of them are for heavy equipment operators in states where it snows -- that probably means a big paycheck for someone who knows how to do snow removal. There are a…
It's Freezing Outside Brrrrrr.....it's getting colder! Freezing!! Most heavy equipment operators don't have the luxury of putting their equipment in a heated location overnight, so when you come to work in the morning, that equipment is really cold. So cold,…