ATS offers a variety of skills-oriented training programs in Heavy Equipment Operation, Crane Operations, Horizontal Directional Drill Operations, Truck Driving, and Rigging.
Most people, when they think of heavy equipment, they think of those large machines they see on construction sites. And generally speaking they are thinking yellow. Yellow of course is the traditional color for the Caterpillar breed of heavy equipment.…
Operating heavy equipment requires certain skills that can be difficult to teach. Skills such as coordination - particularly hand-eye-feet - are formed during our early years of life. Other skills include a natural affinity with all things mechanical. Being able…
Not all heavy equipment is actually - heavy, but they can be mean looking little critters. Look at the mouth on this one. It may be on the small side but a piece of heavy equipment like this can still…
Being part of team can be a lot of fun. It also takes quite a bit of coordination and control. Knowing exactly where your fellow workers are is so important - if only for safety sake. These guys are working…
Learning to operate heavy equipment is not that difficult - I wont say it is easy either. There are many different levels of training with each level designed to teach you certain skills. The also form the backbone of the…
You can get training on heavy equipment in a lot of different ways. You can go and jump on a machine and learn by trail and error - if you survive. You can learn from an old hand who can…
You have to wonder about the mentality of some operators. Of course, accidents do happen, but if you take care and you are aware of your environment then these accidents wont happen. Check out this heavy equipment operator: Obviously wasn't…
Have you ever seen a piece of heavy equipment with two seats in the cabin? No! Didn't think so. It is extremely difficult to 'teach' someone how to operate any equipment. We can teach you safety features, and we can…
Track Loaders are very similar to bulldozers and can undertake similar jobs. Bulldozers really just push and cut, they cannot load the material into a truck. Track loaders are a combination of a front end loader and a bulldozer. The…
The best recommendation that any business can get is one that comes from their own customers. In our case, it comes from former students who have successfully completed their training and gone on to great careers in the heavy equipment…