ATS offers a variety of skills-oriented training programs in Heavy Equipment Operation, Crane Operations, Horizontal Directional Drill Operations, Truck Driving, and Rigging.
One of the biggest problems with heavy equipment in the past has been accuracy. These machines do a great job of moving, digging, scrapping and grading. However there is often a need for either smaller equipment or hand tools to…
How long does it take to train a bulldozer operator. In fact, how long does it take to train any type of heavy equipment operator? Believe it or not, two hours. Yes 2 hours. If, that is, the person wants…
One of the most valuable jobs that a bulldozer operator can be called in to do is to help with fires, bush fires that is. It's summer and with summer come the wild bush fires that sweep many areas of…
To most casual observers, a bulldozer looks like a huge machine with a blade at the front that is used to push dirt around. They are partly correct. A bulldozer is used to push dirt around and it does a…
Bulldozer's have been around since the early 1920's and were one of the concepts behind the design of the first military tank. The first bulldozer was a modified Holt farm tractor. Once their versatility and ability to move earth (as…
Okay, so your have put your head down, studied hard and now have the operation of a bulldozer down pat. Now what? Having a bulldozer qualification is great and you will find there are plenty of well paid jobs on…
Bulldozers have a wide variety of tracks. Except for the small ones you see in the city with rubber pads on their treads, they all rely on the shape of their tracks to keep them moving, to give them manueverability,…
One of the more onorous jobs of running heavy equipment is keeping them clean. I'm not talking about taking it to the car wash or polishing it up in the driveway. I mean the cleaning that is required to keep…
In the 21st century, you don't have be a boy or drag your knuckles to want to play with dump trucks, bulldozers, and loaders. Girls can play too. The ATS Heavy Equipment Training School has been known to certify female…
Training in heavy equipment, such as bulldozers and backhoes is much easier than you may have thought. You may have asked yourself the question what the age requirement is in order to attend your training schools. In order to train…