ATS offers a variety of skills-oriented training programs in Heavy Equipment Operation, Crane Operations, Horizontal Directional Drill Operations, Truck Driving, and Rigging.
The traditional role of an excavator was to dig trenches. There have been times when all an operator did was dig mile after mile of trenches - sometimes deep, sometimes shallow. The laying of pipes around the nation has been…
The mining industry has some of the best paid operators when it comes to heavy equipment. However, getting a start in that industry can be difficult, especially if you're raw with no skills or heavy equipment experience. Excavators and excavator…
Excavators - they were once considered to be great at digging holes in the ground, particularly trenches for pipes. These days, excavators can be found in a variety of workplaces and digging trenches has become just one of many tasks…
Excavators are one of the core vehicles that most heavy equipment training programs cover. There is a reason for this. Many of the skills, terms used and processes extend across the complete range of heavy equipment. By learning these components,…
Think excavators and you probably think ditches. However, the modern excavator does far more than just dig ditches. You will find excavators at work on rivers doing dredging work, in forestry plantations, in the mining industry, in road and rail…
Excavators are used in a wide variety of industries and the job prospects for each industry is varied. Although the majority of operators tend to work in construction, there are other industries that also rely on competent operators. Some of…
We have mentioned in the past that excavators are for more useful than just digging trenches. Large excavators can do a number of jobs including an involvement in mining. Smaller excavators are also useful for many different jobs. In the…
Sometimes we downplay the role of excavators and their work digging trenches. After all, digging trenches doesn't really sound interesting. Mining, demolition and other jobs can sound far more interesting; however, there is no denying the important role that excavators…
Sometimes news stories have ramifications that go beyond the initial story. An article in the Equipment Trader Online magazine from early March discusses the proposed move by Caterpillar of their excavator construction arm from Japan to the States. That, of…
Excavators used be rather boring machines. Their role predominantly was to dig trenches for pipelines and there is nothing worse than doing the same thing day after day. Today's excavators are very different to those old machines and a career…