Why does driving dump trucks make such a good career choice? Why would you choose to drive dump trucks as opposed to say, semi-trailers? These are two questions that we are going to be looking at in today's article. We…
Loaders provide outstanding career opportunities for many people. What makes loaders special is the fact that they are so widely used. If you have your loaders certification, you can find work in construction, agriculture, mining, forestry and many other exciting…
When you have been in this business a while you get to meet all kinds of interesting people looking for heavy equipment certification. Some of them come from very different walks of life, but their reasons for wanting heavy equipment…
People find their way into a heavy equipment career for all kinds of reasons. The most common, however, is to come in through the construction industry. The typical heavy equipment career person begins as an unskilled laborer. They will work…
This is part three of our Truck Driving Tips to Save you Money series. Today we are going to look at a few little maintenance tricks that can improve the fuel economy of the truck that you are driving. Tires…
Many people who come to Associated Training Services are curious as to just what heavy equipment training involves. Our training programs are designed to prepare our students for a real workplace as much as possible and our heavy equipment training…
Hybrid technology has been in the automotive industry for some time now, but it gas been slow to catch on in Truck Driving. The main reason why hybrids have not taken off in truck driving as they have in other…
Laser grade control is something that is great news for grading, but not necessarily good news for graders. Laser grade control can be applied to graders as easily as it can be applied to other types of heavy equipment. It…
Our heavy equipment training programs here at Associated Training Services are not exactly easy work. This is a tough industry and it is our aim to prepare people for real work as best we can. Training Schedules at ATS Our…
We offer job placement here at Associated Training Services because we stand by our training and want our graduates to be able to put it to use as quickly as possible. We have the utmost faith that our graduates will…