Pay Attention Or Pay The Price
What is the cost of not paying attention to what you are doing? Sometimes that cost isn't much, because you are sitting in a chair at home zoning out during a commercial. But if you are sitting in the driver's…
There Really Is Financing Available
Sometimes, the statement that "financing is available" is part of a used car salesman's spiel, and that financing ends up being kind of like the bait on a hook to reel you in and saddle you with a clunker that…
Heavy Equipment Job Listings: August 2, 2014
July was a big month for construction as firms added 22,000 new jobs, dropping the sector's unemployment to 7.5 percent. That means the folks who invested in high-quality accredited training at ATS Heavy Equipment Operator Training School are ready to…
Ways Your Company Succeeds With ATS
ATS Heavy Equipment Operator Training School is qualified to provide Employer Specific Specialized Training. What does that mean? It means that we can customize our curriculum and provide you with experienced instructors to get your work crew trained for the…
What Do Operators Need To Know?
In one sense, it sort of sounds like a heavy equipment operator does just one thing: operate a big machine. But there's a lot more to heavy equipment operation than being at the controls of a bulldozer or anything like…
Heavy Equipment Job Listings: July 26, 2014
This week there's a big assortment of jobs being listed, from local truck drivers (one averages $60,000!) and other types of CDL jobs to heavy equipment and crane operators. It's always interesting to see which areas of the country are…
Excavator Mistakes Start Here
There are a lot of ways an excavator operator can get into trouble and make mistakes. Some of them are dangerous, like undercutting your machine when digging a trench, or working on a slope the wrong way. Others are really…
Several Kinds Of Heavy Equipment
There's a good reason why Associated Training Services deliberately gets our students on several different kinds of heavy equipment during training. We've seen that your ability to operate one kind of big machine doesn't necessarily mean you can jump on…
Heavy Equipment Job Listings — July 19, 2014
This week's job listings cover some different areas of the country: the heights of the Rocky Mountains and the wide prairies of Oklahoma, and more. One of the great things about being a well-trained heavy equipment operator from a certified…
The Value of The ATS Advantage
When you are trying to figure out where to get training, it's a good idea to look at the philosophy, experience, and goals that the school offers. Associated Training Services has a clear explanation of those very things called "The…