The heavy equipment/ trucking industry has become one of the largest in the world. There are hundreds of jobs available in this area due to new jobs and also because so many workers are retiring. In order to become qualified…
Associated Training Services has been very successful in the training of students in different areas of study for years. Students can train to be a heavy equipment operator or even a truck driver. Obtaining a CDL in order to become…
The days of focusing on one piece of heavy equipment as a career are quickly fading. Employers are constantly looking for heavy equipment operators who are multi-skilled, generally on heavy equipment, however, there are other associated skills that employers look…
That is what we are seeing more and more these days - job vacancies for heavy equipment operators with commercial drivers licenses. For many smaller employers, it can be hard to justify employing individuals who only have the one skill.…
If you have a commercial drivers license, then you're well on the way to becoming a mobile crane operator, or at least adding that option to your truck driving repertoire. Operating a mobile crane has three very distinct components: driving,…
Tower cranes can be huge and, in most cases, cannot be moved under their own power. In fact, almost all tower cranes are nothing more than giant Meccano sets with each crane put together on site. Anything up to a…
We often talk about working as a truck driver, and to do so, obtaining a commercial drivers license, also known as CDL. But what exactly is a CDL? As the name suggests, it is a drivers license that is required…
Truck driving has been one of those careers that have remained relatively stable no matter what the economy is doing. There is one real fact about life - we need to eat, and because most of us know little about…
Wherever you find natural disasters occurring, there is bound to be a huge clean-up to follow. Whether it's a hurricane, tornado, or floods as we have seen in Brazil and Australia, the debris that's left behind always needs to be…
Have you ever considered a career as a truck driver or heavy equipment operator? If you have, ATS have some great news for you as we head into 2011. Our successful free heavy equipment and CDL workshops are continuing on…