There are a great many 'home renovators' and amateur 'garden designers' in amongst us and over the years they have gathered together an array of skills. The question is, can they build on those skills for a heavy equipment career?…
Backhoes and excavators have very similar actions when it comes to digging out trenches. In fact, a backhoe is really an excavator that has been cut down in size and had a scoop added to the front. There are other…
We are rapidly approaching that time of year when traffic on many of our roads stops to a crawl, or stops altogether. The cause? Snow! Bulldozer operators are often recruited to operate the snow plows used to clear roads. They…
I am noticing a steady increase in the number of vacancies for motor grader operators these days. In fact, there is an overall increase in advertised vacancies for heavy equipment operators. I have seen several ads that read - operators…
There are a lot of highly skilled workers who spend their days driving trucks for a living. A commercial drivers license opens up many opportunities and if heavy equipment skills are added the opportunities get even wider. One of the…
When it comes to heavy equipment and the construction industry, sometimes size is a problem, not a benefit - that's where backhoes step up and complete the job. Backhoes can perform the same duties as most excavators. Of course, being…
Old hands will tell you that excavators in use today are far easier to operate compared to twenty years ago. Is it true? It is a question that is not as black and white as it first sounds. Yes, almost…
Heavy equipment operators used to be tough old nuts. They had reputations for being hard talking, hard drinking and hard working people. I wonder what they would think of the latest equipment on the market? Not a lot I should…
According to many former students, the singe factor affecting their employment options was their choice of training. Why? In most cases, that was the feedback from the employer. Heavy equipment training organizations develop a reputation. It is this reputation that…
How would you like to spend a day outdoors digging trenches? Sound like fun? Okay, here you go, here's a shovel, let me know when your done! What, you're back already? Doesn't sound like fun? - oh well, let's get…