5 Uses for a Backhoe
One of the most versatile machines on any work site is the backhoe. If you look at it, it resembles a huge metal spider. But I've never met anyone who knew how to operate a backhoe who didn't also enjoy…
Learn to Operate a Bulldozer
Bulldozer training is one of the most important things you can do for your career. If you want a long and successful career as a heavy equipment operator, then the bulldozer is one of the essential pieces of machinery to…
Stay Employable With Heavy Equipment Versatility
One of the best things you can do to be the person who stays employed is -- drum roll, please -- being the person who can do the job. In the skilled trades industries, that usually means being the person…
What Does The Future Hold Operators?
According to the Occupational Outlook Handbook of the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Construction Equipment Operators are predicted to see an increase of 19% in their job outlook -- that's more than the average (11%), and this prediction goes from 2012…
Freezing Affects Heavy Equipment Operations
It's Freezing Outside Brrrrrr.....it's getting colder! Freezing!! Most heavy equipment operators don't have the luxury of putting their equipment in a heated location overnight, so when you come to work in the morning, that equipment is really cold. So cold,…
3 Dollars A Day And A Shovel In 1854
On February 15, 1854, an engineering marvel was opened: The Horseshoe Curve in the Allegheny Mountains of Pennsylvania. This piece of railroad track meant that travelers between Philadelphia and Pittsburgh could make the trip entirely by rail in about 15 hours.…
A Bubble In Your Butt To Operate Equipment?
If you spend any time at all on heavy equipment operator forums, you'll see someone mention that "you need a bubble in your butt" to be a successful operator of machines like excavators, backhoes, and anything that is used on…
When Will Heavy Equipment Be Obsolete?
If you go to one of the antique tractor shows popular in rural areas, you will see many things. There may be a tractor pull, where operators compete to get increasingly heavy loads across the ground. It's likely there will…
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…
Worried About Housing? It Will Be Fine
One of the nice things about coming to ATS Heavy Equipment Operator Training School is knowing the whole hassle of housing has already been solved. We offer housing assistance at the ATS dormitory, a nice place only four miles away,…