Truck drivers transport almost three-fourths of the country’s freight, and 80 percent of communities depend on trucks to deliver their essentials, including medicine, food, and building supplies. The trucking industry has faced a driver shortage for more than a decade.…
Now that Memorial Day is over, let's have a frank talk about holidays and truck driving. If you think that you'll be one of those rare truck drivers who are always home on every holiday, then you might rethink your…
When professionals in other industries have trouble finding work, heavy equipment workers and truck drivers can go online, search the Total Resources Network jobs database, and have plenty of options. This week, there aren't many jobs listed, but the ones…
Now's a good time to be a heavy equipment operator or a truck driver in the United States and Canada because the Baby Boomer generation is retiring and leaving open their jobs. Plus, if you are a veteran of the…
If there is one thing there isn't in the heavy equipment world, it's a shortage of jobs. In fact, baby boomers are retiring faster than young truck drivers can apply for jobs. You know what means? Driver shortage. That's just…
Scenes on the news of a crane that was damaged by the high winds in New York this week are a timely warning to all heavy equipment operators. Weather is an important factor when operating heavy equipment, cranes, and even…
As Spring and Summer approach, construction work in many states starts to kick up a notch or two. Many companies are now assessing their labor requirements for this increase in activity, and that invariably means new opportunities for trained heavy…
This week's jobs listing is an interesting mix of heavy equipment and truck driving with jobs related to civil works, state parks amongst others. Once again the requirement that many employers are looking for is the ability to operate a…
The only way to build a career as a heavy equipment operator is by gaining employment that will continue to build on your initial training. There is work available for heavy equipment operators. In fact, we are now entering one…
Heavy equipment have long had a reputation for being gas-guzzling machinery that belched huge quantities of noxious black smoke into the air. That reputation is a little unfair in this day and age, especially when you consider emission controls that…