Housing is part of the deal when you come to ATS Heavy Equipment Operator Training School. Here's why: We have found that giving our students a safe, comfortable place to stay helps them do better in the program. Housing is…
Technically, you do not need a Commercial Drivers License (CDL) to operate heavy equipment, it's true. But if you have your CDL, you are going to be much more valuable to an employer, and it can make the difference between…
Heavy equipment moves mountains -- and even though the bulldozers, scrapers, and other machines are made of strong metals, they use a network of hardfacing material, a wear-resistant layer of metal ridges, to protect the parts that contact the ground.…
A Qualified Rigger is required by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) to be on the construction site during hoisting activities for assembly and disassembly work, when workers are in the fall zone and hooking, unhooking, or guiding loads.…
The Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (WIA) was designed to get Americans trained and on the job. It's one of many legislative efforts to give practical help to specific types of workers. ATS Heavy Equipment Operator Training School has gone…
I was speaking to a young man who recently accquired more training and hired at a company that has three branches of operations. I asked him what he'd be doing, and he told me he'd be working in the construction…
In a lot of ways, a graduate of ATS Heavy Equipment Operator Training School has got hard skills and soft skills. Knowing how to identify soil, read a grade, understand site layout management, etc. while competently maintaining and safely operating…
Do you remember the car-swallowing sinkhole that opened up inside the National Corvette Museum in February? Early one morning, the ground beneath the Skydome area started caving in. By the end, there was a cavern about 40 feet across and…
Finish graders apply the finicky final touches to a surface to get it perfect. That smooth runway and carefully cambered road is due to the skill of an experienced finish grader. The bulldozer started the job, but the grader will…