There is so much talk about a recession and tough times, businesses failing and the resultant job losses, you would think there was no hope for the future. There are two areas that should be looked at under these circumstances – considering a career change and finding a ‘friend’ who can help you find employment in your new career.

Heavy equipment operations is one area that worth consideration. The road to recovery from a recession is generally through construction. As roads, houses, businesses and factories are built, more money goes into the economy, this results in more jobs and the circle of growth begins.

ATS Heavy Equipment Operator Schools can help you to train for a new career. Heavy equipment is an integral part of the construction industry so as construction grows, so to does the need for heavy equipment operators.

The big bonus is that ATS can also be that ‘friend’ that can help you find a start in your new career. ATS has a job placement service that helps new graduates connect to prospective employers. The service includes a job placement data base placement database that contains hundreds of employers who hire graduates right out of our school.

ATS has also developed a website that is dedicated to providing job placement help and employee resume tools. Resumes can be lodged and prospective employers can view these to help them select future employees.

When the economy is tough, you need help to find employment. This is particularly true when it is a new field and you have little knowledge of the major players. Do you have a job placement friend?

Sounds like a great news story doesn’t it. Yet that title is actually true, heavy equipment will be needed to drag our economy out of the current recession. How do I know it’s true? The most powerful person on the country said so and he is putting your tax dollars in to make the point.

Back in December 2008, President Obama made an announcement that should have every heavy equipment operator checking their licenses, qualifications and any other work requirements including safety clothing.

President Obama promised to put together the largest public works construction program ever seen to revive the economy. His program includes infrastructure projects that repair roads and bridges, renovations in schools, sewer systems, mass transit, electric grids, dams and other utilities.

His plan will create millions of jobs by investing the single largest amount in national infrastructure projects since the creation of the interstate highway system more than 50 years ago. That is a lot of money and a large chunk of that will need to go into the employment of heavy equipment operators. A lot of these projects will require highly experiences operators – that could be great news for younger operators coming into the employment market.

Experienced heavy equipment operators will be attracted to the higher wages on offer for many of these projects. Under normal circumstances, when there is a huge attraction to particular areas for skilled workers, there is a vacuum left on a local level. This is were freshly trained recruits can step in to fill the vacuum and gain valuable skills locally.

If you are interested in a career as a heavy equipment operator then now may be the time to start your training. President Obama made it clear that this project was to be one of the first to be implemented by the new government.

ATS Heavy Equipment Operator Schools can have you trained and on the road to a new career in a matter of weeks. A career as heavy equipment operator awaits you – will you be ready to help dig our economy out of this recession?

The next 12 months may see an increase in the number of vacancies for skill heavy equipment operators as public spending on infrastructure increases. We live in a fickle world where government promise big spending on capital projects to boost an economy, but it takes up to twelve months for these projects to come to fruition. This is not a political comment, rather a statement of fact.

If you take into account the possible improvement in the economy over the next 12 months globally and the public infrastructure spending coming to a head, the demand for heavy equipment operators from both the public and private sector will be quite large. We will be back to a situation where potential customers have to wait three or months for an operator to be free to get their land cleared.

Now is the time to prepare yourself for a career as a heavy equipment operator if that type of work appeals to you. Get the training done now. Get as much experience as possible on a variety of different types of equipment so that when the demand for operators spikes, you are in a position to take the jobs best suited to your situation.

ATS Heavy Equipment Operator Schools can provide you with training required to get started in the workplace. We may also be able to help you find employment to gain the experience necessary to move on in your career. Check out our online video to see if heavy equipment operations is the right career for you.

As follow on from yesterday’s post “Are There Really Heavy Equipment Jobs In A Recession?“, readers should consider the impact of a new President being elected during a time of economic problems.

One of the key points that President elect Obama has made is the promise to spend around $175 Billion on infrastructure. At least half of that amount will involve heavy equipment and, naturally, heavy equipment operators.

This represents the biggest ever investment in infrastructure and even exceeds the creation of the federal highway system in the 1950s – at least in dollar/time terms.

Heavy equipment operators will be in demand and the one of the benefits of a national plan is that the demand will spread nationwide. You can play a part in the rebuilding of the economy by becoming a heavy equipment operator yourself and now is the perfect time to get started.

The demand for operators will not occur until the spring and will peak in the late summer. If you start your training now and follow that up with experience on smaller jobs in your area, you will have the training and experience required to take on the larger jobs as the demand arises.

ATS Heavy Equipment Training Schools can help you on two fronts. We can provide you with all the necessary training to be successful as an operator of heavy equipment. Just as importantly, we may be able to help you find employment to help you gain that additional experience. The complete package that will help you to play a role in rebuilding our economy.

Oh how we hate that word – recession! It brings on images of doom and gloom yet it shouldn’t. For some sectors, a recession means more work.

One way that governments try to fight a recession is by spending up on what is termed ‘infrastructure’. This is the spending on road, rail and port facilities along with health and education. Of course this increase in construction id good news for heavy equipment operators.

As the economy starts to improve, developers step in to have their blocks cleared and sub-divided ready for the land boom – they want to make their money too.

If you look around you will see construction happening everywhere. Sure, houses and highrises are not being built and perhaps the number of factories being built has dropped. The roads and other infrastructure activities are more than making up for it.

There is plenty of work for heavy equipment operators if your prepared to look for it. You will also need a decent set of qualifications behind you and that is where ATS Heavy Equipment Training Schools can help. They are accredited to deliver training to a national set of standards so you can be confident your skills will be recognized everywhere.

The economy may be a little tight at present but there is still a demand for skilled heavy equipment operators. It can be a catch 22 – tight economy means little in the way of spare cash yet with the demand for operators high, a good job would provide that extra cash.

ATS Heavy Equipment Training Schools has the solution for tight budgets. We offer several tuition financing options, each designed to make it easy and affordable to enroll in any of our training programs. You can apply for financing by filling out our online application.

You may qualify for state or federal grants to help them cover training costs. Students receiving unemployment benefits may be eligible to receive these benefits while in training. There are three other financing options available to prospective students.

The first loan option, each school in the network has relationships with national lending institutions which offer loans to students. The School can recommend a lender if you need help.

With the second loan option, you can approach USA Finance which may make a loan to an individual for tuition and in-school housing. The student makes a down payment upon starting class and the balance of tuition and housing can be financed. The down payment amount is determined after the USA Finance Credit Application is received and reviewed.

For the third loan option there are many banks that offer “Career Loans” to their customers. Students should talk with their local bank about a “Career Education” loan.

There is no doubt that during a recession the construction industry starts to suffer – at least certain areas like home building suffers. In general however, as governments look to spend their way out of a recession they often turn towards infrastructure. This mean roads, rail, ports and new schools and hospitals, and of course, jobs for heavy equipment operators.

The recession actually means a boom time for certain areas of construction. History shows that more miles of road and rail are built during a recession than during the good times. More hospitals and more schools are also built during periods of recession.

If your looking to get into the construction industry as a heavy equipment operator then you will need to concentrate on where the work is. Road and rail are obvious; the mining industry will be determined by base metal prices. If they start to rise then mining will again boom. House building, until the economy starts to lift, forget about working in that sector; for now although I do have one proviso. There are many smart entrepreneurs who will buy land now, and have it developed, so that when the economy starts to grow again, they have the land ready to sell and make money.

Becoming a heavy equipment operator in today’s climate is no different to a booming economy. What changes is where you work – which sectors you work in. ATS Heavy Equipment Training Schools can provide you with the skills to operate heavy equipment in most sectors of the construction industry. Get your career started now.