Graders have been use for a long time in helping construction workers and engineers to build and improve communities. They are useful tools.

Graders are typically used to refine the grading that is started by heavier equipment like bulldozers and scrapers. These vehicles are used for rough grading. Dirt and gravel roads have been built using graders since 1903 when two entrepreneurs built the first Russell grader. Not long after that, commercial manufacturers like Caterpillar and John Deere began to make them for mass production. Some communities in the north use graders to scrape snow off of roads for safer travel. Even many farmers and ranchers all over the world use them to do farm work that is essential for their own maintenance needs.

The image above is a grader from 1918, borrowed from Wikipedia.

Grading is a common practice today in construction and engineering and with the help of ATS Heavy Equipment School, persons interested in learning a trade can learn to use a grader as well as other common heavy equipment.

One of the most important aspects of operating heavy equipment is safety. Your own safety as well as the safety of others. Heavy equipment operators need to have situational awareness at all times. Your safety, the safety of your fellow employees, and the safety of the general public are all equal concerns. One slip up and you could cost thousands of lives.

Heavy equipment operators can perform all kinds of feats in all kinds of situations. Not every job will be a super dangerous mission. But there are jobs that you will attempt with your heavy equipment that border on dangerous and keeping safety in mind while you operate is an essential choice.

ATS Heavy Equipment School offers courses on equipment safety to give operators an overview of the dangers involved in heavy equipment operation and to help you make long-term decisions for your own welfare as well as the welfare of others. When you take an ATS course in heavy equipment operation safety, you can bet that you have the latest and the best information that will make you a better operator and keep the work place safe for a long time.

In the 21st century, you don’t have be a boy or drag your knuckles to want to play with dump trucks, bulldozers, and loaders. Girls can play too.

The ATS Heavy Equipment Training School has been known to certify female bulldozer and heavy equipment operators and it’s likely that we will continue to turn out the best equipment operators of either gender.

When it comes to training, you definitely want the best. And if you expect to excel in your career and have the best advancement opportunities then you want the best education. ATS schools are certified by by National Certification Programs that give heavy equipment operators a leg up everywhere. Our students are recognized as some of the best equipment operators in the world. Even our female operators do better in their careers because of the expert training they receive at ATS.

If you are serious about being a heavy equipment operator then try ATS.

Little boys will usually take an interest in cars, trucks, and dirty things around the age of 3 or 4. By the age of 5 they are deeply entrenched in the art of manliness in the dirtiest of ways. They’ll play in the mud, get dirt on their knees, roll their Tonka toy dump trucks through the grass, and just feel swell about being a boy. And they never grow out of it.

Dump trucks are all the rage – at 5 and at 45. If you have a desire to be a dump truck operator then you should seriously look into a heavy equipment training course that can give you the background and certification you need to learn to drive a dump truck and operate other heavy machinery. The ATS Heavy Equipment Training School has the backing of a national creditation program that will give you the credibility you need to pursue a career as a dump truck driver. Why pass up this opportunity?

Not only can you learn to drive a dump truck through ATS, but you can also get your CDL and learn other heavy equipment too. Learn more about ATS Heavy Equipment School now.

If you want to operate heavy machinery in the U.S. then you should seek national certification. It will help boost your career in so many ways.

The National Center for Construction Education and Research (NCCER) was set up specifically to provide heavy machinery operators a way to get certified on the equipment they operate daily. Due to a shortage in heavy machinery operators and no standardized way to test the ones who are working, a need developed to maintain a standard operating practice that would let employers know they have the best skilled workers on their crew. That’s where national certification came in. Today, the leading construction companies in the world recognize NCCER and ATS is at the forefront of providing safe heavy equipment training.

All ATS schools are accredited by NCCER. That means when you get your diploma from the ATS Heavy Equipment Training School, you are qualified to work anywhere that heavy machinery is in operation. No one can question your skills.

Founded in 1995, NCCER is a not-for-profit agency. When you graduate from an ATS school, you’ll be qualified to work on any equipment any where. It doesn’t matter where you went to school. Your skills will be known as first among the class. And the National Registry of graduates qualified on heavy equipment will be available to employers so that your skills and background can be checked, making it easier for you to get the job you want.

If being a heavy equipment operator is in your future, you’ll want to be certified by the National Center for Construction Education and Research.