Almost every kid has a dump truck at some stage of their life, even girls although in the past they probably had to take their brothers. That little dump truck is an important part of a child’s informative development. It is probably one of the first real life job simulations that children go through. It can also spark a life long interest in the field.

It’s not long before the dump truck is replaced by the police car or fire engine, or perhaps the bulldozer and front end loader that fills that little dump truck. Dump trucks are easy toys to play with. Fill them with sand and move it to a new location then dump the sand out. It would be nice if we could do the same in real life.

Real life dump truck driver often requires a multi layer of skills. Drivers need to learn a waiting game, waiting to be filled, waiting to be emptied and waiting for others. Dump trucks do serve a multitude of purposes. Whilst removing waste is on of their prime jobs, it is not the only one.

One of the trickiest job involves driving slowly with the tailgate open and the angle set right. As the driver moves forward the amount of loose material is evenly spread across the desired area. You can often see this on highway constructions.

If you still have the passion to drive dump trucks then check out the training through ATS Heavy Equipment Operator Schools. We not only have the training – we may also be able to help you find your first job.

A dumper is often a diesel powered vehicle used to carry loads and material around, often on building sites. Older dumpers steer by turning their back wheels. They had no electric or hydraulic parts and thus has not much that can easily go wrong. The skip was secured by a catch near the driver’s feet which, when released, allowed the skip to tip under the weight of its contents.

Modern dumpers often steer by articulating at the middle of the chassis. They have a host of electric and electronic components with hydraulics and are more expensive to make and operate.

Their skips have power tipping and often lift as they tip. In the 1990s dumpers with swivel skips, which could be rotated to tip out sideways, became popular, especially for working in narrow sites such as road works.

Dumpers are specialized equipment that may require specialized training. However, the basic training required is often no different to that of a truck driver or dozer operator. To gain training in all aspects of heavy equipment contact us at ATS Heavy Equipment Training Schools.

The real work horse on any construction site has to be the dump truck. They work tirelessly all day every day carting loads of rubbish, building materials and rocks and placing it where it belongs. They may be called dump trucks, and they certainly do ‘dump’ their load, but their nothing careless about the way they do it.

Driving a dump truck takes some skill. At times you may be required to undertake a measured release of your load, for example when dumping stone, sand or gravel along the length of a new stretch or road. The more controlled and measured the release, the less work for the rest of the team.

Dump trucks are the beasts of burden. They bring in building materials at the start of a job. The work to move earth and rock that has been excavated from the site and when the job is almost completed, they are involved with the removal of all the rubbish and building materials that have been left behind.

Being a dump truck driver is probably every little boy’s dream (many girls too). You see them as children driving their dump trucks in their sand pits. Driving a real one is very similar, they are just so much larger.

To gain the skills to drive a dump truck you need training and the best place to acquire that training is through ATS Heavy Equipment Training Schools. We will provide you with all the skills required to obtain your commercial driving license.

If I could have had an alternative career it would have been as a long distance truck driver. I love driving. I could happily drive from one end of the country to the other, then turn around and come back. I am not interested in the scenery or anything like that – I just like the open highway – perhaps there is something hypnotic about that white line.

I am not the only one. There are thousands of men and women who feel the same and they spend their days (and nights) behind the wheel transporting our freight all around the country. Every single one of them started somewhere and it would have started with some of the basic skills required to get a license.

At ATS Heavy Equipment Training Schools we pride ourselves on the quality of the training provided to those undertaking truck driving programs. We train you all facets of truck driving and help you to acquire you truck license. We even help you find employment.

If you look at the highways around the nation, you will notice there are truck everywhere, and the industry cannot find enough reliable, honest and trained workers.

Perhaps you will be the next to graduate from our training school for truck drivers. You need to take that first step – contact us to start your career as a truck driver.

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 are interested in the idea of a heavy equipment career but not all too interested at the thought of spending most of every day on a construction site; dump trucks are worth considering. Driving dump trucks is a rewarding career that combines many of the better aspects of heavy equipment operation and truck driving. While a dump truck falls more correctly into the category of trucks rather than heavy equipment, you will see that dump trucks and heavy equipment go hand in hand in many situations.

As a driver of dump trucks there are many different opportunities open to you. Of course dump trucks are big in the construction industry, but you will find a lot of them in mining and fairly large numbers in other sectors as well. This is a great way to get a break from an industry while retaining a career. It is also useful if ever you feel the need to relocate. Dump trucks are everywhere and drivers can find work all over the country.

The money in dump trucks is not bad either. If you are an owner operator, you can really do well, but those that are employed to drive for other people do quite well too. One of the best points about dump trucks is that they are all weather vehicles. You can keep operating your vehicle as long as your place of work stays open. That is not true for all other types of equipment. Drivers of dump trucks can at times enjoy more days of productive work than some types of heavy equipment.

If you are interested in driving dump trucks and would like to learn more, please contact us at Associated Training Services.

Whether you drive a dump truck or merely work around them, it is important to remember that they have the potential to be dangerous. There is a tendency for even experienced dump truck drivers to do things the easy way rather than the safe way. A dump truck is a piece of heavy equipment and should always be treated with the respect and care it deserves.

Accidents should not occur around dump trucks, sadly they are quite common. The following example is taken from a public health report on the University of Iowa website:

During the fall of 1999, a 53-year-old construction worker was killed after he unloaded sand from a dump truck. He partially raised the box of his truck to dump out a portion of wet sand at a work location, then leaned under the box to manually trip the hydraulic linkage to bring the box down. The hydraulic linkage was located at the hydraulic pump, behind the cab between the main frames of the truck. This action was apparently a habit to save some time from walking around the truck to push the dump lever inside the truck cab. However, this time, because of the heavy load of sand, and because the box was only partially raised, the truck box came down immediately pinning the man between the box and the frame of the dump truck. The man suffered massive head injuries and was dead at the scene. The deceased truck driver had several years of experience with machinery and was the lead man for the small construction company.

If you do a Google search for “dump truck safety” you will be surprised at the amount of similar case studies that you are able to find. While there are cases of equipment failure, most of the fatalities and serious injuries would have been avoided had the dump truck driver followed standard safety protocols. Everyone likes to get the job done efficiently, but few would argue that the few extra seconds that it takes to operate the box from the proper controls are worth risking one’s life over.

If you are thinking about learning how to drive a dump truck and are interested in learning more, contact us at Associated Training Services.

When it comes to heavy equipment and construction careers in general, many people forget that driving dump trucks presents a great career opportunity in its own right. Think about all of the places that you see dump trucks, they are in all different kinds of industries. When you see something that is spread around so widely, you know that it has to be an excellent career opportunity. Dump trucks are just that.

The benefits of driving dump trucks are numerous and fall into two distinct categories, the financial / employment-related and the personal. The financial / employment related benefits are what most people are interested in.

Financial and Employment Related Benefits of Driving Dump Trucks

• Earn better money than through unskilled labor
• Widespread employment opportunities
• Job stability
• Job security

Personal Benefits of Driving Dump Trucks

Working is about more than just making money. Making money is great, but you want to have a job that you can be comfortable in and enjoy. Dump trucks offer this as well.

• A comfortable, climate controlled working environment.
• A job that you can do anywhere.
• The chance to meet new people.
• Great working conditions.
• A low impact job that you can do at any age.

There are many benefits for people who drive dump trucks. Dump trucks provide rewarding careers that all kinds of people can enjoy. If you are interested in learning how to drive dump trucks, pleasecontact us at Associated Training Services.

Why does driving dump trucks make such a good career choice? Why would you choose to drive dump trucks as opposed to say, semi-trailers? These are two questions that we are going to be looking at in today’s article. We think that dump trucks make a great career option and for some people, represent a better path than other forms of truck driving.

Driving dump trucks typically leaves you closer to home and gives you more regular hours than regular truck driving. If you ask many truck drivers what they would change about their job, the answer would be the hours. Don’t get me wrong, some people are cut out for truck driving, but it can take its toll if you are not prepared for long shifts behind the wheel and extended periods of time away from home. If you want to drive, but you don’t want to be away from home and don’t want to travel too far, then dump trucks make an excellent alternative.

Driving dump trucks is a less solitary existence. If you are a long haul trucker, you get used to being alone for long periods of time. Some people love it, others find it quite stressful. Driving dump trucks gives you a nice mix. You get time by yourself and you get to mingle with your co-workers when you get to the site that you are taking your load to. It is a more communicative existence, drivers of dump trucks need to be good with people.

There are plenty of great jobs for drivers of dump trucks as you can find them in all kinds of different industries. This means that if you ever want to, you can find a change of scenery. You will find dump trucks in mining, agriculture, landscaping, construction, forestry and many other industry sectors. If you want to be able to move around and have a career that you can take with you wherever you go, driving dump trucks is a great choice.

If you are interested in driving dump trucks and would like to learn more about how to obtain your certification, please feel free to contact us at Associated Training Services.

Have you ever thought about truck driving for a living; in particular, have you ever thought about driving dump trucks. Getting your certification to drive dump trucks is a smart career move. It not only gives you a job that you can do anywhere, rain or shine, it gives you a job that is easier to do. If you have been in construction for a while, you might be carrying a few injuries. It gets harder to do a lot of the more physically demanding tasks as you get older and if you are unskilled, that can make it harder to find work.

The great thing about dump trucks is that they do not place any undue stress on your body. Sitting inside a dump truck you are out of the elements and not doing any heavy lifting, what more could you ask for? Many people think that the only place for dump trucks is in the construction industry, they could not be more wrong. Today, dump trucks are used in construction, agriculture, mining, landscaping and for many other functions. This is great when it comes time to look for work. If you get tired of working in one industry, you can always change to another. That is the beauty of versatile certifications like dump trucks.

If you are looking for more information about dump trucks, please do not hesitate to contact us at Associated Training Services.