ATS offers a variety of skills-oriented training programs in Heavy Equipment Operation, Crane Operations, Horizontal Directional Drill Operations, Truck Driving, and Rigging.
One of the largest machines in the heavy equipment category are the large excavators. They can be lumbering giants, slowly crawling around a construction site on huge tracks. The buckets are huge and can lift a lot of dirt in…
Heavy equipment operators, particularly those that are prepared to go out into the mines, or perhaps out onto the oil rig, do so with the one ambition of working hard, saving their money and buying a heavy equipment machine of…
Most people assume that heavy equipment relies more on grunt than finesse. However, using an excavator often requires more finesse than grunt. Excavators are often require to dig trench to precise measurements, at time with gas or water pipes nearby.…
Excavators are engineering vehicles that are comprised of an arm, cab that is mounted on a pivot and a bucket. All of this is on top of an undercarriage with wheels. They may also be built with tracks. They are…
When most people think of excavators they think of digging and preparing for a very large building project. Did you know that excavators are also involved in many demolitions? Excavators are probably the biggest piece of all around general purpose…
We tend to normally think of excavators digging in preparation for large building projects, but they are also extremely functional in demolitions. Excavators are perhaps the biggest piece of general purpose heavy equipment, assuming of course that you exclude cranes.…
In building, the demolitions process can be just as important as the construction process. Demolishing unsafe buildings safely takes a degree of skill and expertise. Demolitions of smaller buildings, those that are around two or three stories high is a…
Excavators are one of the biggest pieces of heavy equipment that most people will get to use. They are similar in appearance to backhoes, but larger. They are usually tracked and are sometimes referred to as trackhoes, diggers or simply…
It is a fact that when most people think heavy equipment, they think excavators. Excavators can be one of the most exciting and interesting types of equipment that you will ever get to use. With excavators certification, you are ready…