The best recommendation that any business can get is one that comes from their own customers. In our case, it comes from former students who have successfully completed their training and gone on to great careers in the heavy equipment industry.

Training is only half the story. We can provide the world’s best training but if there is no work available then you are not going to be able to refine your skills and gain the experience required to move on to high paying careers. At ATS Heavy Equipment Training Schools we not only pride ourselves on the quality of the training, we also do our best to help students into careers – and that is one of the most important aspects of our business – seeing you succeed.

The demand for skilled operators is growing each year and the range of industries requiring these skills is also growing. Whether you work in the mining sector, agriculture, construction – and this is such a wide field – there are jobs ranging from road construction, farm, housing development and commercial construction, finally area such as shipping and ports and perhaps even military service.

If you are interested in a position in the heavy equipment industry then check out what our former students have to say at ATS Heavy Equipment Training Schools.

Career loans are designed to help you attend a study program of your choice with a nominated training provider. These loans can be used to pay for your tuition, accommodation, and other living expenses. Once approved you make a down payment when enrolling. The loan is then used to cover the balance of the training cost. You may also be able to obtain additional cash to help pay for other living expenses while in training.

At ATS Heavy Equipment Training Schools there are several financing options. Each school in our network has relationships with national lending institutions which offer loans to our students. You can fill out an application through our financing page.

Alternatively, USA Finance may make a loan to an individual for tuition and in-school housing. You 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.

As with all finance, your credit record will play an important role in qualifying for financing. Students with a negative credit records should get co-signers with good credit.

ATS Heavy Equipment Training Schools operate in eight centers around the US;

• Wisconsin

We provide training either online (free) or at one of our training establishments. The training you can undertake includes:

• Bulldozers
• Graders
• Excavators
• Trucks

Do undertake training you need to be at least 18 years old and be able to pass a Department of Transportation (DOT) physical.

ATS Heavy Equipment Training Schools also offer a job placement service designed to help individuals who have successfully completed training into a career in the heavy equipment work place.

If you are interested in a career in this industry, contact us for more information.

Think again. If a 3 year old and 4 year old can learn to operate one of these then so can you. The fundamentals of operating a lot earth moving equipment is fairly straightforward. If you have a little co-ordination then the rest comes almost naturally.

What is difficult is learning the dirt. How the dirt will react when pushed, pulled or dug up. Of course there are other technical lessons to be learnt such as reading plans, judging distances and assessing danger. In the meantime – watch this four year old operate this excavator.

If that amazed you then check out this three year old:

If they can do it – so can you – ATS Heavy Equipment Training Schools will be there with you all the way.

Here is the scenario. A young couple have purchased their first 100 acre farm and they are ready to build and plant. They call you in with your bulldozer and here is what they need.

• Dig out a dam or 2
• Cut a road
• Clear a house pad
• Put in spoon drains
• Push over trees up to 18″ diameter
• Clear scrub,mainly head high bushes
• Push trees,scrub into windrows

That’s easy. How about adding the following:

• sloping,worst being 40 degrees incline/decline
• clay…rock hard-slushy when wet
• grassy paddocks-sparse trees-thick head high shrubbery

Often that is all the information you get when going to a job, oh and the time allowed to get it all completed. Are you up to the task? Are you ready to start that career in heavy equipment?

If you answer yes to that last question then climb on board the training rollercoaster and start your heavy equipment operator career today.

We traditionally think of heavy equipment as being a bulldozer or grader. Perhaps and excavator as well. They are not the only heavy equipment in use these days.

Look at any road construction gang and you have these traditional heavy equipment operators. Other operators include roller operators, truck drivers and the operators of equipment that spreads the gravel or spreads the tarmac that seals the new road.

On construction sites you have the traditional heavy equipment such as bulldozers and cranes. You also have specialized equipment such as trenchers, whose only role is to dig trenches for the laying of pipes or deep foundations.

Trenchers are strange looking beasts. The motor and cabin at one end with a long tail armed with cutting teeth. Some of these trenchers can cut through solid rock like it was butter, cutting a five or six feet deep hole in solid rock in very quick time.

Operators of some of this heavy equipment started off with training as a bulldozer or grader operator and moved on to the other equipment as they gained experience. Your career in heavy equipment has no limitations once you get a start in the industry.

To get a start in the industry you need the right training and perhaps some help getting that first job. That’s where ATS Heavy Equipment Training Schools can help. We can provide you with that training and perhaps even help you into your first job. You wont know until you take that first step.

There are many services that lay their equipment underground. Telephone, electricity, fiber optic cables, gas, and water are just a few of those services.

There are call centers that you are advised to use prior to using any heavy equipment to check on the locations of these service lines – be sure to use them.

Having said that, I urge caution on the information they provide. Some service suppliers seem to use a strange set of bearings and can be ‘off’ up to ten feet from where they tell you their service lines run. Sever one of them and they will bill you for the damages. It is up to you to prove that their information was incorrect.

In the meantime, many people may have been without that service and you will be held up on the job whilst you wait for someone to come and repair the damage. This can take hours.

A general rule of thumb, allow at least two feet on either side of their figures. To be safe, you can almost double that distance. If you have to operate your heavy equipment close to any service lines, take it slowly and carefully and get out of your machine to make close visual inspections at regular intervals.

There is nothing worse than severing a service line, particularly if it is gas. Call the service locater numbers first and take caution.

This operator advice is provided courtesy of ATS Heavy Equipment Training Schools – visit us for all your heavy equipment training needs.

How long does it take to train a bulldozer operator. In fact, how long does it take to train any type of heavy equipment operator?

Believe it or not, two hours. Yes 2 hours. If, that is, the person wants to be trained. If they have their heart and soul into learning how to operate a piece of heavy equipment like a bulldozer.

After 2 hours you should have the basics down pat and able to do simple jobs. Don’t get me wrong, it takes a lot more hours than that to become a competent operator of heavy equipment. You need to learn safety issues, pre startup inspections, minor maintenance jobs and a variety of other topics.

However, the basics can be taught in two hours. If at the end of two hours of intensive one-to-one in the drivers seat training you cannot undertake simple tasks, then heavy equipment operation may not be for you. I say may not, rather than ‘is not’ because everyone is different and some people just require more practice.

You can help your own cause by learning or at least assessing your own abilities at tasks like assessing distances, assessing levels, angles or slopes and assessing size. These are all attributes that help to speed up the learning curve of new operators.

If you think your heart and soul is into heavy equipment operation and your comfortable with some of the other associated skills then heavy equipment operation could be your ideal career option. Check us out at ATS Heavy Equipment Training Schools where you can start your training at no cost through our online training system.

One of the most valuable jobs that a bulldozer operator can be called in to do is to help with fires, bush fires that is.

It’s summer and with summer come the wild bush fires that sweep many areas of North American continent. When ever these fires break out bulldozer operators are called in to create huge fire breaks, fire breaks wide enough to prevent the inferno jumping and restarting its deadly march.

As a skilled bulldozer operator you could be placed in this position at some time in your life. For once, accuracy in gouging out a nice neat section is thrown out the window. Instead, moving as much of the flammable material as possible in the shortest period of time is the order of the day.

It is not as easy as it sounds. The fire can often be seen in the distance as it makes it way towards you. Your life is often at risk, but then so too are the lives of many others if you don’t get the job done quickly and effectively.

It’s not just fire season that you could be asked to create a fire break. Late spring and early autumn are often good times to create fire breaks – before the fires start and before the undergrowth becomes to thick to remove.

If this sounds like an interesting and perhaps exciting aspect of heavy equipment operation, then you should check out ATS Heavy Equipment Training Schools to get yourself into a career as a heavy equipment operator.

Backhoes continue to be a dominant force on many job sites these days. These versatile machines offer the value of two machines in one with a highly capable loader on one end and an efficient excavating tool on the other.

Their ability to accommodate a wide spectrum of attachments makes them one of the most flexible and indispensable tools in many construction fleets. Learning to operate heavy equipment like a backhoe will provide you with a great career.

Backhoes are in use everywhere. Home construction sites require a backhoe to dig foundations and trenches for services. In larger construction jobs, there is a variety of jobs required including the service trenches.

Rural industries rely on backhoes for a lot of their requirement including the work required to build dams and irrigation channels.

Once you have the required basic training and skills you will find there is a strong demand for work. The backhoe is probably one of the easiest pieces of heavy equipment to acquire if you wish to commence your own business.

You can learn the basics of backhoe operations through ATS Heavy Equipment Training Schools and start on the road to highly successful and highly profitable career.