This week’s jobs listing is an interesting mix of heavy equipment and truck driving with jobs related to civil works, state parks amongst others. Once again the requirement that many employers are looking for is the ability to operate a wide range of equipment and trucks. Employers are also looking for individuals who are prepared to get out of their equipment and join in with any general laboring duties when required. The bottom line, employers want versatility from their workers. If you need to add skills, consider a short heavy equipment training course. You can broaden the range of equipment you can operate in just a few weeks.

Heavy equipment Low-Boy Driver – Rochester, NY
Electric transmission right-of-way clearing, Commercial, D.O.T, Utility, Gas Pipeline, Clearing, Civil Work, Storm Response and Municipal Contracting and Vegetation Recycling.

Laborer with Heavy Equipment Experience – Cogan Station, PA
Heavy equipment operators needed for company specializing in mobile crushing operations. Required to operate heavy equipment and perform laborer duties as required. This is a year round operation that requires travel Monday thru Friday.

State Park Equipment Operator – Weott, CA
The incumbent will work throughout the district performing a full range of duties in the transportation and operation of all types of heavy equipment. This position transports and operates heavy equipment including but not limited to, backhoes, graders, excavators, tractors, patch trucks, water trucks,

Equipment Operator II – Alexandria, VA
An Equipment Operator II operates one or more types of heavy automotive equipment. This employee exercises considerable skill in manipulating heavy motor equipment while paying constant attention to safety of operation in order to prevent accidents.

Heavy Equipment Operator – Temple, TX
Federal contractor with multi-state construction operations is seeking a highly motivated and skilled heavy equipment operator. This position will operate a variety of contractor construction equipment. The equipment is of various sizes and weights in loading, hauling and unloading of equipment, materials and supplies.

Heavy Equipment Operator – Church Hill, TN
The purpose of the job is to operate heavy equipment safely, productively and efficiently. This job could require pushing, compacting, grading, loading or hauling waste or dirt and could require working alone or teaming with other heavy equipment. This job could also require operating around customer trucks and customers at the working area.

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If you require more information on these jobs, or to keep up-to-date with the latest job vacancies, visit our dedicated job site. Jobs are posted regularly by employers – a tip, read the job requirements carefully, employers are often looking for more than one operator or driver, so check for hints such as plurals, for example, ‘drivers wanted’, generally means more than one.

If you are looking for work in the heavy equipment field, then feast your eyes on this week’s offerings. Better yet, head over to our jobs site for more information on how to apply for them. While many will claim there is little work available for heavy equipment operators, the truth is there is always work available somewhere – you just need to know where to look, so be sure to add us to your weekly job search activities. Here is just a short list of some of the jobs available this week.

Loader Operator – PA and WV
There are several openings in Pennsylvania and West Virginia for Loader Operators. These positions will work around drilling crews and equipment and work a 12 hour shift. Operating heavy equipment such as a front end loader, bobcat, man-lift and track hoe.

Lead Operator – AZ
Position open in Florence, AZ. A Lead Operator operates machines and/or equipment at a recyclery, landfill or transfer station, Inspects equipment at start of shift and each start up during the shift, records daily inspection forms, and safely and productively operates equipment including forklift, scraper, motor grader, sweeper and baler.

Support Equipment Operator I – NM
Performs duties related to the operation of heavy equipment in support of production including de-watering, materials delivery, maintaining berms, and surface maintenance at a skilled level. Operates heavy equipment which may include but is not limited to: haul trucks, water trucks, rubber tire dozers, track dozers, excavators, motor graders and front-end loaders.

Heavy Equipment Operator – CA
Looking for heavy equipment operators that have their HAZWOPER up to date. They need to be flexible to work overtime and on swing shifts.

Roads Equipment Operator I – CO
Full time position for an equipment operator who will operate a variety of equipment, trucks and tractors for the purpose of street and utility repair, maintenance, snow removal and construction of facilities, irrigation systems, operation and maintenance, street sweeping, road repair, vehicle cleaning, and operation of one ton truck for plowing and hauling.

Heavy Equipment Operator – CA
Enhance the quality of life for the Counties by providing a safe, well-maintained, and lasting public works infrastructure through accessible, responsive, and effective services.

Heavy Equipment Operator – IL
We are looking for a Heavy Equipment Operator to operate a variety of equipment in the operations, maintenance and construction of landfill, and related facilities. Your principal responsibilities will be to: Operate heavy equipment including, but not limited to; 35 ton trucks, D6 Dozer, wheel loaders and compactors. Perform operation, maintenance, and construction activities associated with solid waste disposal.

Heavy Equipment Operator – CA
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Many of this weeks jobs require individuals who also have truck driving skills, in particular, dump truck driving skills. If you have heavy equipment experience, but no CDL, perhaps it’s time you considered adding this skill. You can undertake truck driver training and have your CDL within a month if you put your mind to it.

Associated Training Services is beginning a new column this week that we hope will become one of your favorites. We’ll be highlighting job listings within the heavy equipment industry. There are a lot of them and we expect the list to grow.

This week’s job listings include:

• A transportation company with multiple offices nationwide is looking for alert drivers for local and long haul deliveries.
• A contractor in Huntsville, Alabama is looking for bulldozer, pan scraper, construction tractor, and asphalt distributor operators.
• A company in Livermore, California needs crane operators locally and excavating equipment operators all over the state.
• In Johnson City, Texas, a construction trenching firm is seeking oilfield workers to help with trenching for pipelines. Starting pay is $15-$20 and you get per diem.
• Relay driver needed from Madison, Wisconsin to Fremont, Indiana and back, six nights a week for $21.11 per hour.
• Deliver roofing supplies in Columbus, Canton, and Mentor, Ohio for a recognized supply company.

This is just the tip of iceberg where heavy equipment job listings are concerned. Look for this list every Saturday. Brought to you by the premier heavy equipment job site online, a service of ATS Heavy Equipment Operator School.

Visit a demolition site and you can almost guarantee you’ll find either a backhoe or an excavator hard at work. The two heavy equipment machines are the real jacks of all trades when it comes construction, or in this case, destruction. Backhoes have an obvious benefit – they can dig up material using their ‘hoe’ and load debris into trucks using their loaders. However, both of these vehicles have hidden talents.

If you continue to watch either a backhoe or an excavator, you may catch sight of the operator switching tools. The digging bucket can be removed and replaced by any one of a dozen or more attachments. These attachments range from augers to jackhammers, concrete breakers to pincer-like grabbers.

Operators need to develop experience at both attaching these tools to their equipment and putting them into effective use. In most cases, heavy equipment training will teach an individual to operate this equipment, and how to attach different tools. Learning to use them comes as part and parcel of the on-the-job training that heavy equipment operators go through for the rest of their working lives – yes, every day is a learning experience for every operator.

Heavy equipment training is the foundation for this ongoing on-the-job training. If your initial training is broad and covers a range of heavy equipment, your ability to learn more is enhanced. If your initial training is narrow, then your ability to build on those skills will be greatly reduced.

ATS Heavy Equipment Operator Schools offer students training in a wide variety of heavy equipment. This provides a broad-based training program that allows students to develop a wide range of skills. Once these students enter the workplace, they are able to quickly build on those skills to become well-respected operators in their field. Backhoes and excavators are multi-functional equipment so the broader your training, the more competent you will quickly become.

In today’s busy world, undertaking training for a particular career is often not enough. Understandably, the first thing graduates from any training program want is employment – somewhere to prove their newfound skills, and somewhere where they can build upon those skills. There are many training providers that deliver training, some quite well, but then leave their graduates to fend for themselves once they have completed their training. Here at ATS we have a different philosophy. We are proud of our training so we are keen to showcase our graduates to the world – we want you working, and it’s a purely selfish motive – your success is our success.

Once you enter the workplace, you are a walking talking advertisement for our training. If you perform well, and we are sure you will, then our reputation will continue to grow, if that’s possible. After more than 40 years of successful service training truck drivers, heavy equipment operators and crane operators, our reputation is already well respected. But then, that too is to your advantage.

Employers have come to respect the level of training we provide, as an example, we have over 10,000 trucking companies in our database – I am sure we could find one ready to employ you if you choose a career as a truck driver. Our career services section is geared to doing as much as possible to helping you find a job. From week one, someone from career services will discuss with you possible employment options. We build a profile based on your needs and expectations and then provide you with a list of potential employers. We will also train you in some of the soft skills such as interview techniques required to find employment.

At ATS, we don’t believe in just training you and then sending you on your way. We have a dedicated career services section that will work with you to find that first job. From there, your career is in your hands.

If you’re a heavy equipment operator then you may be starting to notice that employers are now preferring to employ operators that have their commercial drivers license. In today’s tight markets, employers are looking to cut costs and if they can have operators that can also take their equipment out to a work site then they have saved the cost of a dedicated truck driver. This is especially true of business owners that only have a handful of equipment in use at any one time. A dedicated truck driver would most likely sit idle for several hours a day, and that’s wasted money in today’s economic climate.

For heavy equipment operators, it makes sense. Armed with the right training and a CDL, you can truck your equipment to a work site, perform the tasks required, then truck your equipment onto the next job. There is no waiting around for a truck to arrive and transport your equipment – you are in complete control of your work space. For businesses, as we mentioned, the cost factor is of utmost importance.

If you are a heavy equipment operator looking to add a commercial drivers license to your range of skills, you only require three weeks of truck driver training and to then pass the necessary tests to be licensed. That three weeks is a sound investment in your future as it not only provides you with a skill and license that employers are looking for, it also opens the door for further employment options such as dump truck driving or general truck driving.

Employers are looking to employ individuals who can offer a range of skills. This makes those employees versatile and available for work where and when needed. Are you versatile? Do you have a range of skills that make you more valuable than the next operator? That could be the key to increasing your employment opportunities – and your value to employers.

Women have been in heavy equipment for a long time, particularly when it comes to working on the land, in landscaping, and in family earth moving businesses. They have also been involved in careers such as truck driving, careers that have long been considered male bastions. Modern bulldozers, although large heavy machines, are no different to driving a car once you gain the required skills. Funnily enough, it is the general public that consider these careers to be male bastions. Employers and coworkers think nothing of working alongside a woman in most of these areas.

The only thing holding a woman back from working as a heavy equipment operator is the woman herself. ATS Heavy Equipment Operator Schools have been training women in these skills for many years, and they have moved on to very successful careers. Bulldozers have been a popular choice for women, probably more so than most other forms of heavy equipment.

Training to become a bulldozer operator can be completed in as little as three weeks. In fact, one of the benefits of a career as a heavy equipment operator is that it is age, gender and background neutral. Being skills based, the training focus is on learning how to operate the equipment. That is not to say there is no classroom-based training; safety, for example, is an important part of any heavy equipment training and some of this training needs to be theoretical.

Careers in the heavy equipment environment have become open in recent years with emphasis more on one’s ability to do the job rather than gender (or age for that matter). If you’re interested in become a bulldozer operator, or an operator of any form of heavy equipment, whether your male of female, young or old, or from any background, contact ATS for details on our heavy equipment training programs. There could be a whole new career just waiting for you.

Despite the tough times, or perhaps because of them, there is a lot of financial aid available for those considering a career as a heavy equipment operator. Financial aid can be found in two areas: career loans that you will need to repay and financial aid programs provided by various government departments. Realistically, if you don’t qualify for one – for example, a career loan – then there is a good chance you may qualify for one of the government programs.

The easiest way to handle the situation is to start by applying for financial aid at ATS Heavy Equipment Operator Schools. Your application will be processed quickly and someone will get back to you with the outcome. If you are not successful with a loan application, you can discuss which government programs may be suited to your situation. (Note: these programs are run by government departments so the criteria and the aid available is always changing. You will need to consult with their stake holders to ensure you do meet eligibility requirements – our advice can only be taken as a guide).

Financial loans can be a great way to retrain for a new career. When it comes to heavy equipment, your training is completed in three weeks and then you’re ready to enter the workplace. Considering the paychecks available to operators, your loan will be repaid many times over within the first twelve months of employment.

If you have been considering a career change, or your looking to re-enter the workplace and a career as a heavy equipment operator appeals to you, contact us to find out whether or not there is financial aid available to meet the costs of heavy equipment training.

Some people consider a job placement service to be just that, a service that finds a job, any old job, and sends you off to it. These days, no one can afford to do that if they want to remain credible within the industry. Some employers want resumes, others want application letters whilst many others want both. Knowing what employers expect is part of a modern job placement service and the only way you can develop that knowledge is through experience.

Just because you have completed your heavy equipment training doesn’t mean you will be guaranteed employment. In fact, finding your first job can be harder than the training itself. There are many employers that simply won’t employ green operators. They want operators with experience, often many years experience. It’s a bit of an oxymoron at times. How can you get the experience they require if they refuse to employ green operators that are looking to gain some experience.

That doesn’t mean the jobs aren’t out there nor does it mean that every employer is like that. A good job placement service knows which employers are willing to take on someone new to the industry. There are some employers who will take on green operators, but only if they come through certain training schools – the ones with good training reputations.

We are fortunate here at ATS Heavy Equipment Operator Schools – or rather, our graduates are. We have a job placement service that helps new operators put together job applications. We also have a good track record for providing employers with well trained operators. Finally, we know the employment market. With over 25 years experience in training, we have developed a strong rapport with employers. There are employers who will take on our new graduates and help them gain experience.

The heavy equipment operator job market is starting to open up. Employers are being forced to take on new recruits because of the lack of experienced operators. Now is the best time to commence your training and to make use of our job placement service to snare that first job and to start gaining the experience required to become a well sought after operator. The jobs are there; the training is here; where are you?

If you have been considering a career in heavy equipment, particularly as a grader operator, then I suggest you do something about it now. I don’t mean to be pushy, but, spring is only a day away and spring heralds the start of the busy earth moving season. By the time summer starts, most heavy construction jobs will be in full swing; employers will have completed their hiring; and heavy equipment operators will be hard at work trying to complete contracts on time so they can sneak more in before winter returns.

Becoming a grader operator is not as difficult as it seems. Sure, they are complex beasts and the role they fill is one where precision is a necessity. However, with onboard computer technology, this is often fairly easy to achieve. Training in the field of heavy equipment can be completed in as little as three weeks and have you ready to enter the workplace.

Training programs such as those at ATS Heavy Equipment Operator Schools include all the skills necessary to gain and keep well paid employment. Our heavy equipment training is accredited nationally, which means your skills will be recognized nationwide. It also means that employers know you have been trained to a certain level of skill. In fact, once they see the ATS logo on your documentation they know you have received quality training.

Now is the time to act – if you enroll now you should have your training completed and be ready for work by the end of March, just in time for the mid-spring heavy equipment operator recruitment drives.