military career

Training Veterans for Over 25 Years

Giving You the Opportunity to Succeed

Associated Training Services (ATS) is dedicated to helping our veterans. While other companies may make empty promises, ATS stands behind our values. Over the last 25 years, ATS has helped more than 4,000 veterans accomplish their goals. Going above and beyond just offering our veterans the best training, ATS makes sure that all veterans are provided with free housing while they undergo their training. ATS also ensures that they can provide employment assistance in all parts of the United States.

ATS has many different programs for our veterans, giving you multiple long-term career options. One example of ATS’s many great learning opportunities is a mobile crane operator certificate. In this training, you will learn how to operate a variety of mobile cranes, swing cabs, fixed cabs, and more. If you see your future career in rigging and signaling, ATS has a program for you to get certification in this position. There are also opportunities to participate in the FMCSA approved and registered program to acquire your CDL under the new ELDT guidelines.

ATS has a substantial list of programs to suit whichever direction you see your career heading, including:

  • Heavy Equipment Operations
  • Mobile Crane Operations
  • Tower Cranes
  • Articulated Boom Cranes
  • Horizontal Directional Drilling
  • Commercial Truck Driver (CDL)
  • Rigging/Signalperson

If you’re a veteran looking for a new career or to grow in the field you are already in, then we welcome you to explore what ATS has to offer. When reviewing your options, remember to consider the continued support that ATS offers veterans; free housing, employee assistance, and the opportunity for you to pay for your education with your GI bill. With our program, you will be able to take the next steps towards your career goals with the assurance that ATS can assist you with your housing and financial needs.

If you have served our country and you are looking for a change in your career or need further education to continue moving up in your field, let ATS assist you. At ATS, we believe your service should be honored, let us make your training our priority. Now is the time to start! We have new classes starting every 3 weeks.

Visit our website to see what future opportunities ATS may hold for you, or call us directly at (800) 383-7364!

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Bulldozers and Military Careers

Did you know that our military services used heavy equipment like bulldozers? Did you also know you could have a military career as a bulldozer operator? You can and you can fast track your initial training if you gain a qualification and experience before signing up to the military.

There are two ways to enter the military as a bulldozer operator. The first is to sign up, do the complete basic training then request a transfer to the heavy equipment division. The second is to sign up as a trained and experienced bulldozer operator. You will still need to undertake the basic training.

A career in the US Army, for example, can be an exciting one and can take you to many places around the world, even as a bulldozer operator. Although your specialty skill will be as a bulldozer operator, you will still be considered a part of the infantry. This means learning the basic skills that all soldiers possess, namely, handling weapons and working as a team under attack.

Bulldozers are not the only heavy equipment used by the military. They also use crawlers, wheeled tractors, scoop loaders, motorized graders and towed or self-propelled scrapers. Undertaking training and gaining some on the job experience is the easiest way to get a foot hold into the military.

If a career in the military as a heavy equipment operator sounds good then check out the heavy equipment training options that are available through ATS Heavy Equipment Operator schools.

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