We may be light on the job listings this week, but it changes from week to week. There’s one thing you can always be sure of: If you’re a graduate of Associated Training Services and our heavy equipment school, then you’ll have a lifetime membership to our job board at Total Resources Network. That means you’ll be able to find a job in the heavy equipment industry at any stage of your career and no matter where you live.

This week, we’ve got jobs in Texas and Wisconsin. And not just light jobs either. From mobile crane operators to Class-A CDL truck drivers, no heavy equipment job is too easy for our job boards. So polish up your resume and let’s go.

• WAUNAKEE, WI hiring heaving equipment operators with Class-A CDL.
• STURTEVANT, WI hiring Class-A CDL truck drivers.
• La BLANCA, TX hiring mobile crane operators.

Where to Get Your World Class, Top-Notch Heavy Equipment Training

Before you search for a job, you have to get trained for a job. Associated Training Services will train you on all the most important equipment on the work site. From mobile cranes to bulldozers and backhoes, if you see it on the construction site, we’ll train you to drive it, haul it, shift it and lift it, and use the equipment safely no matter where you live. When you graduate from heavy equipment school, you’ll be qualified to operate any heavy equipment and do it safely. You’ll also be qualified to apply for and land your first heavy equipment job. So apply right now.

Heavy equipment operations are one of the most rewarding careers on the planet. Don’t believe me? Here are five solid reasons you should enroll in a heavy equipment operations training course right now.

1. You’ll learn how to operate all of the most important heavy equipment you see on any job site. This includes backhoes, wheel loaders, scrapers, excavators, bulldozers, graders, skid steers, and forklifts.
2. You can acquire your mobile crane operator certificate and be one of the best-trained and paid professionals on the job site no matter where you live.
3. Heavy equipment operators with a commercial driver’s license (CDL) are highly sought after and paid well above their peers on the job site. With a CDL, you’ll have the first pick in jobs because you’re flexible and able to handle the most important tasks every employer needs.
4. Riggers and signalpersons are some of the most important people on the job site. If you get your certification for rigging/signalpersons, then you can set the workflow for your company on the job site. Riggers and signalpersons are regulated by OSHA. When you meet the standard, you’ll know that you are one of the most important people on the job site.
5. Associated Training Services also trains you in the soft skills you need to find the perfect job. You learn how to prepare a resume, how to interview successfully, gain networking skills, and more. But we don’t just train you and leave you. We also give you a mentor to help you, and you get a free lifetime membership to our job board.

There’s no law that limits you to how much career training or jobs you can receive. A general rule of thumb is this: The more you know and the more you can do, the more valuable you’ll be to potential employers. For that reason, we recommend training on as many different types of heavy equipment as possible.

In the Heavy Equipment School basic course, you’ll be trained to operate the following equipment as a matter of course:

• Backhoes
• Front end loaders
• Wheel Loaders
• Skid steers
• Scrapers
• Bulldozers
• Road graders
• Excavators
• All-terrain forklifts
• Articulated haul trucks

You’ll also learn valuable and useful skills such as grade reading, soil identification, laser levels, worksite safety, reading site layouts, and basic heavy equipment maintenance. We won’t leave anything to chance. Your education will set the course of your heavy equipment career, so we take it seriously.

How to Get a Leg Up With Employers

Learning how to operate the basic heavy equipment you’ll see on most construction sites is the best way to get a foot in the door of a heavy equipment career, but going beyond that will enhance your career prospects and make you more employable. You’ll also earn more once you are on the payroll. That’s why we recommend the following training courses, as well:

• Mobile crane operations
• Truck Driving
• Rigging/Signalpersons training

With each of these specialized training courses, you’ll be certified to work in the heavy equipment industry as you learn important skills from the best instructors in the business. The sooner you enroll in training, the sooner you’ll be employable and make good money in a heavy equipment career.

One of the most important jobs on the construction work site is that of a rigger. The rigger is responsible for the safety of personnel working on the site, especially mobile crane operations. But they are subject to regulation and the regulatory authority for riggers is OSHA, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration.

The Heavy Equipment School Rigging/Signalperson training program will prepare you to be a world-class rigger and pass all certification tests and safety requirements of OSHA. We have the best program in the industry.

So what makes it such a good training program? All of the below:

• It meets and exceeds the OSHA qualification standards for rigger and signalperson training
• You’ll receive written and practical training and testing on those standards
• The qualification program offers 8 to 12 hours of instruction, depending on the number of students in class
• The certification program offers a 4-day intensive of 32 to 36 hours, again depending on the number of students in the program
• All graduating students will receive a qualification compliance card upon successful completion of the Rigger/Signalperson Qualification Program
• Students graduating from the Rigger/Signalperson Certification Program will be certified by the National Commission for Certification of Crane Operators

Associated Training Services (ATS) offers several ways to take this training. You can come to us and be trained in our world-class facilities, or, if your company is certifying several riggers and signalpersons at once, then we’ll arrange to come to your work site and administer the training.

OSHA standards are tough, but they are necessary for a safe work site. ATS is committed to training riggers and signalpersons in the latest qualification and certification standards for crane operations.

A lot of times you might hear someone say they just don’t have the time to go through a long training process because they have bills to pay. But you really shouldn’t say things like that without knowing how long certification can actually take. For instance, Mobile Crane Operations – 1 is the ATS beginner level program, and it just takes three weeks. You go from Monday to Friday three times and get NCCCO prep, testing, and certification in both fixed cab mobile cranes (small hydraulic or boom truck) and swing cab mobile cranes (large hydraulic or rough terrain — RT).

Once you successfully complete program 1, if you have the time and want to go further and train for lattice boom (crawler or truck) cranes and articulated (knuckleboom) cranes; it takes another three weeks of Monday through Friday commitment, and by the end, you get another NCCCO certification. That is pretty good for six weeks of class/training time!

Experienced operators who are being paid by a business can take a single week of Monday through Friday NCCCO mobile crane operator prep/test on any two combinations of these mobile crane types. One week to get the certification that verifies your experience and the benefits that come with it. The NCCCO Rigger/Signalperson certification and training takes one week, Monday through Friday, too.

Associated Training Services Heavy Equipment Operator Training School isn’t just a push-you-through and leave-you-hanging operation, either. We provide the best professional crane operator training in the industry and have the graduates to prove it. For more information, call (800) 678-8149 and ask about our crane operator training school, class dates, curriculum, or certifications. In a couple of weeks you could be getting a whole different paycheck.

Over the last twenty years there has been a steadily increasing number of women entering the field of heavy equipment operations and crane operator training is seeing the same trend. Mobile crane operations have probably been a little less fashionable than bulldozers, excavators and backhoes, but that trend is certainly seeing some changes.

There is absolutely no reason why a woman cannot operate a crane these days. There are no special strength requirement, skills or attributes that differentiates men from women when it comes to operating any form of heavy equipment. This has been true for many years although the perception has probably been different.

If you are a woman and you fancy yourself as a heavy equipment operator, one of your first steps should be to sign up for our free online training. This will give you a good indication as to whether or not you have the aptitude and real interest in the profession. If you do then your next step should be to talk to someone at ATS Heavy Equipment Operator Schools to see where your nearest training school is and what training options are currently available.

Crane operators are always in demand. In years gone by it was a difficult field to get into if you were a woman. These days the opportunities are there and the training is available – all that is missing are the women seeking a career in crane operations.

If you’re man, never fear. There are plenty of opportunities for all. In fact, you could always form a husband and wife team, gain some experience and eventually buy your own rig – but then, instead of being operators, you would be business people. Is there anything wrong with that?