heavy equipment operation school

A heavy equipment operation school is an institution which creates employment opportunities for potential job-seekers by training them with the basic knowledge and skills required to work as a construction operator or heavy equipment operators. According to U.S Department of Labor, at present there are over 100,000 jobs in heavy equipment operation and related fields and the demand will grow rapidly by 2018.

In the specially designed courses which these operation schools offer, candidates are taken through an apprenticeship program where they are taught how to handle light machines, and then eventually they are made to work on heavy machines like wheel loaders, cranes, excavators, bull-dozers, and front-end loaders. The apprenticeship program helps the candidates learn certain dos and don’ts which simple knowledge-based materialistic education cannot impart.

In a heavy equipment operation school, the training module is divided into a basic introductory level and a couple of advanced levels. In the introductory level the candidates are made familiar with safety measures to be maintained at construction sites, together with introductions to mathematical procedures used in operation of heavy equipments, and blueprints. The other levels involve training in operation and maintenance of light and heavy equipments.

After the completion of training from a school the candidates are awarded a technical degree or a certificate, together with a driver’s license which would be required by any aspiring operator for working with heavy machineries in mines or oil rigs.

The number of heavy equipment training schools and related institutes has grown immensely during the last few years. This automatically shows that the demand for construction workers and heavy machinery operators are growing fast. Since, most of the big construction firms are going global in their undertakings, the requirement for trained operators and handlers have started to go up. The training schools enable candidates in gaining advanced knowledge and experience in operating various light and heavy machines. They are also trained to operate these equipments at various places such as construction sites, mines, clearing grounds for construction of bridges, land-filling sites and sometimes on oil rigs located in the midst of oceans and seas. Such job oriented training gives them practical knowledge and helps them to get a job of high remuneration and good prospects.

The National Association of Heavy Equipment Training Schools (NAHETS) has been in the business of training and placing candidates on a nation wide basis. They have member schools in almost all states of the US.