Tag: heavy equipment operator training

Driver/operator coaching/training

Volvo CE, “Gold Rush” stars donate A35D hauler to Penn. high school

Volvo CE and “Gold Rush” star Tony Beets donate Volvo articulated haul truck to Lehigh Career & Technical Institute in Pennsylvania. Details on Equipment World.

January 3, 2019

Driver/operator coaching/training

Amid shortage of skilled laborers, Nev. contractors build operator training facility with high-tech simulators

Virtual-reality simulations will be the centerpiece of a new education and training facility that’s intended to provide a pipeline of sorely needed construction workers in Nevada. The heavy equipment operator training program will use the region’s first virtual reality construction heavy equipment simulators, according to the Nevada Chapter of the Associated General Contractors of America, […]

January 12, 2018

Roadbuilding

Road Institute releases schedule for 52nd season of roadbuilding training classes

Volvo CE’s Road Institute, held at training centers in Shippensburg and Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, and Phoenix, Arizona, has released its training schedule for its 52nd season spanning October this year through May 2018. “The road building industry is changing, and placing different requirements on jobs — such as an increase in the number of states with […]

August 8, 2017

Driver/operator coaching/training

Crane study seeks to determine benefit of simulators in operator training

Crane Industry Services (CIS), has begun a study to determine how effective the integration of crane simulators is in its training program. The Atlanta-based company currently trains crane operators using a combination of online, classroom, hands-on and on-the-job training sessions. The study, performed through a partnership with Montreal-based CM Labs Simulations Inc. and West Georgia Technical College, introduces […]

July 11, 2016

Driver/operator coaching/training

Operator training school helping to rebuild construction workforce amid labor shortage

At the controls of a Caterpillar D6 dozer on an overcast day in Southern Wisconsin, David Gomroth, 33, of LaCrosse, Wis., hones his skills in his quest to become a credentialed heavy equipment operator. The 6-week, two-part heavy equipment training program he’s enrolled in at Associated Training Services in Sun Prairie, Wisconsin, promises to teach […]

July 5, 2016