Karl Garrett

We asked Karl why he wanted to become a professional heavy equipment operator and he told us heavy equipment operation has been something he’s been interested in for about ten years. According to Karl “It fascinates me to see the before and after looks when it comes to earth moving. I love to work outside and get involved with all phases of heavy equipment.”

You know, we have many people that come to our school and it fascinates us as well just how many reasons there are as to why people want to become heavy equipment operators. One thing it has taught us is the possibilities are endless in this industry for those that have vision.

Karl obviously has his own vision within this industry. He has a dream of owning his own company someday and with all the training he has received on the multiple pieces of equipment we train plus his drive he stands to succeed. We have no doubt about his chances.

One thing unique about our school is we offer to career training packages that fit together very well. We train people how to operate heavy equipment and we also provide Professional Class “A” CDL training for those that want to become professional truck drivers.

Both industries by themselves offer many rewards and opportunities for aspiring individuals. Take both programs and now you are one well prepared and secure person with and endless amount of possibilities. Having the skills for both industries is something construction employer’s value very highly as it make the employee a serious asset to the company. When a person comes to a construction company for a job and that person can not only operate several pieces of construction equipment plus drive a semi-tractor trailer their chances of getting hired just doubled. It usually takes a person with a class “A” commercial driver’s license to haul the equipment from job site to job site and another person to operate the equipment.

Not in Karl’s case; he was wise enough to take both of our programs. Now he can haul the equipment and also operate the equipment.

During each interview we always ask a few standard questions of our top graduates and in Karl’s case it was not different.

We asked Karl what his experience was like during his time with us at National Training and here’s the response we got. “My time at the resident training was very enlightening and also fun at the same time. Being able to start with a blank piece of ground and turn it into a usable product is very satisfying. I enjoyed my time learning from the instructors who have a wealth of knowledge.”

We also ask each top graduate if they had any memorable moments during their time at National Heavy Equipment Operator School. Karl tells us his memorable moment was the time he finally got to train and operate on the bulldozers and large excavators. As we heard from our instructors Karl was very excited and couldn’t wait until he got behind the controls.

We understand this very well. There’s something very exciting about controlling so much power.

As for Karl’s future plans he wants to build up to owning a few pieces of equipment. He also wants to be able to deliver the equipment, conduct operations, pack it back up and use those profits to someday build up to owning his own business.

During Karl’s time with he struck a chord with the instructors and they liked him a lot which goes a long way for selection for Graduate of the Month by the way. When a graduate is selected for this honor we always ask the instructor’s to share a comment about this person.

Here’s what our Lead Heavy Equipment Instructor Sam Hogg had to say about Karl:

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