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National Training’s heavy euqipment operator course objectives provide the preparation to reasonably diligent students to meet or exceed the entry-level industry standards for induction into the NCCER Registry by:
- Offering an individual with no or (limited) experience or training in this field the direct vocational training to become an entry level Heavy Equipment Operator.
- Providing the construction, forestry, strip mining, conservation, land clearing, reclamation, landscaping, utilities and other industries through proper training in both technique and theory, with a continuing work force of qualified Heavy Equipment Operators.
- Presenting to the Trainee the basic information and skills training necessary to operate heavy equipment machines.
- Developing in the Trainee the necessary skills and adaptations to function successfully under actual work conditions.
- Teaching the Trainee routine inspections and preventive maintenance on heavy equipment machines.
- Teaching the Trainee the proper methods of starting, operating, and shutdown procedures through supervised instruction under typical working conditions.
- Teach the Trainee basic math skills required for site excavation work.
- Explain how to read site plans to calculate cut and fill requirements.
- Teach the soil classification systems and explain the different affects each classification has on equipment and job sites.
- Teaching the Trainee the procedures for friendly contact with the public and customers, the use of tact, diplomacy and knowledge of business relations.
- Training and instilling in the student a common sense and working knowledge of safety procedures as defined by the Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSHA).
- Teaching the Trainee why it is important to understand the rules and regulations of the various federal and state regulatory agencies.
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- Information Disclosure Statement
- Student Enrollment Procedure
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- Student Standards of Satisfactory Progress, Grading, and Termination