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Course Outline
- Heavy Equipment Operator Program
- Offered as a full-time format.
- 60 (ONLINE home-study) lessons. Completion time: approx. 360
hours. All home study lesson are available ONLINE via National Training’s online learning management system.
- Resident Training completion time: 4 weeks - 201 hours.
- Total Training Time: 561 hours.
- Total Tuition for Course: $7795.00
- Minimum Entrance requirements: HS diploma or GED preferred but applications accepted from persons with at least an 8th grade education, DOT Physical Exam and a Drug Screen.
Course Description:
This program is an entry level training program that prepares individuals to operate heavy excavating equipment. The types of equipment used for training are bulldozers, tractor/front-end loader/backhoe, wheel loaders, excavators, bobcat mini-excavator and the Bobcat skid-steer loader. The program is delivered in a combination online distance education/Resident Training format. There are 60 online internet education lessons consisting of approximately 360 hours. The resident training is 4 weeks, 201 hours in length (hands-on equipment training). Total training time is approximately 561 hours.
Distance
Education Lessons
Note: All distance education lessons are in electronic format and are completed ONLINE, over internet connection, via National Training's Online Course Management system.
1. How
To Study This Course
2. Introduction To Heavy Equipment
3. Heavy Equipment Safety and OSHA
4. Safety Attitudes for Supervisors
5. Signs, Hand Signals and Safety
6. Principles of Diesel Engines
7. Cooling Systems
8. Fuels and Fuel Systems
9. Electrical Systems
10. Air Supply and Exhaust Systems
11. Power Trains
12. Final Drives
13. Hydrostatic Drives
14. Brakes
15. Heavy Duty Tires
16. Tracks and Track Frames
17. Basic Hydraulics
18. Cables and Wire Rope
19. Bull Dozer Crawler Power Train and Chassis
20. BUll Dozer Operation Equipment
21. Rubber Tire Front End Loaders
22. Tractor/Loader/Backhoe Overview and Operations
23. Excavator/Track Hoe Introduction & Operations
24. Motor graders
25. Scrapers
26. Skid Loaders Introduction and Operations
27. Compact Excavators
28. Construction Trucks and Heavy Equipment Transporting
29. Pollution Abatement
30. Lubricants and Lubrication Equipment |
31. Preventive Maintenance
32. Math for Equipment Operators
33. Construction Drawings I
34. Construction Drawings II
35. Maps and Map Reading
36. GPS
37. Surveying
38. Laser Operations
39. Soils and Soil Testing
40. Soil Compaction and Compaction Tools
41. Muddy Conditions
42. Land Clearing
43. Cold Weather Operations
44. Dewatering
45. Pipe Installation
46. Trenchless Technology
47. Trenching Machines and Trenching Operations
48. Building Roads and Highways
49. Quarry Operations
50. Demolition
51. Septic Tanks and Basements
52. Pond and Reservoir Construction
53. Landscape Planning Factors
54. Landscaping Methods and Machinery Job Studies
55. Portfolio Development
56. Career Success
57. Equipment Theft
58. Accident Prevention First Aid
59. Fires and Firefighting
60. The First Step Preparing For Resident Training |
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