National Heavy Equipment Operators School

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Course Outline

  • Heavy Equipment Operator Program
  • Offered as a full-time format.
  • 60 Home Study Lessons completion time: approx. 360 hours.
  • Resident Training completion time: 4 weeks - 201 hours.
  • Total Training Time: 561 hours.
  • Total Tuition for Course: $7795.00

Distance Education Lessons

1. How To Study This Course 
2. Introduction To Heavy Equipment 
3. Lubricants And Lubrication Equipment 
4. Equipment Preoperational Inspection and Safety
5. Signs, Hand Signals and Safety 
6. The Bull Dozer Part One - Power Train And Chassis
7. The Bull Dozer Part Two – Maintenance and Operation
8. Rubber Tire Front End Loaders
9. Heavy Duty Tires
10. Cables And Wire Rope
11. Tractor/ Loader/ Backhoe Overview and Operations 
12. Excavators/Track Hoe Introduction And Operations
13. Construction Trucks and Heavy Equipment Transporting 
14. Career Success
15. Safety Attitudes for Supervisors
16. Principles Of Tractor-Trailer Diesel Engines
17. Cooling Systems 
18. Fuels And Fuel Systems
19. Electrical Systems
20. Air Supply And Exhaust Systems
21.  Principles Of Transmissions and Differentials

22. Tires And Wheels
23. Brakes 
24. Controls Instruments and Dashboards
25. Inspection Repair and  Maintenance 
26. Skid Loaders Introduction and Operations 
27. Mini Excavators Introduction and Operations 
28. Math for Equipment Operators 
29. Blueprint Reading
30. GPS

31. Engine Brakes 
32. Shifting 
33. Power Trains 
34. Basic Hydraulics 
35. Hydrostatic Drives 
36. Final Drives
37. Dewatering
38. Pipe Installation
39. Flat Bed And Lowboy Operations
40. Trenchless Technology
41. Quarry Operations
42. Maps and Map Reading
43. Demolition
44. Construction Drawings
45. Soils and Soil Testing
46. Soil Compaction and Compaction Equipment 
47. Surveying: Transits and Grade Stakes
48. Land Clearing – Planning, Methods  and Machinery
49. Land Clearing – Job Studies
50. Laser Operations
51. Trenching Machines and Trenching Operations
52. Septic Tanks And Basements
53. Pond and Reservoir Construction
54. Landscaping – Planning Factors and Methods 
55. Landscaping –Job Studies
56. Building Roads and Highways
57. Accident Prevention  - First Aid
58. Track and Track Frames
59. Fires and Firefighting

60. The First Step Preparing For Resident Training

 

 


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