Outline of the Course... Resident Training Outline
Resident Training is four weeks long (201 hours).
The training is conducted Monday through Friday. Your weekends
are free to study, take in the sights, or just relax.
The Resident Training portion utilizes bulldozers,
excavators, tractor/loader/backhoes, articulating front-end loaders,
compact excavators, and skid-steer loaders. The four week
training format is conducted as follows:
CLASSROOM
SUBJECTS |
Hours |
| Orientation |
2.0 |
Lubrication
and Equipment Pre-Operation Checks |
3.0 |
| Basic
Controls |
2.0 |
| Transits
and Basic Blueprints |
2.0 |
| Equipment
Familiarization |
1.0 |
| Ponds
and Dams |
0.5 |
| Land
Clearing and Leveling |
2.0 |
| Ditching
and Trenching |
2.0 |
| Septic
and Sewer |
2.0 |
| Culverts
and Pipe Laying |
2.0 |
| Footers
and Foundations |
2.0 |
Landscaping |
2.0 |
| Pump
and Water Removal |
2.0 |
Laser
Technology |
2.0 |
Road
Building and Grade Stake Interpretation |
2.0 |
Trailer
Loading |
2.0 |
Landfills
and Pit Operations |
2.0 |
| Soil
and Mud Compaction |
2.0 |
Cubic
Yard Worksheets |
2.0 |
| Scraper
Theory |
1.0 |
| Graders Theory |
1.0 |
| Job
Assistance |
4.0 |
| Course
Critique |
0.5 |
| Graduation
and Paperwork |
1.0 |
| TOTAL
CLASSROOM SUBJECT HOURS |
44 |
EQUIPMENT
PROJECTS AND FIELD EXERCISES |
Hours |
| Lubrication
and Pre-Operational Checks |
3.0 |
| Basic Controls Demonstrations |
2.0 |
| Transit
Demonstration & Hands-On |
8.0 |
| Pond
and Dam Construction |
16.0 |
| Land
Clearing and Leveling |
12.0 |
Ditching
and Trenching Equipment Operation |
16.0 |
Septic
and Sewer Construction |
12.0 |
Culverts
and Pipe Laying Operation |
16.0 |
| Footers
and Foundations |
16.0 |
| Landscaping Operation |
16.0 |
| Laser
Technology Operation |
8.0 |
| Road
Building & Grade Stake Interpretation |
4.0 |
| Trailer
(Lowboy) Loading |
4.0 |
| Landfill
and Pit Operations |
16.0 |
Heavy
Equipment Operation Evaluations |
8.0 |
| TOTAL
EQUIPMENT PROJECTS AND FIELD EXERCISES |
157.0 |
TOTAL
RESIDENT TRAINING HOURS |
201.0 |
Transportation, Housing and Food - Resident Training:
National Training is attended by students from
all 50 states and several foreign countries. Many of the students
who attend are well within driving distance and drive their own
cars. The school does not provide transportation to or from the
public transportation terminals.
National
Training students receive preferred rates from two motels
close to the school. Costs
vary depending on your choices of single room or doubling up with
another student. There are married couple rates for those couples
that are attending training together. We can say this, the rates
you will find to be surprisingly affordable as they are structured
for only our students.
In addition
to these two motels, there are many more within a 25 mile radius
from the Training Grounds. There are also many restaurants
in the Green Cove Springs area. It is the students' responsibility
for their food costs. Food costs can be conservatively estimated
at about $10 to $15 U.S. dollars per day.
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