Heavy Equipment Operator Training by ekpass

Qualified heavy equipment operators are currently in demand, that demand may increase soon.

Professionally trained heavy equipment operators are hard to find, just ask any employer with such a need. Where does one find individuals who have adequate heavy equipment operator training?

Machine manufacturers continue to improve performance capabilities and capacities with each new machine. Operations can be improved greatly by these new machines but can be handicapped if the operators have not received the necessary heavy equipment operator training. A high percentage of the heavy equipment operators active in North America today are approaching retirement age. There is a pressing need for heavy equipment operator training for those needed to replace the retiring operators.

As Quoted from the Saskatchewan Construction Association, Heavy Equipment Operators Study 2000: “Only 14 percent of the people in the industry are under the age of 24. Statistics show most are in the 25 to 44 year age group”. “The Saskatchewan Sector Study Summary identified heavy equipment operators as the second most vacant or under skilled occupation in the construction sector, second only to trades laborers”. “The year 2007 has been identified as a turning point in the heavy equipment operator sector as significant numbers of workers start to retire”.

Often inexperienced operators receive their heavy equipment operator training from a fellow worker who is an operator. While this training may meet immediate needs, many pitfalls may result. Professional heavy equipment operator training will involve operator training combined with safety and maintenance training supported by a method to measure progress. Most operators, who train their fellow workers, lack the skills and resources required to properly instruct heavy equipment training.

The number of operators requiring heavy equipment training should increase as indicated by the U.S Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Monthly Labor Review, November, 2001, Vol 124, No 11: “The projected labor force growth will be affected by the aging of the baby-boom generation, persons born between 1946 and 1964. In 2010, the baby-boom cohort will be ages 46 to 64, and this age group will show significant growth over the 2000 to 2010 period. The median age of the labor force will continue to rise, even though the youth labor force (aged 16 to 24) is expected to grow more rapidly that the overall labor force for the first time in 25 years”.

All sectors from mining and construction to military and counties should see an increase in the need for heavy equipment training. According to the Saskatchewan Urban Training Needs Assessment Report 2003: “Employment in mining is expected to increase by 300 individuals (5% increase) over the 2000-05 period. Employment demand should therefore increase for underground miners, mine service workers and operators, and supervisors (an opportunity for the 80% unemployed people in northern Saskatchewan).”

Training enables the operator to strive for and achieve maximum machine performance. Operators who have received proper training, on state of the art machinery, can produce more and achieve positive financial results. Safe and comfortable working conditions are more likely to exist if operators have been taught proven and practical operating techniques as part of a safety operator training program. By combining operator and safety training, experienced and inexperienced individuals receive heavy equipment operator training that will be effective and well worth the investment of time and money.

If your operators require heavy equipment training, whether it is to improve production, increase safety or to learn the latest maintenance procedures, we can help.

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