CM Labs Simulations - Mon June 28, 2021
Mont-Laurier Vocational School Saves a Week of Training With Vortex Simulators
As one of Quebec, Canada's six forestry training centers, the Mont-Laurier Vocational School helps prepare a new generation of heavy equipment operators. The non-profit center collaborates with the region's timber companies to provide students with practical hands-on experience, including three months of field training alongside instructors in working logging camps....
AED Foundation - Tue June 22, 2021
AEDF Announces Vision 2025 Goal Increase
The AED Foundation (AEDF) announced a significant change to Vision 2025, a five-year-long campaign focused on providing industry education opportunities to reduce the workforce shortage. This transformation includes raising the goal for the number of recognized high schools from 50 schools to 150 schools....
Case Construction Equipment - Mon June 14, 2021
Case to Host Live Virtual Event Detailing Technology, Options, Advantages of Excavators Outfitted With Machine Control
Case Construction Equipment's next live virtual event will focus on machine control and excavation, and will be held on June 23 at 10 a.m. Central. Case experts will discuss the options available for outfitting excavators with machine control technology, the advantages it provides specific to excavating operations, and how contractors can use the technology to improve their overall business....
Del Mar College - Mon June 14, 2021
AEDF Announces Heavy Equipment Maintenance Degree
The AED Foundation (AEDF) has announced the accreditation of the Del Mar College (DMC) Associate in Applied Science (AAS) degree in Heavy Equipment Maintenance Technician offered through its Diesel Applied Technology Program....
Caterpillar - Mon June 14, 2021
Cat 'Fundamentals of Equipment Economics' Course Improves Profitability
Caterpillar Inc. announced the availability of "The Fundamentals of Equipment Economics," a practical, web-based training course that helps construction business owners and fleet managers reduce equipment costs, extend and optimize machine life, and ultimately improve profitability through proven, data-driven principles....
AED Foundation - Wed June 09, 2021
Erie 2-Chautauqua-Cattaraugus BOCES High School Outdoor Power Equipment Program Gains AEDF Recognition
The AED Foundation (AEDF) announced that the BOCES High School District completed a successful recognition recently by adding the Erie 2-Chautauqua-Cattaraugus BOCES High School Outdoor Power Equipment Program located at the Ormsby Educational Center in East Aurora, N.Y., to its growing list of recognized high schools....
Manitowoc - Mon June 07, 2021
HEC Students Engage in MLC100-1 Assembly Safety Class
Heavy Equipment Colleges of America (HEC) students in Stonecrest, Ga., took part in an assembly safety class on May 19 that used a new Manitowoc MLC100-1. Students spent the day watching the unit being assembled and tested at the school's field-testing site shortly after HEC took delivery of the new crane....
CEG - Thu May 20, 2021
Capital Region BOCES Tours Robert H. Finke & Sons Facility
Among the biggest challenges the industry faces is a severe shortage of technicians, specifically an extremely low number of young people willing to train to fill the positions that are open. Equipment dealerships across the country openly state that one of the biggest challenges they face in the future of their operations is being properly staffed with heavy equipment technicians....
InSite Software - Mon May 17, 2021
InSite Software Prepares Students for Real-Life Construction
InSite Software's Elevation earthwork take-off and GPS modeling software is now part of the Southern Utah University (SUU) curriculum; its adoption is expected to better prepare students for the modern construction site....
JCB - Mon May 10, 2021
JCB Announces Diesel Mechanic Apprenticeship Program
JCB North America announced the creation of a diesel mechanic apprenticeship program that comes with a $2,000 signing bonus for eligible new hires. As part of JCB North America's continued commitment to workforce development in the Coastal Region and following the success of the current manufacturing apprenticeship program, JCB is looking for talented and ambitious team members who have achieved or are currently pursuing their diesel mechanic certificate to join its diesel mechanic apprenticeship program....
