Courses of Study

                                       Introduction to Heavy Equipment        

                                                                15 Weeks - 3 Hours Per Week

The course is designed for the first-year apprentice and gives a basic knowledge of various pieces of construction equipment, their primary parts, main lubrication points, controls, proper and safe operational procedures.

First Aid                                                                                                                15 Weeks - 3 Hours Per Week

The American Red Cross Standard Fist Aid and Personal Safety Course is taught by a certified instructor.

Oxy-Acetylene Welding                                                                                    15 Weeks - 3 Hours Per Week

Nomenclature and safety precautions, proper care and use of oxy-acetylene equipment. Fundamental experience in shop practices and techniques as related to trade practices acquired in lab work.

Accident Prevention and Safety                                                                     15 Weeks - 3 Hours Per Week

This course is designed to give apprentices an overview of social practices that can lead to their inability to function in a safe manner in the work environment of heavy equipment operator. Includes substance abuse, counseling and safe work habits.

Electric Welding                                                                                             15 Weeks - 3 Hours Per Week

Theory and practice of electric arc welding. Majority of time is spent in welding lab practice.

Fuels and Lubricants                                                                                      15 Weeks - 3 Hours Per Week

Introduction to basic petroleum refining and the fundamentals of lubrication.  Emphasis is placed on the study of gasoline, diesel fuels and motor oils - with respect to their derivation, make-up and application.

Rigging                                                                                                           15 Weeks - 3 Hours Per Week

The proper use of rigging tools and materials.  Splicing and knots, wire and manila rope, load capabilities, use of hooks, shackles, thimbles, blocks etc.

Hydraulics                                                                                                      15 Weeks - 3 Hours Per Week

This course is designed to give the apprentice the basic knowledge of hydraulic systems, a secondary power source.

Combustion Engines                                                                                           15 Weeks - 3 Hours Per Week

This course is designed to introduce the apprentice to combustion engines, their components, functions and preventative maintenance.

Construction Seminar                                                                                    15 Weeks - 3 Hours Per Week

Seminar treatment of heavy construction procedures, blueprint reading, surveying principles, water problems, soil mechanics, paving, batch plant operations and foundations.

Basic Electrics                                                                                                15 Weeks - 3 Hours Per Week

Theories and relationships of electrical science as applied to such equipment as batteries, starter systems, ignition systems, generators, voltage regulators and light systems.

Shop Math                                                                                                             15 Weeks - 3 Hours Per Week

Basic Mathematics as applied to the shop and the trade.

Diesel Engines                                                                                                15 Weeks - 3 Hours Per Week

The diesel engine cycle, methods of injection, combustion chamber design and engine control with respect to high speed diesel engines.  Performance variable of the various types of diesel engines and those of the industrial gasoline engines including two and four stroke engines.

                                          Extra Courses of Study

Forty Hour Hazardous-Material Certification                                                             

Eight Hour Hazardous Material Refresher                                                 

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Thirty-Two Hour Asbestos Certification                                                   

Ten Hour Forklift Certification                                                                    

Forty Hour Related Crane Instruction      

OSHA 500