CATEGORY: In-Class Training

Heavy Equipment Essentials

Course Access: Lifetime
Course Overview

Our program at C&R Safety Training Solutions is designed for persons operating heavy equipment in on-site specific workplaces. The training will cover a combination of on-the-job and classroom training. The operator/trainee must pass the classroom training and written test as well as pass a demonstration of skills such as operating a front-end loader, backhoe, excavator, bulldozer, skid-steer and crawlers on-site demonstrating a pre-equipment inspection, start-up procedures, safe operation, and shut down procedures.

Course Content

  • Standards and regulations set out by the Occupational Health & Safety Act
  • Operating manual
  • Pre-work area inspections
  • Pre-operational checks (Equipment circle check)
  • Load charts/stability
  • Attachments
  • Moving materials and equipment relocation
  • Field practice and demonstration of operating skills