Skilled Labour – 4 weeks
- Hand & Power Tools – WHMIS
- Workplace Safety & Health – TDG
- Environmental Awareness – Fall Protection
- Shoring/Trenching – Ladder Safety
- Soils & Erosion Control – Confined Entry
- Flagperson Training – Productivity
- Load Securement – Back Safety
- Intro to Blueprints – Life Skills
- Stakes, Grades & Slopes
- Diesel / Gasoline Engine
- Basic Construction Math
- Worksite Violence, Harassment & Conflict
- Worksite Communication & Resume Writing
- Intro to Heavy Equipment Operation
- Hearing Conservation
Heavy Equipment Operator – 4 weeks
- Occupational Health, Safety & Environment
- Heavy Equipment Fundamentals
- Heavy Equipment Machinery & Attachments
- Heavy Equipment Inspection & Basic Maintenance
- Theory of Building to Grade Specifications
- Work Planning & Coordination
- Communication
- Assessing a Jobsite
- Heavy Equipment Operations
- Constructing to Grade
- Rigging Operations
- Pushing & Towing Operations
- Excavating, Stripping and Backfilling
- Ditching, Sloping & Trenching
- Lifting Operations
- Demolition Operations
- Compacting Operations
- Loading and Unloading
Equipment types to be trained on will be determined by market demands and work activity. Equipment training could be on at least 3 or more of the following pieces of equipment:
- Rubber Tire Loader / Track Loader
- Crawler Tractor
- Motor Scraper
- Hydraulic Excavator
- Motor Grader
- Compaction Equipment
After completing 4 weeks of training, efforts are taken to place students with a heavy construction contractor for on the job experience.
A graduating student will possess marketable skilled labourer or heavy equipment operator skills, along with a Safety, Health, Environment, and Productivity (“WorkSmart”) attitude. |
