Excavator Operation, Loading, and Maintenance Training

Excavator Operation, Loading, and Maintenance Training

Learn the key concepts, procedures, and tasks that include the pre-use inspection, start-up, shutdown and operation of excavators with METI’s Excavator Operation, Loading, and Maintenance Training.

Train to perform the safe practices with Excavator Operation, Loading, and Maintenance Training

Train on METI’s Earthmoving Training Yard.

Key Benefits of taking our Excavator Operation, Loading, and Maintenance Training

Our Excavator Operation, Loading, and Maintenance Training provides you with the training industry is looking for:

• Instruction from industry-experienced and certified instructors
• Describe the uses of a typical excavator
• Distinguish among the duties of parties involved in earthmoving operation
• Indicate hazards that exist within earthmoving equipment operation
• Discuss mitigation measures for hazards associated with heavy equipment operation
• Indicate where to locate the specifications, capacities & limitations of the machine
• Indicate the purpose and function of components of the  equipment(indicators, gauges, controls, mechanical, and hydraulic systems)
• Recognize items listed on pre-use inspection forms
• Distinguish between regular start-up and cold start-up
• Examine techniques for operating the backhoe, including:
  • Pre-use inspection
  • Start-up procedures
  • Operating the controls
  • Travelling in each direction and on slopes/grades/hills
  • Working on slopes/grades/hills
  • Steering
  • Operating the excavator
  • Digging
  • Loading trucks
  • Trenching
  • Lifting loads
  • Shut down procedures

Your Excavator Operation, Loading, and Maintenance Training Ticket/Certificate

Upon completion of Excavator Operation, Loading, and Maintenance Training, you will receive a wallet-size Ticket/Certificate that will show prospective employers that you have the right credentials. Feel free to have your prospective employer contact METI to confirm your certificate.

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