Excavation Operations – The IUOE Training and Education Center will be offering the Excavation Operations course for Operators with skill levels of beginner through advanced. This 40-hour course will include classroom instruction and hands-on training. Classroom instruction topics will include machine safety, working around utilities and OSHA regulations that apply to trenching/excavation activities. Hands-on will consist of machine control familiarization, benching and sloping techniques, slot dozing and backfill operations. Upon competition of this course, the member will understand trench safety techniques and how to move dirt efficiently.
Excavator Operations - This class is one week class that will be Monday through Thursday 9 hrs a day, and 4 hours on Friday. This class will be split between a couple hours each day of classroom, then the rest infield working with the excavators. We will run several different manufactures of excavators.
Class will include:
- Trench digging techniques
- Sloping trench techniques
- Benching techniques
- Osha standards for excavations
- Machine inspection and good practices
- Backfilling
- Truck loading
This class would be recommended for basic to intermediate excavator operations, but will help improve any skill level.