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Heavy Equipment Operations & Preventive Maintenance

SCHNECKSVILLE, Pennsylvania | Lehigh Career & Technical Institute | ID: 159566

Overview

4500 EDUCATION PARK DR SCHNECKSVILLE, Pennsylvania 18078-2501
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Admissions Office:
610-799-1316
Classroom Training
Heavy Equipment Operations & Preventative Maintenance
Employment Skill Gain
Credential Skill Gain
Industry Recognized Certificate/Certification
Occupational Certificate/Certification
$13,484.00 - $13,484.00
Training(ETPL)

Description of Training Provider

Lehigh Career & Technical Institute’s Adult Workforce Education Department (LCTI) provides industry relevant training to prepare adult students for jobs in high demand occupations. LCTI delivers industry approved curriculum, combining theory with hands-on

Program Description


Building a home, installing a sewer line and widening a road are a few examples of the myriad tasks that require heavy equipment. In our Heavy Equipment Operations & Preventive Maintenance program, students explore the diverse employment opportunities for heavy equipment operators.
As they learn about the role of mobile machinery in various industries, students master the following skills:
·         Operating articulated dump trucks, bulldozers and excavators
·         Operating backhoe loaders, crawler loaders, skid-steer loaders and wheel loaders
·         Inspecting equipment systems and performing preventive maintenance
·         Using hand and electric or gas power tools ranging from hammers to jackhammers
·         Surveying, site preparation and grading; employing erosion and sediment control
Instruction begins with job-site safety, blueprint reading, equipment rigging, and other fundamentals before advancing to activities like building a pad, backfilling a trench and slot dozing.

Skills & Competencies

Below are the topics taught in the course:
 
  • Highway construction section: orientation, safety and security
  • Plans, specs and terminology
  • Heavy equipment operation and maintenance section
  • Basic rigging
  • Equipment preventive maintenance
  • Surveying and grades
  • Skid-steer loaders
  • Backhoe loaders
  • Bulldozers
  • Wheel loaders
  • Articulating dump trucks
  • Crawler loaders
  • Excavators
     

Additional Information

Service Costs

13,010.00
13,010.00
23.85
450.00

Performance Measures

The training Service/Course had no enrollments during the reporting period.
No performance information is available to review.