Training Components

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 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 Engines
• 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.

MHCTA can provide tailored training for groups. Call MHCA at (204) 947-1379 for more info.