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  1. cobraguy

    HEO school, lets do it!

    Its been a long time .... but I did get a job 2 weeks after school. Forman/excavator operator of a 5 man construction crew. No joke! I just finished my first job Friday. Land retaining wall at a new landfill project. 160 meters long and 2.9 meters high. Blocks were 360 pounds each and I...
  2. cobraguy

    HEO school, lets do it!

    sorry you feel that way:Banghead.... but most likely you are going to go to school for 1 year to hold a grade stick, or be a flag person just like me untill you get your chance. Its been 3 weeks now and I am averaging 7 hours a day IN a machine 6 days a week and am learning a ton from the...
  3. cobraguy

    HEO school, lets do it!

    funny you mentioned it. We opened 60x40x 4 feet deep around the existing pond as you can see in the video, and left a 2 meter dyke in place untill we were done excavating. The real fun part was given to the guy running the dozer when he was able to break through the dyke and drive around in...
  4. cobraguy

    HEO school, lets do it!

    here is my machine I have been on for 12 hours total, and here is a shot of my trench that I made. It is almost a mile long and took me about 6 hours. Was pretty tricky being so high up on the pile near the end.....and a little bit scary for a new guy.lol I am completly loving this experience.
  5. cobraguy

    HEO school, lets do it!

    we had some serious rain out this way, and even though we have alot of space there, when you have 20 plus machines running 14 hours a day digging up the same dirt while its rainning takes its toll on the ground. It was not an issue of any one not wanting to operate, it was a safty issue...
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    HEO school, lets do it!

    bloody rain! :( day 2.................. no day 2 it wont stop rainning. Cant ever remember when I was so sad about missing school in the past.lol
  7. cobraguy

    HEO school, lets do it!

    you are right ... alot of the schools out there are not reputable at all. Lucky for me the school I am in is one of the best around . This school has job fairs and employers come to the school at the end of the coarse to attract the new grads. :cool2
  8. cobraguy

    HEO school, lets do it!

    Thanx for asking Oriden.... I had a great day, just wish it did not have to end so soon.:(
  9. cobraguy

    HEO school, lets do it!

    Wow what a day! I started at 8 and unfortunatly had to get out at noon because of a monsoon.lol I was operating a D5G cat today leveling and sloaping, or so I tried.lol Man you guys that do this every day have the best job in the world, and I can totaly understand why peeps dont ever want to...
  10. cobraguy

    HEO school, lets do it!

    I cant imagine there was any education involved at all for 100$ lol come on guy, you would burn through 100$ in fuel your first week. So where did they get the money to hire a teacher?
  11. cobraguy

    HEO school, lets do it!

    4 months.
  12. cobraguy

    HEO school, lets do it!

    I am going to try the union route once done. I have contacted a rep and told him I will be fresh out of school and will need an employer to take a chance on me and teach me some stuff, he said that s exactlly what they will do is put me on the "b" list and once all the "a" list guys are working...
  13. cobraguy

    HEO school, lets do it!

    It would be to expensive for tax payers to make it a program in every public/high school system. imo I learned alot about automotive in high school, and over the years racing and repairing my cars , but have always wanted to operate only I was never in the financial position to do so:Banghead...
  14. cobraguy

    HEO school, lets do it!

    http://www.otds.com/courses/courses.html Thanks farmer. I love farmers{ in a manly way.lol} for they feed the world.
  15. cobraguy

    HEO school, lets do it!

    lol, I will remember that... whats funnier is that I could throw a stone at the putnam scales from my house. I am in Ingersoll.
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