IndySKS
Member
Hi there, I'm new to the forum but have been lurking for a couple weeks.
I was just going to send a short note to Grader4me but decided to share my thoughts with everyone.
His post about the old saying "you got to get good then fast" prompted me to join the site yesterday.
About 26 years ago when I started full time on heavy equipment someone and I can't remember the person, once came to me as i was learning on a tractor hoe and said those words. I'm in Southern Ontario and he is in New Brunswick. Isn't it odd how sayings like that get around and stick with people all their lives? There is a few points of wisdom a few people have said to me throughout my career and they stuck with me, I have in turn trained many operators and used those pieces of info to help them.
How about "if those tracks are spinning your not working"?
As for training schools I assume there is a lot of differences in them and it has been about 12 years since i worked with students that were trained in heavy equipment schools. I had 2 heavy equipment trained "operators" work with me in my carrier and they knew... nothing ! They were both told upon graduation that there were "operators" and we practically guaranteed a job where ever they went.....wrong.One guy did stick it out and work in the trenches and eventually got to move up the ladder. He is now a seasoned operator, the other guy as far as i know drives truck.
You can learn all you want in a school but if you don't have the field experience your not an asset, you need to have been the man in the trench or the pipe layer to know what they do and what they are thinking to be able to work with a crew and be productive.
With that being said it's a big world and yes you might go to school and get lucky and get a job like the one someone mentioned about a guy working in a pit loading trucks.....but those chances are few and far between. I'm not a betting man.
You need field experience and time in the seat to be worth having around. Not 10 minutes here and there but days and weeks to get proficient.
Work with a crew doing what ever job you have to and find the good operators and watch their every move. Learn what moves they make and why and how to handle the machines in different circumstances. When you think your good find someone better and keep learning!.......hey wait was that one of those sayings ? I once thought i was good....I stepped back from the hoe for a supervisors position and found out what good was when the new hoe operator started...he was a 40 year veteran. I watched his every move and learned every day. We parted company 3 years ago and i miss working with him everyday.
With all that being said if i had to leave my current position, my passion is heavy equipment training.
Well enough rambling
Dave
I was just going to send a short note to Grader4me but decided to share my thoughts with everyone.
His post about the old saying "you got to get good then fast" prompted me to join the site yesterday.
About 26 years ago when I started full time on heavy equipment someone and I can't remember the person, once came to me as i was learning on a tractor hoe and said those words. I'm in Southern Ontario and he is in New Brunswick. Isn't it odd how sayings like that get around and stick with people all their lives? There is a few points of wisdom a few people have said to me throughout my career and they stuck with me, I have in turn trained many operators and used those pieces of info to help them.
How about "if those tracks are spinning your not working"?
As for training schools I assume there is a lot of differences in them and it has been about 12 years since i worked with students that were trained in heavy equipment schools. I had 2 heavy equipment trained "operators" work with me in my carrier and they knew... nothing ! They were both told upon graduation that there were "operators" and we practically guaranteed a job where ever they went.....wrong.One guy did stick it out and work in the trenches and eventually got to move up the ladder. He is now a seasoned operator, the other guy as far as i know drives truck.
You can learn all you want in a school but if you don't have the field experience your not an asset, you need to have been the man in the trench or the pipe layer to know what they do and what they are thinking to be able to work with a crew and be productive.
With that being said it's a big world and yes you might go to school and get lucky and get a job like the one someone mentioned about a guy working in a pit loading trucks.....but those chances are few and far between. I'm not a betting man.
You need field experience and time in the seat to be worth having around. Not 10 minutes here and there but days and weeks to get proficient.
Work with a crew doing what ever job you have to and find the good operators and watch their every move. Learn what moves they make and why and how to handle the machines in different circumstances. When you think your good find someone better and keep learning!.......hey wait was that one of those sayings ? I once thought i was good....I stepped back from the hoe for a supervisors position and found out what good was when the new hoe operator started...he was a 40 year veteran. I watched his every move and learned every day. We parted company 3 years ago and i miss working with him everyday.
With all that being said if i had to leave my current position, my passion is heavy equipment training.
Well enough rambling
Dave