Throughout the 1 month of training, students will receive training with machines as well as classroom theory, as well as safety and maintenance training.
As students progress through the course, the tasks required on the machines become more involved and challenging to ensure that they have the required skills to operate the machine in a real work situation.
Emphasis is on solving practical problems:
- Working with unsuitable rock material and in mud,
- widening rural roads,
- building narrow embankments,
- passing compaction tests,
- working around utility lines,
- cutting drainage channels,
- trenching and shoring.
Furthermore a detailed analysis on how to lay, remove or rip and compact asphaltic concrete, and ways in which to install water pipes, drain sewer pipes and construct manholes.
Professional operators will train students on how function with new materials, equipment and techniques.
