Staker Parson Materials & Construction - Tue January 15, 2019
Staker Parson Revitalizes Diesel Technician Workforce
Staker Parson Materials & Construction attended the fourth meeting with the committee to implement the Utah Diesel Technician Pathways (UDTP) Program in northern Utah. Industry leaders (such as Komatsu, Cat, Freightliner, Cummins Engines, Volvo and more), the Utah Transit Authority (UTA), and school board members for the surrounding areas, met at the Davis Technical College to plan their next steps in their rollout of the UDTP program....
Genie - Mon January 14, 2019
Genie Lift Pro Training Courses Updated to Meet Ansi Requirements
The new ANSI A92.22 standards for Safe Use and ANSI A92.24 standards for Training published on Dec. 10, 2018, and everyone must be fully in compliance within one year. To help equipment owners and operators be in compliance by Dec....
World of Asphalt - Thu January 10, 2019
World of Asphalt 2019 & APAI to Showcase Industry Careers to Students
World of Asphalt 2019 is joining forces with the Asphalt Pavement Association of Indiana (APAI) to host hundreds of FFA students during a special #Ag2Asphalt Day Feb. 14 designed to connect students with exhibitors and learn about rewarding career opportunities in the asphalt industry....
CAWGC - Wed January 09, 2019
CAWGC Scholarship Calls for Applications
The Contractors Association of Will and Grundy Counties' Scholarship Chair Becky Fallin, president of RHL Insulation and Firestopping Inc., has announced the association's annual scholarship program is accepting applications for 2019....
Hahn Loeser & Parks LLP - Tue January 08, 2019
Revised ODOT Training Rules Take Effect in New Year
The Ohio Department of Transportation recently announced significant changes to the On-The-Job Training Program that took effect on Jan. 1, 2019. Because these changes will impact ongoing, multiyear projects as well as new ODOT projects that will begin construction in 2019, all Ohio contractors are advised to review and familiarize themselves with the new changes....
AASHTO Journal - Tue January 08, 2019
New Highway Maintenance Degree Aims to Help Build Transportation Workforce
The Colorado Department of Transportation and Front Range Community College are teaming up to develop what is believed to be a first-in-the-nation two-year associate's degree in applied science or AAS as part of a highway maintenance management degree program....
National Commission for the Certification of Crane Operators - Thu December 20, 2018
Certifications for Drill Rig Operators Introduced
The National Commission for the Certification of Crane Operators (NCCCO) and the International Association for Foundation Drilling (ADSC) have jointly announced the introduction of a certification program for operators of drill rig equipment....
Volvo - Thu December 20, 2018
Tech School Receives 'Gold Rush' Haul Truck from Volvo CE
Volvo Construction Equipment (Volvo CE) has donated an articulated haul truck to train future equipment operators at Lehigh Career & Technical Institute (LCTI) in Schnecksville, Pa. The Volvo A35D hauler had been used on Discovery Channel's "Gold Rush" television series and will now serve as a training tool for high school students enrolled in the institute's Heavy Equipment Operations and Preventive Maintenance program....
Bomag - Tue December 18, 2018
Bomag's New Paving Training Programs Help Operators, Companies Get the Most From Their Equipment
For asphalt contractors to be successful in today's competitive paving market, paver and roller operators must acquire a deep knowledge of the equipment's features and put this knowledge into practice at the job site....
Volvo - Tue December 18, 2018
Driving a 60 Ton Hauler? That's Child's Play
Bringing construction to life in the imaginations of children around the world, the 1:16 toy model of Volvo CE's A60H articulated hauler provides children with the "real-world" experience of handling one of the industry's top heavyweight machines....
