Wheel Loader Training British Columbia - Usually, the various types of heavy equipment training are divided into 2 categories of equipment: those that have rubber tires and tracked vehicles. Tracked vehicles include items such as bulldozers, excavators and cranes and they are commonly used in most of this type of heavy equipment training. Typically, the rubber tire training involves the rubber-tired types of earth movers, end loaders and cranes. Heavy equipment training also includes making use of various rubber-tired vehicles such as graders, scrapers and dump trucks. Training centers usually offer truck driver training for the many types of heavy equipment training.
The majority of heavy equipment machines operate on diesel fuel, hence the fundamentals of diesel mechanics is a major component of heavy equipment training. Quite often, a course on the basics of diesel mechanics is typically required of those training. Some of the main goals of the program are to be able to teach an operator on basic troubleshooting and maintenance procedures in the event of a problem with the equipment. Often, this training saves a mechanic from being called out in the middle of nowhere simply because a piece of equipment requires the addition of something minor such as engine oil. Diesel mechanics for heavy machines is an education all unto its own; thus, extensive training is not normally provided in the course book for the general training course.