Hours

8 Hours

Description

• Module I: Module I: Regulations
  
  Classroom (4 hours): Walk around procedures steering of a four wheel drive loader, Building and Safety and Cal/OSHA regulations.
  
  Field Training (12 hours): Valve operations, steering, backing through an obstacle course.
• Module II: Loading and Unloading
  
  Classroom (4 hours): Proper loading of a truck, DMV regulations regarding spilled loads, axle weight, loading from a pile of dirt, consolidation of a pile of dirt.
  
  Field Training (12 hours): Hands-on training: Proper loading of trucks, proper way to work a pile.
• Module III: Grading and Four in One Bucket
  
  Classroom (4 hours): Proper grading techniques, cutting, back dragging, four in one bucket, straight bucket.
  
  Field Training (12 hours): Hands-on training: Rough grading to hubs, contour grading and leave as is.
• Module IV: Hillside Work
  
  Classroom (4 hours): Inside hill and slope work.
  
  Field Training (12 hours): Hands-on training: Sidehill sloping, loading a truck on a slope, making ramps.
• Module V: Vaults and Basements
  
  Classroom (4 hours): Digging vaults and basements, keeping walls straight.
  
  Field Training (12 hours): Hands-on training: Vault digging, keeping vertical walls and flat bottoms, excavating ramps, constructing wooden ramps.