MEWP Versus AWP – What Is the Difference?
Demand for work at heights requires safe and repeated access to elevated areas. Erecting structures to reach great heights may create obstruction, incur costs, and take up space. One solution to this challenge was found in mobile elevating work platforms (MEWP). Until recently, mobile elevated work platforms were known as…
Getting Mobile Crane Operator Certification
Moving loads is the driving force of development behind machines. From simple levers and pulleys, technological advancements have made load-moving machines more powerful and specialized for the movement of different types of loads. One such amazing piece of equipment used all over the world is the mobile crane. They have…
How to Become A Backhoe Operator
Backhoes are a type of excavating equipment consisting of a digger bucket attached to an articulating arm. The arm itself can be attached to any appropriate vehicle that can manage the weight and properly control the arm from, such as a tractor or back loader. If you are interested in…
What is a Skid Steer?
A skid steer, also known as a skid loader, skid-steer loader, or skidsteer is a compact, rigid, industrial vehicle primarily employed in moving loads. Common designs have a bucket attachment on the front, controlled by arms that extend on either side of the vehicle to the rear, where they are…
How to Become a Vacuum Truck Operator
Many industries sometimes produce non-recyclable (and potentially dangerous) waste fluids, whose handling, transport and disposal should be done with care. Safe transportation of waste materials is the driving force that has seen the spread and improvement of the use of vacuum trucks, or more colloquially, ‘vac trucks’. Schedule On Site…
Different Types of Rigging Licenses
With the expansion and development of both the construction and heavy industries, it has become more necessary to move heavier and heavier loads more often. Heavy equipment is used to easily shift or load general materials such as soil or gravel to trucks for transport. However, a very specific piece…
What is a Forklift?
One of the greatest daily demands of the heavy equipment industry is the fast, safe, and efficient movement of loads between locations. Several implements and utilities have been developed toward this, and among them, especially when working within buildings, is the forklift. A forklift is a small (relatively, when compared…
Aerial Work Platform Safety
Aerial work platforms (AWP), also known as elevating work platforms, are mechanized, innovative industrial solutions that provide access to unreachable (or hard-to-reach) areas. They have numerous applications, especially in the construction industry that often calls for work at heights. If not used or set up properly, aerial work platforms pose…
How to Operate a Bulldozer
A bulldozer is a large mechanized machine equipped with a metal blade on the front, used mainly to move earth. It is among the most widely used implements in the construction industry, and has several applications in various other sectors. Contact TET for bulldozer training What Are the Three Types…
Crane Hand Signals for Safety & Crane Operation
Some of the largest and most powerful machines on Earth are used in the construction industry; the mobile crane is no exception. With great power comes create risks & hazards if the operators are not acting responsibly. When moving heavy loads, lack of proper safety procedures can cause minor or…