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EME 2020 - Excavator Operation


Clock Hours: 96

Delivery Mode
on-ground

Course Description:
This course prepares students to safely operate an excavator.

Student Learning Outcomes:
  1. Excavator Basics
  2. Main Parts and their functions
  3. Maintenance & Inspection Rules
  4. Safety Rules & Safe Operating Procedures
  5. Pre-use Inspection and Procedures
  6. Basic Operations
    1. Couplers/Attachments/Attaching Implements
    2. Digging Positions
    3. Digging Range
    4. Trenching
    5. Moving
    6. Lifting and Swinging
    7. Backfilling
    8. Finish Grading
  7. Loading & Unloading
  8. Operation of machinery in a controlled construction site environment
    1. Hands-on/on-the-job training