training
National mine academy to host safety seminar
The U.S. Department of Labor’s Mine and Safety Health Administration (MSHA) is set to host its annual “Training Resources Applied to Mining” seminar from Oct. 14-16. The three-day conference will be held at the National Mine Health and Safety Academy… Keep Reading
How to use tax breaks to reduce employee education costs
Education is an excellent fringe benefit producers can employ to attract and retain employees – and tax breaks can help to reduce the cost. One of the major assets for all aggregate producers is their employees. As is the case with… Keep Reading
Water management topic for June AGG1 webinar
Water management is the subject of NSSGA’s June AGG1 webinar, which will take place at 1:00 p.m. EST June 19. “Water Management Solutions for Aggregates Producers" will examine solutions available to create drier sand products—resulting in less water loss—in addition… Keep Reading
MSHA explores factors involved in latest fatal accidents
MSHA held a summit for training professionals May 22 to discuss causes of the 20 metal and nonmetal mining deaths that have occurred since October 2013. MSHA determined several causes were at the root of the accidents, including failure to… Keep Reading
NSSGA webinar to examine screening
Screening is the subject of NSSGA’s May AGG1 online webinar, which will teach attendees how to choose the right screen for the job, how to measure the effectiveness of their screen and how to evaluate their screen’s performance. "How to… Keep Reading
Caterpillar Global Mining extends Immersive partnership
Caterpillar Global Mining renewed for another five years its exclusive agreement with Immersive Technologies, a supplier of equipment training simulators to the mining and earthmoving industries. Cat will exclusively recommend Immersive Technologies’ high- and medium-fidelity training simulator products and provide… Keep Reading
United Rentals Inc.
Founded in 1997, United Rentals is the largest equipment rental company in the world, with an integrated network of more than 900 rental locations in 48 states and 10 Canadian provinces. Its diverse customer base includes construction and industrial companies, utilities,… Keep Reading
VISTA receives award for training excellence
VISTA Training Inc.--a provider of training solutions for those involved in earthmoving, excavating and mining applications--received a Gold Award for Blended Learning from the Canadian Society for Training & Development (CSTD). VISTA was recognized for its TruckLogic training curriculum, which… Keep Reading
Program launches to address demand for equipment service technicians
Washburn Institute of Technology launched a full-time, one-year construction equipment and diesel technology-training program to provide equipment dealers and other service providers experiencing technician shortfalls with qualified diesel service technicians. The program, which Case Construction Equipment and The Victor L.… Keep Reading
