Keeping excavator operating costs down depends not only on managers doing the blocking and tackling such as routine maintenance, but also on taking advantage of ever-evolving technologies such as ...

Skill levels generally differ between plant operator shifts. Further, these differences often cause divides among the shifts that result in unequal divisions of responsibility. Comprehensive, ...

Lt. Col. Jerry Dempsey, USAF (l), chief, information operations branch, combined information operations directorate, North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD ...

The energy and utility industries currently face an unprecedented level of change, requiring a shift in the way organizations approach field operations training. Developing a safe, skilled, and ...

The mobile elevating work platform (MEWP) continues to be one of the more popular categories of equipment rented. While they remain also one of the safer methods for working at height, safety has been ...

The roof rope is more than just a rope for a riding position on an apparatus. For decades, it’s been known as one of the highest risk and lowest frequency operations for firefighters in the Northeast.

The adoption of immersive technologies such as augmented reality and virtual reality by the freight and logistics industry has accelerated amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Although still in its early ...

The 2021-22 training season for the Fort McCoy Cold-Weather Operations Course (CWOC) returns Dec. 1 with dozens of Marines to be trained in the course. The CWOC is modeled after the Cold-Weather ...

In May 2023, the Bentonville, AR, Fire Department (BFD) had a ribbon cutting for its new training facility. It provides training that members weren’t able to get unless they went elsewhere, which ...

THIS CAREER TOUR OF SORTS IS TAKING PLACE AS SOME STUDENTS ARE PREPARING FOR GRADUATION AND OTHERS ARE LOOKING TOWARD LONG TERM JOB OPTIONS. THE OPERATING ENGINEERS TRAINING SCHOOL IN SPARROWS POINT ...