For all the heavy equipment operators out there or people that are wanting to become heavy equipment operators. They will now have the benefits of seeing live videos and animation to help them work better with heavy equipment and most importantly, doing it in the safest manner possible. These videos should be very helpful to all the heavy equipment operators.
Many of the accidents that occur with heavy equipment are preventable. I believe NAHETS plans to use these videos to help prevent the accidents that are occurring now. A lot of rental companies will rent out skid steers everyday to hundreds of people. These skid steers are dangerous or can be, when they are not used properly. When used correctly they can be a very helpful tool, and hopefully these safety videos pertaining to skid steers will be seen by the operators before using the equipment.
PRESS RELEASE
The National Association of Heavy Equipment Training Schools NAHETS, has become an approved video training publisher with the
popular website www.howstuffworks.com.
Skid Steer Heavy Equipment Operator
Matt Klabacka, NAHETS President states, “This is a major milestone for NAHETS to achieve the status of “training content provider” for one of the Internets most popular self-help websites.”
HowStuffWorks is the leading source of credible, unbiased, and easy-to-understand explanations of how the world actually works. Founded by North Carolina State University Professor Marshall Brain in 1998, the site has since grown to be an award-winning online resource for millions of people of all ages.
NAHETS curriculum development department and internet video department, in conjunction with yellow metal tv, have created a series of heavy equipment training videos entitled, “Yellow Metal Boot Camp.”
Skid Steer Yellow Metal Boot Camp Sample 1
click to view sample
The skid steer series represents the first of many training videos that NAHETS and Yellow Metal Boot Camp will produce, and includes live footage and 3-D animation. Each series begins with a “Safety First” component emphasizing the importance of safe operation of the equipment. NAHETS will publish, and disseminate these into the web 2.0 environment.
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Klabacka says, “NAHETS is focused on a long term strategy in providing quality, publicly
available, heavy equipment specific, instructional material in a rich media environment.”
According to Klabacka, “heavy equipment instruction, which is made available to the public, can improve the results obtained through the equipment’s use, increase the longevity of the machines, reduce property damage and accidents, and, most importantly, help to cut down
on the number of injuries and even save lives.”
Heavy equipment accidents are common and many are preventable. After watching the Yellow Metal Boot Camp Skid Steer Safety module, Klabacka stated “Every skid steer rented in the country should come with this basic safety video.”
“Equipment rental companies across the country are renting hundreds
of skid steers every day and many of the operators are clueless on safety matters regarding this very useful, yet potentially dangerous piece of heavy equipment.”
Cool, Sounds great. Good blog post
I tried to see sample by clicking on your “click to view sample” and no luck? Not bad post. I like your style
I apologize…….I didn’t have the link working properly. I should have double checked it. It’s working now!