Heavy Equipment Instructor Profiles
PTS Heavy Equipment Operator Instructors are among the best in the business. The certified instructors of PTS have deep experience with the latest equipment and are dedicated to the success of the students they serve.
Jason Bennett
Equipment Experience:
D3 Dozer, Topo Topcon and Trimble Surveying and GPS survey equipment, machine control 3D equipment
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Supervisory/Management Experience:
10 years Survey Manager
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Work Experience:
Construction layout and surveying
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Instruction Experience:
GPS and Site Layout
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Areas of Expertise:
GPS, 3D modeling, Autocad, Surveying, Construction layout
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Credentials:
NCCER Certified
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Fred Lasure
Equipment Experience:
Dozer
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Supervisory/Management Experience:
Earthworks Foreman
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Work Experience:
Construction
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Instruction Experience:
Heavy Equipment and Crane Instructor, OSHA 10 and 30 Hr. Instructor
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Areas of Expertise:
Heavy Equipment and Crane
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Credentials:
NCCER Heavy Equipment Instructor Certification NCCCO Crane Instructor and Examiner Certification OSHA 10 & 30 Hr. Instructor Certification CDL Class A
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Kurt Metcalf
Equipment Experience:
Dozer, track hoe, rubber tire hoe, all types of pans, skid steer, loaders, tractors
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Supervisory/Management Experience:
Superintendent, ATS Instructor, and Supervisor John Deere Equipment
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Work Experience:
Oversee commercial and residential construction job sites (workforce, equipment, logistics, budgets, etc)
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Instruction Experience:
On job experience/ superintendent Performance Site Management, ATS Instructor
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Areas of Expertise:
Logistics, site management, controlling budgets, running equipment
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Credentials:
Degree in Auto-body and auto-mechanics NCCER Heavy Equipment Certification
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Woody Mohler
Equipment Experience:
Topcon Total Stations & GPS (TPS and Topsurv) Software Trimble Total Stations & GPS (SGS & GCS 900) Software Geodometer Total Solutions (GEO Software) Total Stations & GPS
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Supervisory/Management Experience:
Crew leader and office coordinator
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Work Experience:
Survey Technician, Crew Leader, Field Manager, Instrument Operator,
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Instruction Experience:
Training new employees Associated Training Services Performance Training Services
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Areas of Expertise:
Layout w/ conventional & GPS, ALTA Survey Highways filed management Topographic surveys Boundary
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Credentials:
NSPS- National Society of Professional Surveyors- Level 4 CST (Certfied Survey Technician) Columbus State- route survey course completed, survey law course completed
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Donald W. Myers
Equipment Experience:
31 years mining and heavy highway construction site and finish
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Supervisory/Management Experience:
2 years working foreman Performance 3 years Assistant Site Superintendent Labaugh Inc.
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Work Experience:
Heavy highway and mining, quarries, site work and finish work. Dirt and utilities
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Instruction Experience:
3 years Heavy Equipment Instructor ATS/ PTS Columbus Ohio, Pelzer South Carolina, Wills Point Texas Master Trainer
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Areas of Expertise:
Bulk dirt, Dozer, scrapers, compaction, Math (Dirt), Soils
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Credentials:
30 hr. OSHA, NCCER Master Trainer, NCCER Heavy Equipment & Core Curriculum Trainer, Instructor, Specialized Training Instructor.
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Danny Peters
Equipment Experience:
Excavator, loader- track and rubber, backhoe, dozer, rollers- smooth drum, sheeps foots, plate compactor, scraper, skid steer, water truck, rock saw
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Supervisory/Management Experience:
11 years Utility crew foreman
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Work Experience:
Install water and sewer mains, water and sewer laterals, bulk earth work, finish grading, topsoil respread
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Instruction Experience:
Winter Learning at PSC, on the job training of employees
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Areas of Expertise:
Safety, math, excavation
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Credentials:
OSHA 10, 30, 40 hr. Competent person training Confined space training Licensed fire main installer 15 years in earthworks and utilities 11 years crewleader
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Barry Poling
Equipment Experience:
Dozers scrapers, loaders, Rubber tire hoe, track hoe, asphalt reclaimers, boom truck, cranes
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Supervisory/Management Experience:
Dirt Superintendent Lime Stabilization Superintendent
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Work Experience:
Dirt work- finish bulk Lime stabilization
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Instruction Experience:
ATS Instructor- Heavy Equipment, Crane
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Areas of Expertise:
Bulk and Finish Work Working with scrapers Lime Stabilization Dirt and building road bases
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Credentials:
NCCER Certified Instructor NCCCO Crane Certification NCCCO Crane Practical Examiner
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David Saxour
Equipment Experience:
16 years heavy equipment construction: track hoes (up to PC 750), dozers (up to D8), track loaders (up to CAT 963), rubber tire loaders(up to JD644), backhoes
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Supervisory/Management Experience:
5 years Utility Superintendent, Project Manager, Team Leader
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Work Experience:
Utility and dirt work up to 50' deep subdivision and commercial sites
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Instruction Experience:
Blueprint reading and Math (Underground Utilities)
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Areas of Expertise:
Utility installation, track hoes
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Credentials:
40 hour hazwoper, 30 hour OSHA, competent person. Confined space training, licensed to install underground fire lines
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Rob Schackart
Equipment Experience:
All types of heavy equipment Boom Crane
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Supervisory/Management Experience:
20 years experience: foreman, Project Manager, Director, President
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Work Experience:
Turn Key convience/ service station construction Cell phone tower, site construction, environmental clean up Public/ private underground utilities, structure demolition Public/ Private site construction, minor bridge construction
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Instruction Experience:
NCCER Instructor Heavy Equipment
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Areas of Expertise:
Heavy Equipment, layout, blue print, leadership, team building, planning organizational, construction project scheduling
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Credentials:
NCCER certified instructor Member project management institute (PMI) Current ATS Texas Safety Director
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Chuck Schu
Equipment Experience:
Backhoe, loader, dozer
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Supervisory/Management Experience:
Knowledge of construction since 1978; Director of Vocational Training over 3 Job Corps Center; Vocational Education Instructor Construction Foreman/ Project Manager
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Work Experience:
Director of Vocation Training- developed student construction projects, improve curriculum materials, implemented NCCER training program for multiple trades, Certified all instructors to be NCCER instructors Vocational Instructor- taught a 2 year carpentry program
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Instruction Experience:
Taught 5 years at a Technical College Has trained 13 different trade instructors in NCCER curriculum NCCER Heavy Equipment Instructor
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Areas of Expertise:
Develop students projects related to curriculum Architectual Blueprints Organizational leadership Develop instructional aids for classes
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Credentials:
Virginia State Provisional teaching license NCCER Master Trainer
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Michael Sherwood
Equipment Experience:
All types of heavy equipment Hydraulic boom truck
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Supervisory/Management Experience:
ATS Instructor heavy equipment Autos, aircraft and heavy equipment paint and body Owner south west septic and construction owner
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Work Experience:
Septic Systems, House pads, waterline, driveways, all types commercial construction, ponds, home construction
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Instruction Experience:
ATS Heavy equipment instructor
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Areas of Expertise:
Heavy equipment operation Paint and Body Septic Construction
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Credentials:
NCCER Certified Instructor TCEQ state certification installer II
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Richard (Rick) Wolfe
Equipment Experience:
High/ low telephone line vehicles, trenchers, cable plows, backhoes, tower jibs, multi-trailers, dozer, forklifts, loaders, backhoes
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Supervisory/Management Experience:
Crewleader and Project Manager for general underground and buried cable plants and support structures- twelve years. Wire and antenna superintendent- four years.
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Work Experience:
Installation and maintenance of all types communication systems, telephone lines, micro-wave, broadband, ILS, Satellite and all support structures.
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Instruction Experience:
Over fourteen years classroom and field instructor experience. Certified Master instructor
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Areas of Expertise:
Developmental instructional skills, student relations, backhoes, dozer, safety, prints
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Credentials:
NCCER- Heavy Equipment Level III NCCER- Mobile Crane Operator Air University Master Instructor NCCCO Large and Small Telescopic Crane OSHA 30 hour construction OSHA Compliance basics OSHA reporting and record keeping AAS Community College
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Brody Young
Equipment Experience:
2.5 years small dozer, 2.5 years PC 300-400 Excavator, loader, compactor, backhoe, skid steer, off road dump truck
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Supervisory/Management Experience:
1 year Supervisor of a main line utility crew 2 years foreman of main line utility crew
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Work Experience:
Main line utility work
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Instruction Experience:
1 year ATS instructor
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Areas of Expertise:
Trackhoe and backhoe digging and maneuvering; as well as working with pipe laser and utility work
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Credentials:
10 hr. OSHA, 30 hr. OSHA, OSHA 510, Competent person, fire license, 3 years college 2 of which Environmental restoration
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