OVERVIEW

This 5 day course is designed to teach students how to operate a track hoe on a rig site.  Students enrolled in this course will come with previous experience operating an excavator.  Previous experience might include operating an excavator in construction or on pipelines.  Students will learn hands-on operation of a track hoe and how to perform activities required on a drilling rig site including unloading trailers and moving drill pipe using a pipe grapple, mixing off drill cuttings with sawdust, performing other chores around the rig site.

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