Medium Heavy Truck and Equipment

What You'll Learn

Students will become proficient with shop tools and equipment while maintaining and repairing semi-trucks, bulldozers, backhoe loaders, etc. The HETT (Heavy Equipment & Truck Technology) program is divided into units of study. Examples are: Shop Lab (Drilling, tapping, torch cutting, arc/mig welding, etc.), Engine Service (Trouble-shooting, diagnosis, cylinder head, overhaul), Electrical (Basic electricity, batteries, starters, charging) Hydraulic and Air Brakes. Students get the opportunity to operate equipment during the spring.

Students who complete this course can enjoy a career as a heavy equipment technician, medium/heavy truck technician, truck driver, heavy equipment operator (from landscape skid loaders to bulldozer), laborer (usually in the building trades), welder, forklift driver, service writers, foremen, supervisors, teachers, engineer technical support personnel and emergency vehicle repair.

Licenses/Certificates Available

• ASE - T2 - Diesel Engines
• ASE - T4 - Brakes
• ASE - T6 - Electrical/Electronic Systems
• ASE - T8 - Inspection Maintenance & Minor Repair
• Career Safe, OSHA 10 General Industry