National Association of Heavy Equipment Training Schools
Welcome The National Association of Heavy Equipment Training Schools (NAHETS). Heavy equipment training schools approved by NAHETS must be qualified in the following areas: heavy equipment safety, graduate career resource centers, job placement assistance, heavy equipment employer development programs, faculty development, heavy equipment project orientation, and heavy equipment operations.
Members schools and colleges of NAHETS must have the following:
Full time campus director or college president
Full time on site campus job placement director
Full time on site campus financial aid director
Full time on site campus admissions director
Full time on site Heavy equipment training director
Full time Certified heavy equipment training instructors
20 acre minimum heavy equipment training area
2-4 classrooms dedicated to training heavy equipment operators
No other business conducted at training site
Clean administrative facilities.
NAHETS Membership requirements
Each member heavy equipment training school that wishes to join NAHETS must have no other activity associated with the operation of the school. In other words, 100% of their operations must be dedicated to training heavy equipment operators.
What to look for in your heavy equipment training school
Each member heavy equipment training school that wishes to join NAHETS must have no other activity associated with the operation of the school. In other words, 100% of their operations must be dedicated to training heavy equipment operators.
Students interested in attending a heavy equipment training school should look for the following:
Dedicated heavy equipment training, no other business operated from the school and or heavy equipment training facility
Sufficient facilities
Large training area
Full time campus Job Placement director
Career Resource Center, located at the Campus
Published standards
Membership in NAHETS
NAHETS, the National Association of Heavy Equipment Training Schools (NAHETS)
NAHETS Member schools are certified by the National Association of Heavy Equipment Training Schools.
INSTRUCTOR QUALIFICATIONS Member schools must have qualified instructors as part of the quality standards set by NAHETS.