National Association
of Heavy Equipment Training Schools
Welcome The National Association of Heavy
Equipment Training Schools (N.A.H.E.T.S.). Our mission
is to approve member heavy equipment operator training schools throughout
the United States. Heavy equipment training schools approved
by NAHETS must meet strict standards 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
Minimum Equipment:
backhoe
bulldozer
crane (30 ton rough terrain)
dump truck
excavator
motor grader
wheel loader
Optional Equipment:
skid steer(Bobcat)
water truck
forklift (rough terrain)
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
and/or crane 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 and crane operators.
What to look for
in your heavy equipment training school
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, 20+ acres
Full time campus Job Placement Assistance director