Course Description:
- Safe operation of a front-end loader
- Loading a 20 yard dump truck to capacit.
- Stockpiling
- Ramping
- Digging an excavation
- Bulldozing techniques
Front End Loader Training
Front-End Loader Course Description:
Front-End Loaders are commonly used for uploading sand, dirt and mud into trucks, and clearing rubble. Although they are also used for digging, a front-end loader is not the most efficient machine for digging because it cannot dig much deeper than the level of its wheels, like a backhoe can. The deep bucket can store approximately 3-5 cubic meters of earth, exact numbers vary with the model being used. The front-end loader's bucket capacity is much larger than the bucket capacity of a backhoe loader.
In construction areas, primarily when repairing a road in the middle of a city, front-end loaders are also used to transport building materials - such as bricks, metal bars and digging tools - over short distances.
Unlike bulldozers, most front-end loaders are wheeled, not tracked. Wheels provide better mobility (and speed) and do not damage paved roads.
Student Outcomes:
Upon completion of this course the student will be able to:
- List uses of a front-end loader
- Match terms associated with front-end loaders to the correct definitions
- List types of front-end loaders
- Label parts of a front-end loader
- Identify controls of a typical wheel-type front-end loader
- List accessories used on front-end loaders
- List types of jobs done with front-end loaders
- List safety procedures to use when operating a front-end loader
- State suggestions for effective front-end loader operation
- List daily inspection items
- List items to check when servicing a front-end loader
- List materials needed to service a front-end loader
- Demonstrate the ability to:
- Perform starting procedures
- Perform digging operation
- Perform loading operation
- Perform bulldozing operation
- Perform stock pile and ramping operations
