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Last Aug. 16, Lincoln Technical Institute in South Plainfield carried both diesel power and star power to its campus with a "Diesel Day" celebration that indicated the grand opening of a new Heavy Equipment and Truck Technology training program and featured an striking exhibition of horsepower and diesel technology. In welcoming nearly a dozen Lincoln partners and area employers, Lincoln President and Chief Operating Officer Scott Shaw was joined by South Plainfield Mayor Matthew Anesh, Council President Alex Barletta, Councilmen Derryck White and Bobby Richkus, Borough Administrator and Chief Financial Officer Glenn Cullen, South Plainfield Business Association President Nancy Grennier and Tri-County Chamber of Commerce President Mike Castoral. Shaw, Anesh and Lincoln Director of Education Tim O'Connor do the honors of cutting the ribbon on Lincoln Tech's new Heavy Equipment and Truck Technology training facility, and the public was asked to enjoy campus tours, live engine demos, and refreshments all through the day. "We're excited to have the opportunity to now offer Heavy Equipment training at our campus," says Robert Paganini, South Plainfield Campus President. "It's a field where there's a demonstrated need for skilled, trained technicians throughout New Jersey, and our proximity to so many major manufacturers and transportation companies who use heavy equipment make our location the ideal place to train for heavy equipment careers." This will come as a great review for heavy equipment careers. Amongst the career paths graduates can practice are Farm Equipment Mechanics and Service Technicians (where growth is projected to be 19% across New Jersey between 2010-2020) and Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics (17%)*. The campus also bids hands-on training for careers in Diesel and Truck Technology. Because of this complaints are projected to lessen.

Seldom do we see women in a construction site. Since the industry requires every aspect of manual labor, women, who are always considered physically weaker than men, seemed not fit for the job. Gender diversity is not usual in the workplace with women only occupying 11% of the whole construction employees' population, most of whom are employed for administrative task, working behind the desk and in-charge of data organization. Sexism is one of the main reasons for the low number of women hiring in construction industry. Axis Capital Group, a company which sells and rents quality equipment, states that both of their offices in Singapore and Jakarta, Indonesia has high attrition rate of female workers. Aside from family and risk issues that women need to adhere to as the reason for their resignation, some have complaints of worse treatment experience regarding the distribution of work or promotion opportunities. Today's bigger challenge is to educate the next generation that the industry is not one-gendered. Similar manual careers also have the same gender proportion problems. Analysts have concluded that the issue is one of the main reasons why there are also a low number of laborers and workers in the field. Construction industry is taking the warning of the lessening number of individuals interested to work in the sector at a more serious level. A person's gender is no longer important when hiring as long as he or she can do the job and has the qualification to do so. Moreover, the industry is already recognizing women attributes which can help in the betterment of the projects. With an industry struggling to find workers, the insights are worth reviewing for contractors. 1. Learning ability When it comes to training, women don't take anything for granted. In our culture it's sometimes assumed that all men have a certain mastery of mac

It's no shock that throughout the last years the economy has been an urging aspect affecting construction equipment ownership. Many contractors in Jakarta Indonesia and worldwide, have been repairing and holding onto machinery longer. A lot of contractors have transferred from purchasing new equipment to purchasing used. There are things that you should be looking for before buying a used machine if you ate in the used equipment buying or selling. There are signs that indicate when you should proceed with caution or what might be the red flag for the acquisition. Axis Capital Group, Singapore, a company that has been in the business, suggest construction contractors should observe for these warnings when examining and purchasing used equipment. A no-start engine or an engine that hard to start with lots of smoke is a no-no. If you can't test it you should never buy it even though the value is inexpensive except it's offered with a solid warranty, which can be unusual with used machinery. When you try, probabilities are you aren't acquainted with the type or model of the equipment, so do not hurry and be impulsive, and don't get scammed. You must have the vendor clarify all the controls, and make certain you test every single speed and movement. If it's certainly cold then anticipate some smoke. Watch out for leaking fluids under the machine. Make certain you examine end to end a backhoe loader and the cylinders. Likewise make certain to try all the hoses or arms. Pay attention with the coolant in the oil or oil in the coolant. This is an indication of an engine that will produce nothing except a misused time for you. Take note of anything seized. Likelihoods are if it was seized it wasn't well maintained. Check the welds on the backhoe, loader arms or buckets. Machinery continuously gets beaten up 'til it breaks, and then it's welded. A weld is not ever by means of conventional or as sturdy as the original steel, and above the firm mi