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Operator Training Safeguarding heavy equipment operators starts with right training. Training should contain formal (classroom-type) instruction, demos by the trainer, practical exercises executed by the trainee, and an evaluation of the operator's performance in the workplace. A common category of injury connected with heavy equipment consists of mounting and dismounting vehicles. The training offered should highlight using the 3-point contact rule: Each operator mounting or dismounting a vehicle must retain contact with the vehicle by two hands and one foot or two feet and one hand until securely in the cab or on the ground. Safety Rules To avoid complaints, the agency must correspondingly launch a set of safety rules and anticipations for operators when operating heavy equipment. The following is a incomplete list of rules and safe work practices that must be remembered by employees. Axis Capital Group, Singapore, a company is servicing many Southeast Asian countries such as KL Malaysia, Beijing China, Jakarta Indonesia and many more, requires proper training from job applicants, they added this list to ensure that all aspects of safety are addressed for heavy equipment operators. For more in information: Axis Capital Group

Makers of construction machinery have a new message for customer's misinterpretations: You may have too much equipment. Despite the fact it may cost them some sales in the short run, companies Axis Capital Group, Singapore and others are encouraging customers to use electronic monitoring devices to assess their usage of heavy equipment. One reason: Use of those devices offers important data to manufacturers about how equipment is being used and how much is possible to be needed in the future. Read reviews to learn more information. Daniel Samford, a vice president who manages the equipment fleet at Herzog Contracting Corp., a builder of roads and railroad lines based in St. Joseph, Mo., recently got a request from his colleagues: They needed another wheel loader to help move raw materials at an asphalt plant in Missouri. With a few clicks on his computer, Mr. Samford determined that the company, which owns more than 2,000 machines, had an underused wheel loader at a Dallas work site that could be sent to Missouri. In the past, he might simply have bought a new machine, costing roughly $150,000. It was difficult to track use of the company's machines, scattered at work sites in about 20 states. Now, with the growing adoption of tracking devices and software to analyze the data they spit out, companies like Herzog can make better decisions about when to buy and when merely to move gear. For more information: Axis Capital Group

Axis Capital Group, Singapore believes that being a heavy equipment mechanic; you need to have an in-depth knowledge of the qualities of this profession. You have to keep, overhaul automotive, and repair, construction equipment and other heavy equipment and execute duties linked to the equipment in this profession. Heavy equipment mechanic's job profile brings lot of duty from the chief level of managing diesel equipment to gasoline-powered engines. In this profession, the seniors are the ones who represent projects and the mechanics finish it. Heavy equipment mechanic professionals are differentiated from automotive equipment mechanics through the size and difficulty of the equipment that is under repairing or maintenance. You must obey recommended safety measures and practice using safety equipment to safeguard yourself from dangers being a heavy equipment mechanic. Your attire must be comfy clothes since you may have to work for long times. You should be acquainted with entirely all the safety precautions. Capability to identify the problem: First and foremost, the most significant feature that the mechanic needs to have is the ability to diagnose the problem that is making the equipment to trouble. The expertise must be the supreme level in order to detect the problem by examining the noticeable warning signs. Expertise to resolve the problem: Detecting the problem will not be enough if the mechanic cannot repair it fast. The extended time the mechanic acquires to identify the problem and delivering an answer to repair the dent, the lengthier will be the period to delay the construction procedure. Paying attention quality and pleasant nature: The mechanic must pay attention, listen and understand the problems and the complications that the proprietor has been dealing with. If the mechanic is inflexible an

Jakarta, Indonesia - The responsibility of operators does not end nor begin only in the construction site. Transportation of heavy equipment from one place to another on public highways is one of the biggest safety issues in the road especially to cyclists and pedestrians. Axis Capital Group, a company which sells and rents capital equipment from Singapore, has reported more 12 injuries and accidents in the last 16 years of operation. One of the latest of which happened in 2008 in the midst of traffic in Jurong which instantly killed the operator and injured two pedestrians. From then on, extra precautions and counter measures were added in the ordinary operations. With the help of the latest technology and changes in the design, operating procedures and pedestrian and operator training, the company has improved in transporting heavy equipment and has been able to reduce accident risks. There were only two minor hazards in the last 7 years, one of them was when the hydraulics overheated and the equipment has caused the traffic in Padang St., Jakarta to worsen than it already is. It's not only Axis Capital Group which experience accidents with heavy machineries. Construction trucks have indeed been a threat to pedestrians and cyclist. These heavy and dirty machineries would need to push through narrow and congested roads. Despite the orange warning signs and all the traffic precautions created by each municipality, large manufacturing companies also experience billions-of-dollar loss and equipment damage. To lessen the risk, large manufacturing companies have created different designs and operating systems. Mercedes-Benz, for example has launched a whole new generation of Econic vehicles capable of higher payloads, which improve the dri