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The simulator allows students to become familiar with various aspects of the equipment, as well as job site safety. You can move a lot of earth with that and it’s just really fun to operate.” “My favourite part is being able to find out which one I like the best,” says HEO student Crystal Labrecque. This variety of equipment allows students to try out and learn about the different machines. This exciting program uses simulators with five different types of equipment including an articulated truck, a dozer, a hydraulic excavator, an m-series motor grader, and a small wheel loader. “I’ve been working construction for the past ten years, I’ve always been working alongside heavy equipment, and since I was a child I’ve been mechanically inclined, so I was naturally drawn to this program,” said Bilè Hassan, a student of the HEO program. Offering this program at GPRC Grande Prairie allows students the opportunity to continue their education and gain new skills that can help them improve their careers right here at home. And of course, now we’re involved with partnerships with other Colleges throughout Alberta as well,” explained Heavy Equipment Simulator Instructor Les Howlett.
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“Through Keyano College we go mostly around the Northeastern side from Fort Chipewyan down to Conklin each year.
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The comprehensive five-week simulator program not only provides students with the training they need to safely operate heavy equipment, it also ensures they receive the safety tickets necessary to get them industry workforce ready. The HEO program is held in a 53-foot mobile unit from Keyano College, which holds the simulators for the heavy equipment training. The Heavy Equipment Operator (HEO) program was held in October for the first time in Grande Prairie through GPRC’s Continuing Education program. Grande Prairie Regional College, in partnership with Keyano College, has been training students on a state of the art heavy equipment simulator giving them the skills they need to enter in-demand careers in local industry.