Sunday, October 23, 2011

Time management starts in your training at HCA

Time management skills are important in any part of life whether it be at home or on the job. When training to be a heavy equipment operator at HCA, you will learn that this will be a vital part of your career as an operator. You will be taught the ins and outs of the industry and how time management will affect your overall work.

When working on a construction project, time is of the essence. If you get behind on one part of the project, the entire thing can be set back hours, or even days. With most construction jobs being weather dependent, it is important to keep in mind your end goals. Everyday operators need to know what the goal is for the day and meet that objective in their given work hours.

It is important to keep up with the schedule given for the task at hand not only for the operator but the company as a whole. It can mean a difference in pay for the operator if they are paid per job. Also, many times there are plenty of other contractors who come in after the main building is done. Their work and pay is affected if the operators get behind.

Each machine that you will be trained on at HCA has a specific purpose at a jobsite. These jobs are typically backed up one to another. As soon as one machine has done their part, the next operator and machine come in to do theirs. If you are multi-skilled as you will be if trained at HCA, you may even run more than one machine on a job. In this case, your time management must be on task. You always want to please the company you work for, the client that is paying, and the people you are working with. By having a strict standard on time management for yourself, you will do all of these without problems.

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