![]() Vermeer is scheduling one eight-person class per month. We get them to understand what is going on downhole.”Īt this time, the tuition-based program is by contractor request only and geared to new operators who have never been on a drill, as well as those who want formalized training to refine their HDD skill. “We teach them how to be a driller the training goes beyond the drill’s functions. “We can take them much deeper into the training than we could on the jobsite,” Bokhoven says. RELATED: Vermeer Launches HDD Circuit Training Program Vermeer covers all aspects of drill operation from walking the bore plan, potholing, creating the bore plan, mixing the mud, proper drill maintenance and actual hands-on time with the drill. Launched in November 2015, the HDD Circuit program is a two-week, hands-on training that takes place at Vermeer’s Pella, Iowa, headquarters. You have a lot of risk there…and typically it takes longer to train an operator.” “In the past we would have gone out to a jobsite and looked over the operators shoulder and taught him how to drill. “We’ve trained since we started making drills, but what makes this different is that this is geared to those without drilling skills,” says Tony Bokhoven, lifecycle training manager at Vermeer. Vermeer with its HDD Circuit program and Ditch Witch with its Ditch Witch Certified Training are both designed with feedback from the industry. In the last nine months, Vermeer and Ditch Witch – two of the most recognized names in the horizontal directional drilling (HDD) industry – have stepped up their training efforts to help combat this shortage. Launched in November 2015, Vermeer’s HDD Circuit program is a two-week, hands-on training that takes place at Vermeer’s headquarters in Pella, Iowa.
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