Earthwork Field Practice: Grade Control, Mass Haul, Compaction & Trench Safety

The second heavy equipment course, for operators and crew leads who already know the machines and want to run earthwork well: reading the grading plan and the staking system, setting up and verifying GPS machine control, cut and fill with swell and shrink and the mass haul plan, compaction specifications and field density testing, the competent person's job under OSHA 1926 Subpart P with soil classification and trench shoring, and choosing equipment, estimating production, and keeping the iron running.