Skill levels generally differ between plant operator shifts. Further, these differences often cause divides among the shifts that result in unequal divisions of responsibility. Comprehensive, ...

Faced with the necessity of doing more with less—and less-experienced—staff, the power business increasingly is turning to simulators for reliable and efficient real-world training. Training ...

I've traveled the world since the early 1980s training plant operators and repairing asphalt plants. The question I hear most: "What kind of person makes a good plant operator?" It always amuses me ...

Plant operators should be able to carry out routine checks on their equipment. Where there are major issues or faults, they should report these to specialist maintenance staff or plant mechanic. They ...

The most valuable skill around the asphalt plant is the ability to keep it running, focus on candidates with a mechanical background C.M. Consulting we sell numerous new and used asphalt plants each ...

With the first new nuclear build in decades under way in the US, a new generation of operators is being trained to run first-of-their-kind power plants built for the digital age, The Associated Press ...

Technology firm TerraPower broke ground in August on a training center adjacent to its soon-to-be constructed advanced nuclear power reactor in Kemmerer, Wyo. The training facility will prepare future ...

The oil and gas production explosion is driving the renaissance of the chemical and process industries in North America. With low-cost natural gas comes low-cost feedstock for many chemical compounds, ...

L-3 Mapps will supply a full scope operator training simulator for the 962 MW Tihange 1 nuclear power plant in Belgium. The project will begin immediately and is expected to begin service in early ...