CaterpillarUniversity.com Expands Potential of Customer Businesses

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In the School of Safety, comprehensive training, modules teach students the fundamentals of safety and hazard-avoidance when operating equipment, using aerial work platforms and working in confined spaces, as well as cautions to observe when working around asbestos, dangerous chemicals, compressed gases and dust-combustible environments. First-aid courses teach specific procedures and policies for first responders.

For operators, the School of Operator Training provides application-specific courses for hydraulic excavators, off-highway trucks, track-type tractors, wheel loaders and pipelayers. Supplemental materials include manuals, instruction sheets and walk-around-inspection videos.

The School of Service provides more than 90 courses that present the fundamentals of design, operation and diagnostics for air conditioning, brakes, electrical, engine performance, engine repair, hydraulics and powertrain systems.

Caterpillar believes that knowledgeable customers are better equipped to make sound choices when securing products and services or seeking solutions to business challenges, and well-trained employees contribute to the overall health and productively of the customer's business.

Customers can self-register at the CaterpillerUniversity.com site to gain access to the broad and expanding range of instructional materials, available at no cost or at a nominal credit-card fee. Learn more about CaterpillarUniversity.com by contacting CaterpillarLearning@cat.com.