Your Future Starts Now! 2011 Performance Training Services

Performance Training Services Who is this guy? –Jason Bennett –PTS: Instructor and Director of Career Services Why are we here? –20 minute presentation –Survey & PTS Video –15 minute Q & A at the end. “Ask the guy”

Vocational School What to do After School Picking a Good Occupation Get the Education & Training (PTS) A $ucce$$ful career What do you like to do? Plan Your Future Today!

Get Paid Right Out of School! Get out of your parents basement Make more $$$ New car/truck/ATV/Motorcycle Make more $$$ Hunting/fishing trips Make more $$$ New computer/stereo/video games Make more $$$ –No work history or school credentials –No experience to maximize skill level –Marriage/children make it more difficult –Less parental support as you get older

CAN YOU MAKE IT!!! SALARY RENT CAR PAYMENT INSURANCE CELL PHONE CREDIT CARD BILLS STUDENT LOAN NET $1500 $800 $300 $75 $50 $150 $125 $0

Don’t Get Stuck!

What are the 3 most important things to you after school??? 1 2 3

What to look for in a good career Something you like – Get a job you enjoy and you’ll never have to “work” another day Long term potential – can’t be exported Transferable skills that can take you anywhere in the country Pride – “I helped build that!” –Help build our country

The Heavy Equipment Industry

Construction

Residential/Commercial Building

Mining/Mineral Extraction

Sewer/Water

Demolition

Environmental

Road Maintenance

Sand and Gravel

Timber

Underground Construction

Agriculture

Landfills

Ponds and Shoreline

Snow Removal

Job Outlook Heavy Equipment Operators and Class A CDL drivers are both in America’s top 10 most- wanted workers. 8% increase in employment within the next 10 years. Congressional support on bridge construction and road projects in the U.S. U.S. Department of Labor

How to get in the door

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PTS History Years in vocational training Family owned and operated 3 schools nationwide

National Certification NCCER (National Center for Construction Education Research) Portability of training accomplishment, regardless of where the training may have geographically occurred Nationally accredited

The Machines

The Equipment PTS utilizes many different makes and models of equipment

Hands-on Training

The Programs 3 Levels Of NCCER Heavy Equipment Programs CDL (Class A) NCCCO Crane Program

NCCER Heavy Equipment Program I –3 weeks Heavy Equipment Program II –6 Weeks Heavy Equipment Program III –9 weeks Heavy Equipment

Level 1 Equipment Backhoes Front-end Loaders Skid Steers Dump Trucks

Level 2 Equipment Bulldozers Compactors Scrapers Rollers Forklifts

Level 3 Equipment Excavators Motor Graders

Class A CDL Careers Class A CDL Driver –Truck Driver (local and long haul) –Dump truck operator –Hauling equipment to/from job sites

Class A CDL Training 3 Week Program (Student would need to provide DOT physical and permit prior to training).

Class A CDL Training Increases employment options Very useful for hauling/transporting materials on job sites Can increase starting wages CDL is an optional program offered as part of the PTS training programs or can be taken independently.

Mobile Hydraulic Cranes Increases employment options Very useful for hauling/transporting materials on job sites Can increase starting wages

Housing -Cable TV -Fridge -Microwave -Laundry -Free Internet -Convenient Location

FREE WORKSHOPS $500 Scholarship Available Meet the PTS Instructors & Staff Tour the Campus Facilities See the Equipment & Field Site Experience a NCCER Module

Enrollment No Application Fee Scholarship Available Financial Assistance No GPA required No ACT/SAT Apply Online in minutes

Job Placement Placement within a 50 mile radius from where you live Lifetime Career Assistance Anywhere in the USA

PTS TESTIMONIALS "They care about you. They want you to succeed" "I know I'll have the confidence, training and ability to get a job." - Randy Kowalczyk (PTS Student) "All the instructors here at PTS are really great. They know what they're talking about...I would absolutely recommend PTS to a friend, I'm already trying to get my brother to attend" - Noah Soehnlen (PTS Student) "...It's hands-on, not all classroom...and they help you with job leads...The instructors are great, real personable...the kind of guys you would want to work with out in the field" - Shawn Ross (PTS Student)

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