I had no idea that there was a Heavy Equipment School out there. I guess there are schools out there or classes that you can take so you can learn how to properly use machines like forklifts or cranes. I haven't really thought about it before, but I'm sure there are a lot of jobs that use forklifts and the company or some sort of rule or law probably requires them to take a class on how to work them for a safety or liability issue.

It really is interesting thinking about how many professions need heavy equipment like a forklift. My dad doesn't personally use one, but his company buys and sells other magazine and publishing companies, so once in a while they have to store the products in a warehouse while it is in transition and the people that work in the warehouse for my dad's company need to know how to use a forklift in order to move the magazine bundles around.

My uncle is a financial advisor for Clorox and he said that once in a while he has to go to the warehouse to supervise the amount of product coming in and if it matches the amount listed on the balance sheets and stuff like that and he often needs to be able to use a forklift.

I never really thought about how common it was to have to learn how to use one. Both my dad and uncle majored in finance in college and do not do manual labor at all in the workplace for their everyday job, but once in a while they may need to use a forklift and programs like Heavy Equipment School really do come in handy then.

I feel like workplaces are becoming a lot safer now. Maybe it is because more and more people are getting hurt and suing (who knows why really), but it seems like companies are taking more precautions than they ever did before which makes me feel a lot better about getting out into the real world and into the workforce. I think people are just becoming more aware of the environment and taking care of themselves and the things around them because we know more now than we did years ago. But this is positively affecting how to live day to day and even how we work, which is a really good thing.