North American Towing Academy's Heavy-Duty training and certification program has been built as a "stand-alone" program and does not require a certification in light and medium-duty before attending. We do require at least 90 days job experience on a heavy-duty wrecker, verifiable by the owner.
DAY 1: classroom - Approximately 4 hours
Part 1 - Introduction
Part 2 - Towers As Professionals
Part 3 - Incident Management
Part 4 - HAZMAT & Bio-Hazards
Part 5 - Types of Heavy-Duty Towing Equipment
Part 6 - The Tow Truck
Part 7 - Safe Braking and Steering
Part 8 - Heavy-Duty Towability
Day 1 - Hands-on Begins - Approximately 3 hours
DAY 2: Classroom - Approximately 3 hours
Part 9 - Heavy-Duty Recovery
Part 10 - Preparing, Rigging and Rollovers
Day 2 - Hands-on and demonstrations begin - Approximately 4 hours
Certification Exam begins