Forestry, Construction, Oil & Gas and Equipment Training
O'Brien Training, a heavy equipment operator training school operating since 2005, has long foreseen the need for certified and experienced operators and is now offering advanced Training and Recruitment services in various industries! See how we can help fast track your career today!
Our Courses
On-the-Ground TRAINING & Real World Experience Fast Track your Career with Heavy Duty Equipment Operator and Safety Training from O'Brien Training.
Financing Options
Don't let course costs get in the way of starting your career. Start exploring your financial options and get one step closer to starting your career.
From our Students
My experience was very interesting and awesome. Everything was fun to learn, especially swamping - which is what I'd like to get into. At first some of us were strangers and in time we became a family...
Linda T.
Pipeline Construction Course, 2014
Our Students Succeed!
Core Recruitment succesfully placed Pamela with Peace River Hydro Partners as a rock truck operator
What's New
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- Registration for Forestry and Construction Courses is on now!
- New to O'Brien Training - Loan program with Integris Credit Union. https://www.integriscu.ca/obrientaylor/
- CORE RECRUITMENT - Helping bridge the employment gap in BC.
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Our Company
O'Brien has over 40 years of training experience in the forestry, mining, transportation and construction industry providing industry specific and customized programs.
Located in Prince George, BC, O'Brien Training is one of Canada's most versatile training facilities. Our 500 acre Construction and Forestry Training site offers trainees a program that mirrors "real" working/production environments.
We are committed to delivering courses that will meet or exceed all provincial and industry specific requirements. We enforce on-site safety and ensure that all students are aware of, and comply with, the safety requirements of today's industry.
We are excited to announce O'Brien Tranining now offers full Recruitment Services through it's acquisition of local Recruiting Agency Core Recruitment. More Info
O'Brien Training produces qualified equipment operators that are safety conscious and mechanically competent.
Our Equipment
Our list of heavy duty construction and logging equipment is constantly changing and includes the following:
- Various sizes of Excavators
- Champion Graders
- Terex and Cat Rock trucks
- Cat Dozers
- Hyundai Wheel Loader
- Grapple Skidders
- Feller Bunchers
- Processors
- Log Loader
- Forwarder
- Packer
- Back Hoe
- Side Boom and more
