It's On: Cat?s Global Operator Challenge will decide best operator in the globe

In any field of undertaking there are individuals who are great, individuals who are generally amazing, and then people like Tiger Woods, Michael Jordan, and Tom Brady.Somewhat less than in 12 months' time we're going to discover who the superstar equipment operators of this world are on account of Caterpillar's Global Equipment Challenge competition, the finals of which will be held at ConExpo-Con/Agg in March 2020.Caterpillar utilized Bauma, the huge German construction machinery show, to officially launch the Global Operator Challenge. There are in excess of 30 nations and 70 dealerships participating says Jason Conklin, vice president of global construction and infrastructure.The challenge will begin with regional competitions, and after that three finalists will emerge from each of the regions: the Americas, Europe/Africa/Middle East, and Asia. Those nine top dogs will go blade to blade in Cat?s outdoor booth in Las Vegas, on March 8, 2020, the Sunday before ConExpo.Regionals for the United States will be held October 21 to 25, in Clayton, N.C., headquarters for Cat's Building Construction Products division. Competitors will be entrusted with performing ordinary substantial gear tasks utilizing machines, for example, wheel loaders, reduced track loaders, dozers, explained trucks, and a few sizes of excavator, and will be made a decision on speed, accuracy, and precision.Cat has three goals in mind in creating the Global Operator Challenge, says Conklin.First: ?We know that our customers make or lose money based on operator skill,? he says. In a recent European operator challenge, the company measured the time difference between its winner and the number 10 operator. What they found when they projected those numbers over a year of machine operation was a difference of 580 hours a year of extra work and 8,000 liters of fuel. ?Then think about the top 10 guys vs the average or novice operator,? says Conklin.Second: The company likewise needs to advance the usability features on their machines, highlights like the stable blade system on the dozers, the swing fence on its excavators, and Cat?s payload management system. ?All those features will have to be embraced in order to become proficient and win the competition,? says Conklin.Third: ?The last thing is just celebrating the operator, promoting the skill, and promoting the profession,? says Conklin. Mike Rowe, of ?Dirty Jobs? fame, will also be at the event to help promote it. ?We are also looking to promote female operators. A lot of our customers tell us that female operators do a good job, and yet we don?t get enough signing up for these careers,? he says.U.S. operators be forewarned: the German operators take this competition very seriously, says Conklin. They have won all the European Operator Challenges thus far and have formed teams to help coach each other with strong backing from Zeppelin Cat, Europe?s largest dealer.Conklin recommends competitors practice with the ease-of-use features. ?They need to embrace the new technology to get the precision to pull it off,? he says. ?The average operator can get 40 to 50 percent improvements in efficiency using these systems, so I doubt you will be able to win without embracing these systems.?