Similar Designed Drills Are Helping Contractors With Workforce Training

Maintaining directional drill commonality is easing the industry’s workforce pain points.

Similar Designed Drills Are Helping Contractors With Workforce Training

A contractor uses a Ditch Witch drill on a job site. Aside from controls and electronic interfaces, some manufacturers offer the same drill operation across their pipe and tooling, features, operator platform and overall machine design.

When utility contractors talk about their biggest horizontal directional drilling (HDD) pain points, the workforce shortage is consistently near the top of the list.

Due to the lack of available workers, HDD contractors must run fewer crews and are forced to adhere to tighter...

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