New courses address productivity, efficiency issues

LEEDS, ALA. (Sept. 22, 2011) – Federal Signal Environmental Solutions Group has announced that FS Solutions now offers two advanced online training courses as part of the company's comprehensive training program to help its customers increase job safety, operational efficiency and regulatory compliance in a variety of applications. The two new courses, "Estimating the Vacuum Job" and "Maximizing the Power of Waterjetting Through Tip and Hose Selection," target experienced professionals looking for additional training beyond the fundamentals covered in introductory courses.

"These two new online courses provide convenient, flexible instruction for management level professionals who need more advanced training," said Gary Toothe, training manager, FS Solutions. "The live training courses offered by FS Solutions are very well attended, but there is a high demand for online training, particularly at the advanced level."

"Estimating the Vacuum Job" focuses on the mathematic and geometric principles used in determining volume, square foot and linear feet of objects to be vacuumed. Understanding cycle times and realistic vacuum truck capacities enables students to better estimate production times on various vacuum jobs and to analyze job production to determine if the job is being performed at maximum efficiency.

"Maximizing the Power of Waterjetting Through Tip and Hose Selection" covers the horsepower formula – including how to use the formula to solve for pressure, flow and horsepower; the components of tip design; and the factors affecting tip performance. The course also addresses issues unique to pipe cleaning, tube cleaning, hand gunning and automatic tool cleaning. Students can use the skills taught in this course to analyze job production to determine what equipment is required to perform at maximum efficiency.

The online courses include tests that each student must pass with a grade of at least 80 percent to complete the course and receive a certificate.

Toothe said the company plans to add more advanced courses to its online training curriculum by the fourth quarter of 2011, including courses that address the unique procedures, equipment selection and safety issues of key market applications.

With nearly 100 years of collective experience in industrial vacuum loading, sewer and catch basin cleaning, vacuum excavation and industrial high-pressure waterblasting, FS Solutions offers unsurpassed expertise and a unique breadth of product lines and trusted brands to meet the needs of industrial cleaning contractors and other industry professionals. For more information about products and services available from the FS Solutions centers or to find the nearest location, call 800/822-8785, or visit www.fssolutionsgroup.com.

Federal Signal Corporation (NYSE: FSS) is a leader in advancing security and well-being for communities and workplaces around the world. The company designs and manufactures a suite of products and integrated solutions for municipal, governmental, industrial and airport customers. Federal Signal's portfolio of trusted, high-priority products include Bronto aerial devices, Elgin street sweepers, Federal Signal safety and security systems, Guzzler industrial vacuums, Jetstream waterblasters and Vactor sewer cleaners and vacuum excavators. Federal Signal was founded in 1901 and is based in Oak Brook, Ill. For more information, visit www.federalsignal.com.