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Our training centre prepares our machine operators

Good machine operators, skilled and rigorous, are hard to find. So ADEOTI SA created its own training centre: it selects, trains and supports its future earthmoving machine operators all the way to the job site.

Trainee operators visiting a job site
2026 intake of the ADEOTI training centre
2026 intake of the ADEOTI training centre

2026 intake

Demanding selection and assessment at every stage. Candidates are aged 21 to 40, educated from BEPC (lower secondary) to baccalaureate and above, and hold a B driving licence. One lead trainer and two external trainers supervise the intake.

45applications reviewed
39candidates selected
35trainee operators in training

A three-phase programme

From the classroom to the job site: 15 months of placements on our sites after theory and practice.

Phase 1

Theory

4 to 6 weeks in the classroom, built around 3 theory modules.

Phase 2

Practice

2 to 3 months of hands-on training on the machines.

Phase 3

Placements on our sites

15 months: advanced placement (3 months), practical placement (6 months), then professional placement (6 months).

35 trainees, 4 types of machines

15trainees on graders
8trainees on loaders
7trainees on hydraulic excavators
5trainees on bulldozers

3 theory modules

I · The machines

Knowledge of earthmoving machines.

II · The road and the job site

Highway code, site signage, first aid.

III · Driving safely

Machine operation and safety rules.

The centre in pictures

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Classroom theory training
Classroom theory training
Classroom theory training
Classroom theory training
Trainee operators visiting a job site
Trainee operators visiting a job site
Practice on a hydraulic excavator
Practice on a hydraulic excavator

A question about our training centre?

Write to us or call our Cotonou head office.

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