AED Accredited post-secondary colleges have met the rigorous requirements of AED's national standards for equipment technology programs. These Standards for Construction Equipment Technology have been developed and are updated by The AED Foundation's Technical Training Committee with broad representation from industry distributors, technical schools, and manufacturers. The standards have truly been developed "by industry, for the industry" to meet specific industry needs.
Today's equipment service technicians require advanced skills and knowledge to service and repair construction equipment that is increasingly sophisticated and complex. In meeting AED national technical standards, AED Accredited colleges "set the industry standard" for equipment technology excellence.
AED is an international trade association representing companies involved in the distribution, rental and support of equipment used in construction, mining, forestry, power generation, agriculture and industrial applications. AED member dealers are unique in that they are each authorized, via contract with an original equipment manufacturer, to inventory, sell and service new machinery in a given geography. More than 90% of AED's factory authorized dealers rent construction equipment as well. The Associated Equipment Distributors strongly adheres to and strongly advocates principles of integrity, ethics and fairness. The AED urges its members to conduct their businesses ethically and compatibly with the free enterprise system and the laws which govern it. Contractors can locate factory authorized construction equipment dealers at the MachineMart® web site.
