LTAP Training

Asphalt Pavement Maintenance

This workshop covers pavement evaluation, asphalt mix materials, hot plant mix production and pavement construction methods, routing pavement maintenance techniques, and pothole patching.

Length – 1 day | Lunch provided

PDH – 6 hours

Asphalt Roller Operator Training

This entry-level workshop covers machine safety, walk-around and function identification, using the related unit operators manual, unit service and maintenance, and hands-on operation. This workshop is designed for those employees who are new hires or who have used an asphalt roller less than six months. Please wear work clothes; the afternoon will be spent in the field.

Length – 1 day | Lunch provided

Backhoe Operator Training

This entry-level workshop covers machine safety, walk-around and function identification, using the related unit operators manual, unit service and maintenance, and hands-on operation. This workshop is designed for those employees who are new hires or who have used a backhoe less than six months. Please wear work clothes; the afternoon will be spent in the field.

Length – 1 day | Lunch provided

Basic Computer Skills; Reports And Presentations

This full-day workshop is entirely focused on practical applications of spreadsheets, reports, and presentations in your organization. The workshop will demonstrate the effectiveness of various computer programs with actual files that you use regularly. The workshop will include:

• Classroom instruction and discussion
• Hands -on computer usage
• The computer programs that are helpful in making spreadsheets, reports, and presentations, such as Excel, Word, and PowerPoint
• Calculations and analysis which can provide useful information for your organization
• How to present your information in an effective way

Participants are strongly encouraged to bring (or email Daniel_Findley@ncsu.edu in advance of the course) examples of files to review and improve during the workshop.

Length – 1 day | Lunch provided

PDH – 6 hours

Basic Concepts of Supervision

The Basic Concepts of Supervision focuses on the elements that new supervisors should be aware of: tasks of a leader, being a role model, motivation techniques, communication skills, problem solving and decision making, conflict and time management, customer service and stress management. The workshop is interactive with lecture, small and large group exercises and skill practices. Participants will have opportunities to ask and answer questions related to the subjects as described.

Length – 1 day | Lunch provided

PDH – 7 hours

Basic Drainage/Roadway Drainage Maintenance

There are three things you need to have a good road: drainage, drainage, and drainage. This program covers drainage principles, drainage policy, ditches, pipes, and other drainage features, including installation maintenance and construction of drainage components.

Length – 1 day | Lunch provided

PDH – 7 hours

Basic Work Zone Installer

This workshop teaches the basics of work zone traffic control. The course covers short-term operations (no longer than one work shift) and focuses on daytime activities. This course must be completed before taking Intermediate Work Zone Safety Training and Advanced Work Zone Safety Training. The Basic and Intermediate classes do NOT provide NCDOT work zone supervisor certification: participants will need to complete the three-day Work Zone Traffic Control Supervisor Course. 

Length – 1 day | Lunch provided

PDH – 8 hours

Chain Saw SaFety

Use of a chain saw requires a whole host of special personal protective equipment, including special glasses, gloves, chaps, and more. This hands-on class will cover basic chain saw operational safety awareness (e.g. proper protective wear, starting, kick back prevention, cutting do’s and don’ts) as well as body position during cutting and a few advanced topics. Each attendee will don the proper PPE for a routine sawing operation of felled trees, inspect the condition of the saw, check fluid levels, crank the saw and perform a successful cutting operation.

Length – Half Day

PDH – 4 hours

Concrete What, When and How

This class features the basics of concrete installation from the composition of concrete to an actual student hands on session demonstrating placing and finishing techniques. This course is geared to anyone interested in improving concrete skills and will provide students with a general knowledge of concrete. Part of this workshop will be hands-on with real concrete so please dress appropriately for being outside for several hours and also working with concrete. 

Length – 1 day | Lunch provided

PDH – 7 hours

Construction Mathematics For Transportation Personnel

This class will cover very practical areas for those who need to solve problems dealing with materials and supplies. Measurements using scale and Calculating area- discussion: work examples from sample plans. Materials factoring – discussion: asphalt – discussion, conversion of area to weight (tons); concrete – discussion, Conversion to area to volume (cubic yards); Stone – discussion, Conversion of area to weight (tons). Sample problems – Asphalt, Concrete, Stone Estimate areas for odd shapes- for example circles and triangles.

Length – 1/2 day

PDH – 4 hours

Excavation Safety

This workshop will not only teach the participants to recognize danger, but will equip them with the tools to prevent dangerous accidents.

You may also recall that this abbreviated class:

1. Reviews the competent person information to refresh their memory about requirements of the standard,
2. Shows the attendees other new approaches to comply with the standard not covered in the first, comprehensive course, and
3. Discusses the other items that NC OSHA compliance officers have indicated that most trained competent people tend to forget.

So, this course is designed to be both an ADVANCED COURSE – presenting new shoring alternatives for those already having completed the full-day comprehensive course AND ALSO serve as a REFRESHER COURSE – hitting the high spots on many of the most important aspects from the full-day class.

Just to be crystal clear about the title and scope of the course, because this is an abbreviated course, stressing some of the most important aspects of the OSHA Trenching Standard and NOT a comprehensive course involving hands-on soil classification along with many of the other nitty-gritty details of the standard, each of the wallet cards are appropriately titled “Excavation Safety Awareness” rather than “Competent Person.”

Length – 1 day | Lunch provided

PDH – 7 hours

Flagger Training

This workshop is designed to train participants to be effective flaggers by teaching the basics of flagging operations and procedures.

Length – 1/2 day

PDH – 4 hours

Intermediate Work Zone Safety

This workshop builds on the information covered in the Basic Work Zone Installer course, with particular emphasis paid to multi-lane urban streets. Multi-lane intersection work zones, detours, and mobile operations are covered in detail. Basic Work Zone Installer Training is a prerequisite for this course. 

Length – 1 day | Lunch provided

PDH – 7 hours

Loader Operator Training

This entry level workshop covers machine safety, walk-around and function identification, using the related unit operators manual, unit service and maintenance, and hands-on “stick-time” of correct operation. This workshop is designed for those employees who are new hires or who have used a loader less than six months. Please wear work clothes; the afternoon will be spent in the field.

Length – 1 day | Lunch provided

Low Cost Safety Improvements

Each year, motor vehicle crashes on US roadways, claim on the order of 40,000 lives and 3 million injuries and involve $230 billion in costs. The Federal Highway Administration and AASHTO, among others, have identified roadway safety as a high priority. The consequences of motor vehicle crashes would not be nearly so high if programs, tools and technologies that have been developed were more extensively deployed to make roads safer for travel. This workshop emphasizes the application of traffic control devices, enhanced traffic control device application measures, low-cost safety improvements, and their specific safety benefits in terms of crash modification factors. Signing, marking and illumination are highlighted. The information is directly applicable to addressing requests and comments from the public.

Topics covered include:

• Overview of highway safety and focus on what can be done now
• Identification of high-crash locations
• The Tools
  • Mitigating Roadside Hazards
  • Signing
  • Marking and Delineation
  • Lighting
  • Enhanced Applications of Signing and Markings
• Case Studies
• Unsignalized Intersections
• Signalized Intersections
• Innovative Applications of Traffic Control Devices
• Case Study Exercises

Length – 1 Day | Lunch provided

PDH – 7 hours

Maintenance and Repair of Utility Cuts

This workshop expands on the discussion of utility cut repairs presented in the Asphalt Pavement Maintenance workshop and includes an in-depth review of the use of flowable fill concrete for utility cut maintenance and repair.

Length – 1/2 day | No Lunch provided

PDH – 4 hours

Managing Conflict with the Public and Employees

This class will focus on three primary topics: conflict styles, strategies for de-escalating conflict, and steps for negotiating a mutually beneficial resolution to conflict. Participants will have the opportunity to practice conflict management strategies in role-play situations.

Length – 1 day | Lunch provided

PDH – 7 hours

Motorgrader Operator Training

The format is a morning session of lecture and the rest of the day with hands-on operations. The operations will consist of pulling ditches, moving windrows and shaping a crown into a roadway. The instructor will ride with each participant to help with training in these operations. This workshop is designed for those employees who are new hires or who have used a motorgrader less than six months. Please wear work clothes; the afternoon will be spent in the field.

Length – 1 day | Lunch provided

Pipe installation

Proper pipe installation is imperative to ensure that you have a functional and sustainable pipeline. Pipes that are not installed properly or get damaged during installation such that the pipe system is compromised can impact the longevity of the system. This course will cover pipe fundamentals for both rigid and flexible pipe, including the structural design of several reinforced concrete pipe. Pipe installation will be covered from the arrival of the pipe to the jobsite until it has been accepted by the Owner.

All stages of pipe inspection and evaluation will be discussed as well as various repair options that are available for consideration. As communication is essential on any jobsite, we will also discuss effective communication and engage in a team building activity so put your game face on for some friendly competition. Basics for project scheduling will also be covered and each attendee will have the opportunity to put together a simple project schedule.

Length – 1 day | Lunch provided

PDH – 7 Hours

Plan Reading for Transportation Personnel

Learn blueprint reading, one of the foundational skills essential to a successful career in construction. Gain an elementary level of understanding of blueprint reading and how to apply it to construction projects.

Class will include:

• Basic plan package understanding
• Types of drawings
• Key universal blueprint information
• Understanding lines and symbols
• Dissecting and interpreting blueprint information
• Plans, elevations, sections, and details
• Scale and applications
• Job layout and orientation

Length – 4 hours, no lunch

Road Safety 365

A one-day workshop, that focuses on processes for incorporating safety into all aspects of local and rural road projects, and on making safety a priority through inclusion in the traditional decision-making process—365 days a year. The main goal of this workshop is to raise the safety awareness of practitioners on how to incorporate safety into project development and everyday work. It stresses the importance of road safety, and illustrates how it can be integrated into rural/local transportation project development at all stages: planning, design, construction, implementation, operations, and maintenance. After completion of the workshop, participants should be able to: • Explain the need for making roads safer • Separate safety myths from reality • Demonstrate how to “read the road” • Describe practical and low-cost countermeasures to improve safety, both on existing roads and during the design stage • Indentify ways to plan, implement and fund low-cost safety measures • Access existing resources to find the answer and/or data to address a question or problem that comes up on the job • Identify effective ways of encouraging communities to make their roads safer • Create an action list for implementing at least one safety improvement at their local agency.

Length – 1 day | Lunch provided

PDH – 8 hours

Roadside Safety Fundamentals

This course is intended for road supervisors, maintenance engineers, and maintenance level personnel in rural areas and small urban communities and others who have responsibility for operation and management of local roads. Superintendents and safety officers will benefit from this overview. Course topics will cover: the basics of road safety, identifying and solving traffic safety problems, traffic control devices, roadways, design standards, curves and surface condition, improving roadside safety, and intersections, railroad grade crossings and driveways.

Length – 1 day | Lunch provided

PDH – 7 hours

Snow and Ice Control

In this workshop, participants will learn snow and ice control procedures, properties of snow and ice and appropriate treatments, common deicing chemicals and alternative materials, winter storm preparation, and storm removal equipment and operations.

Length – 1 day | Lunch provided

PDH – 6 hours

Soils Fundamentals

This workshop focuses on the important aspects of highway sub-grade preparation, including soil classifications, compaction of fills, soil compaction tests, proof rolling, and the importance of proper drainage.

Length – 1 day | Lunch provided

PDH – 6 hours

ADA Self Evaluations/Elements of PROWAG

With the 25-year anniversary of the passage of ADA, it is critical that local governments recognize their obligation to upgrade streets, sidewalks and facilities for accessibility. ADA requires that public agencies perform self-evaluations and prepare transition plans. They were to have been completed by July 26, 1992 and be updated periodically. The morning portion of the workshop examines the background to, contents of and enforcement of the self-evaluation and transition plan requirements. Several landmark court cases are also highlighted. A case study is presented to illustrate these items. Participants will leave the session with a “To Do” list of next steps they need to take and a toolkit of helpful resources. The afternoon session overviews the current criteria for accessible public rights-of-way including the pedestrian access route, curb ramps and detectable warnings, accessible pedestrian signals, street furniture, on-street parking and temporary traffic control requirements for pedestrians.

Length – 1 Day | Lunch provided

PDH – 7 hours

ADA in Temporary Traffic Control

After a brief discussion of the relevant legal authorities (ADA, PROWAG, MUTCD), the workshop describes the challenges faced by individuals with disabilities as they travel in the built environment. The basic requirements of the Pedestrian Access Route are reviewed, including width, protruding objects, cross slope, grade, surfaces and curb ramps/detectable warnings. The requirements for the alternate pedestrian access route are reviewed. Tools to minimize the impacts of construction/maintenance/utility operations on pedestrians will be discussed, namely: 1) phasing of construction, 2) utilizing detailed plans, 3) effective signing/communication and 4) effective barriers/barricades. The session will conclude with an interactive review/discussion of various work zone scenarios and best practices.
Upon completion of the class, participants will be able to: 1) assess a TTC zone set-up for compliance with ADA/MUTCD and 2) design a compliant TTC zone.

Length – 1/2 Day

PDH – 3.5 hours

Advanced Computers: Practical Applications

This full-day workshop is entirely focused on practical applications of spreadsheets, reports, and presentations in your organization. The workshop will demonstrate the effectiveness of various computer programs with actual files that you use regularly.

The workshop will include:

• Classroom instruction and discussion
• Hands -on computer usage
• The computer programs that are helpful in making spreadsheets, reports, and presentations, such as Excel, Word, and PowerPoint
• Calculations and analysis which can provide useful information for your organization
• How to present your information in an effective way

Participants are strongly encouraged to bring (or email Daniel_Findley@ncsu.edu in advance of the course) examples of files to review and improve during the workshop.

Length – 1 Day | Lunch provided

PDH – 6 hours

Confined Space Entry and Lockout/Tagout

OSHA Permit-Required Confined Space Entry – Construction Regulations and General Industry Regulations

Municipal employees and specialty contractors enter numerous different types of confined spaces while performing their normal work activities every day.  The specific confined space regulatory provisions that apply can fall under the OSHA construction confined space entry standards in certain situations … OR … under the OSHA general industry confined space entry standards in other situations.  There are important differences between these standards, as well as new requirements related to the availability of and advance communication with rescue service providers prior to employee entry.  Municipalities and other facility owners can incur significant liability if untrained and ill-prepared contractors are allowed to perform work on their installations.  Come learn how each of these different sets of regulations work and when each regulation would apply for different typical daily municipal operations in the field, at the treatment plant, etc..

Length – 1 day | Lunch provided

PDH – 8 hours

Designing Pedestrian Facilities for Accessibility

Facilities in the public right-of-way (including walkways, ramps, curb ramps and landings, crosswalks, and pedestrian overpasses and underpasses) must be designed, constructed and maintained to serve all users. To meet the needs of all users, those involved with designing, building and maintaining infrastructure need a clear understanding of the wide range of abilities that occur within the population and the challenges in the public right-of-way faced by persons with disabilities. This course will identify applicable laws, regulations, guidelines and standards pertaining to accessibility for persons with disabilities. Requirements for ensuring accessibility in existing facilities versus work in new construction and alternations will be discussed. Design elements necessary for achieving accessibility in the public right-of-way will be reviewed. Best practices will be identified. A detailed handout will be provided, including resources on accessibility. Specific Topics to Be Covered Include: • Americans with Disabilities Act Accessibility Guidelines (ADAAG) and Public Rights-of-Way Accessibility Guidelines: Laws and Regulations • Legal Requirements • Pedestrian Characteristics • Pedestrian Access Route (PAR) • Curb Ramps and Other Transitions • Detectable Warnings • Pedestrian Crossings • Street Furniture and Parking • Work Zones and Maintenance • Accessible Pedestrian Signals

The target audience for this workshop is local, state and private sector personnel with responsibility for designing, constructing and maintaining facilities in the public right—of-way. These include engineers (municipal and consulting), MPO staff, technicians, public works directors, street supervisors, crew leaders, landscape architects and contractors. 

Length – 1 day | Lunch provided

PDH – 7 hours

Erosion Control

The seminar will focus on current methods of erosion control. The material will be targeted toward non-engineers, but include valuable information and reviews for everyone no matter their experience or skill level.  The class style will include data, pictures, graphs, and, ofcourse, what we can all learn from previous project failures.  

Length – 1 day | Lunch provided

PDH – 7 hours

Fall Protection

On the subject of OSHA Fall Protection requirements for protection of employees, workers in local and state government, as well as construction firms can be subject to general industry regulations while performing some duties and construction industry regulations on other occasions.  In addition, Federal OSHA has issued quite a number of fall protection interpretations that pertain, but are not included in these two books of OSHA regulations.

This class will provide an overview of these many different fall protection provisions, interpretations and grandfathered work environments.  For many years, fall protection has been the #1 and #2 most frequently cited serious citations issued by Federal OSHA all across the U.S.  Insurance companies report that fall protection is also the #1 cause of disabling injuries AND third-party litigation against general contractors and owners resulting from injuries on a jobsite.  Fall protection is also #1 on the list of State and Federal OSHAs Focus Four hazards inspection program resulting in the impromptu ride-by compliance inspections of crews working on or near the road.  One citation avoided or one lawsuit prevented can provide ample justification for sending all employees to this course.

Length – 1 Day

PDH – 7 hours

Guardrail Design, Installation and Maintenance

This workshop addresses decision making criteria for engineers such as guardrail warrants, length of need, maintenance planning and damage assessment. Also covers: various types of guardrail hardware and focuses on the various end treatments designed to meet the FHWA 350 crash tests.

Length – 1 day | Lunch provided

PDH – 7 hours

How to Keep Yourself and Your Agency Out of Court

This workshop will provide an understanding of the importance and implications of tort liability risk for road agencies.  The class will cover risk management principles, review risk management activities, and identify ways to reduce risk.  Students will study examples that show the importance of considering human behavior when planning for their city or town. 

Length – 1 day | Lunch provided

PDH – 7 hours

Inspecting Curb ramps

This in-person class focuses on inspection of curb ramps and identifying unacceptable mistakes so that the constructed ramps will meet the needs of all users.  The 90-minute classroom portion will introduce key terms and discuss the necessary measuring tools.  The types of sidewalk-to-street transitions and the basic requirements for each in terms of widths, cross slopes, turning spaces, grades, flares and how to measure each will be presented.  Requirements for detectable warning surfaces will also be described.  The classroom portion of the session concludes with identification and discussion of “top ten” curb ramp mistakes.   Participants will then move outdoors for 90 minutes to apply what they learned in the classroom by inspecting and measuring a variety of actual curb ramps.  A wheelchair will be available so participants can negotiate ramps of different designs. 

Length – 1/2 day

PDH – 3 hours

Management Techniques for Experienced Managers

The Management Techniques for Experienced Managers is for supervisors and managers with some years of experience in their positions. Subjects include: resource management, negotiation skills, ethics, delegation, coordination with other units, team building, planning, setting priorities. A variety of instructional strategies is used: lecture, large group discussions, small group exercises and skill practices. The final activity brings all of the elements discussed earlier into focus by having the small groups complete a case study.

Length – 1 day | Lunch provided

PDH – 7 hours

OSHA 10-Hour Safety Training

This workshop is an important tool in meeting OSHA requirements to provide employees with an awareness of the basic hazards that exist in the field. Over a 10-hour period, this workshop covers many important basic safety requirements that field employees must know that are in OSHA’s Standards for the Construction Industry. OSHA inspectors can enforce these safety rules for field employees working in the public or private sector.

Length – 1 1/2 days | Lunch provided on day 1

PDH – 10 hours

Reducing Roadway Departure Crashes

One, often low-cost, strategy to address this issue is to reduce the potential for leaving the roadway, i.e., techniques to help keep vehicles on the roadway.  Use of signing, delineation and rumble strips/stripes to reduce roadway departures is described with specific reference to relevant sections of the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices.  For those vehicles leaving the traveled way, it is important to try to improve the chances for a safe recovery.  Techniques for improving shoulders and slopes and ditches are reviewed.  Removing or relocating objects such as trees and utility poles in the clear zone are also addressed.  The workshop concludes with discussion of how to minimize the severity of roadway departure crashes that do occur.  Relevant techniques include breakaway supports, making roadside features traversable and shielding obstacles.  Enhancing mailbox safety is also discussed.  Numerous links to technical resources on this topic will be provided. 

Length – 1 day | Lunch provided

PDH – 7 hours

Roadside Landscaping in North Carolina

This is a new class, taught by the NCDOT Roadside Environmental Unit, Construction & Maintenance, Operations, Division of Highways. Topics for this class will include: Equipment Calibration for Vegetation Managers, Pesticide Recommendations for Turf grass and Brush, Backpack Calibration, Ornamental Weed Control (Pre- and Post-Applications), Inspecting Ornamentals – Practical Experience, Useful Ornamentals in the Landscape, Wildflower and Herbicidal Research.

Length – 1 day | Lunch provided

PDH – 6 hours

Silica’s New Standard – Strategies for Municipal Compliance

Beginning on September 23, 2017 the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) implemented the new permissible exposure level (PEL) for workers exposed to respirable crystalline silica to be 50 micrograms per cubic meter over an average 8-hour period.  Please note that this new exposure limit is expressed in MICROgrams (millionths of a gram).  Without exaggeration, if this silica dust is visible in a field operation, this new PEL could be exceeded!  Municipalities and construction contractors will be particularly impacted by this new regulation because of the variety of tools that are routinely used on concrete pavement, sidewalk and curbing, asphalt pavement and any number of other concrete related products in their day-to-day work activities. Jack hammers, rotary hammers, along with any number of different types of concrete saws, chippers and grinders are of particular concern.   Fortunately, the new OSHA regulations do allow for special exceptions on a limited number of these tools.   Moreover, OSHA regulations require that respirator use (worn by workers) can only be selected and utilized as the last resort in achieving compliance.  NC LTAP has a seven-hour program available for in-house delivery to help large and small organizations plan for, implement and comply with this new, much stricter workplace standard.

Length – 1 day | Lunch Provided

PDH – 7 Hours

Stormwater Hydrology

This workshop is an introduction to stormwater hydrology and drainage design. The morning session will concentrate on the movement of water over the earth’s surface. The afternoon session will deal with the design elements of urban stormwater systems.

Length – 1 day | Lunch provided

PDH – 8 hours

Traffic Calming

Traffic engineers, street supervisors and other public officials face a growing number of complaints about high motor vehicle speeds and volumes in residential neighborhoods. This can occur on classifications from local streets to minor arterials. The issue can also occur on state highways passing through small- and medium-size communities. This workshop will discuss typical traffic problems in neighborhoods and their causes. Geometric design features and traffic control strategies to provide safer and more livable neighborhoods will be described, including residential area traffic circles, curb extensions (bulb-outs), median islands, realigned intersections, speed humps, chokers and diverters. Impacts of these features on roadway users (pedestrians/bicyclists, emergency vehicles, transit and maintenance and related vehicles) will be reviewed along with legal and liability issues. Attention will also be given to the process of traffic calming, including public participation, identification of the problem and plan development, approval and implementation.

Length – 1 day | Lunch provided

PDH – 7 hours

Traffic Sign Retroreflectivity/Pavement Markings

Traffic signs provide an important means of communicating information to road users. They need to be visible to be effective. The nighttime environment presents many sign visibility challenges. Since drivers cannot see as many visual cues as they can during the day, this places greater reliance on signs and other traffic control devices. To provide nighttime sign visibility, most signs are made from retroreflective sheeting. Retroreflectivity is the property of a material that re-directs light back to the originating source. Since the retroreflective properties of signs deteriorate over time, road and street officials should assess their schedules for inspecting, cleaning and replacing signs to ensure that these maintenance activities meet the objectives of the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices and, more importantly, the needs of drivers at night. This workshop will help practitioners gain a better understanding of sign retroreflectivity issues in order to improve the overall nighttime visibility of traffic signs.

Topics covered include:

• Why is sign retroreflectivity important?
• Basic retroreflectivity science
• Types of retroreflective materials
• Measuring retroreflectivity
• Minimum retroreflectivity levels
• Maintenance/Management methods.

Length – 1 day | Lunch provided

PDH – 7 hours

Trenching Competent Person And hands-on soil classification

The OSHA safety regulations for trenching and other types of excavations require a trained “competent person” to be at the excavation whenever any employees are involved working in or near the hole.  Come learn the required OSHA technique for proper hands-on classification of soils that trained competent persons must be able to perform in order to meet the requirements of OSHA for soil types A, B and C.  Give your employees every advantage by taking the same national award winning program that has been taught to hundreds of OSH compliance officers in several states since 1989.  

Length – 1 day | Lunch provided

PDH – 8 hours

Work Zone Traffic Control Supervisor

This three-day course is designed for DOT, larger municipalities, and highway contractors that work on all highway systems, including two-lane roads, multi-lane roadways, and high-volume, high-speed, controlled access facilities. This course covers traffic control plan reading and development, positive protection, work zone capacity, night work, and inspection. Part 6 of the MUTCD and state DOT “Roadway Standard Drawings” are used as the text for this course. Additional handouts are used to supplement these materials. All work zone durations are covered in this course. Students are required to have 2 years of traffic control experience in flagging and lane closure to complete this course and be certified. Participants will be tested at the conclusion of the workshop for NCDOT Work Zone Supervisor certification. Certification for the Basic and Intermediate Work Zone Safety Courses are both included in this course. This certification is valid for 4 years.

Length – 3 days | Lunch provided

PDH – 20 hours

Work Zone Traffic Control Supervisor RECERTIFICATION

This workshop is intended for people who have completed ITRE’s ‘Work Zone Traffic Control Supervisor’ course and now need recertification. With NCDOT requiring recertification every 4 years, this course will address updates in work zone safety, including any changes to NCDOT Roadway Standard Drawings and Part 6 of the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices. All participants who successfully complete the course will be certified for another 4 years as a Work Zone Traffic Control Supervisor.

Length – 1 day | Lunch provided

PDH – 7 hours

Writing Skills For Transportation Personnel

This workshop will give you the specific strategies you need to strengthen your writing skills. Participants will learn how to master the essentials for writing reports, proposals, memos, and letters; overcome “writer’s block”; edit technical information effectively; and identify and correct common problems of grammar and punctuation.

Length – 1 day | Lunch provided

PDH – 6 hours

Asset management

This course focuses on the principles of strategic and cost-effective transportation asset management. Topics covered in this course include investment evaluation, program design and implementation, risk assessment, long-term financial planning, and data collection and assessment.

Length – 1 day | Lunch provided

PDH – 7 hours

Bicycles and Pedestrians: Meeting the Needs of All Users

The class provides current information on the design, operation and maintenance of successful pedestrian and bicycle facilities. Emphasis is placed on the importance of maintaining accessibility and compliance with relevant guidelines while at the same time encouraging innovation.

This workshop should be of interest to those in a variety of fields including engineering (design, traffic, maintenance and construction) and public works, planning, landscape architecture, recreation and parks, law enforcement and public health-related fields.

Basic GIS

A Geographic Information System (GIS) is a computer-based set of tools that allows the user to create, manipulate, analyze, store, and display information based on its location. Students in this hands-on course will use ESRI ArcGIS software to learn about the layers that make up a GIS map and how to analyze the data behind the map. Students will also explore common sources of GIS data that will be used in practical applications.

Length – 1 day | Lunch provided

PDH – 7 hours

Communicating with the Public and Media

Effective communication with the public can prevent confusion and complications during transportation projects. This course covers strategies and guidelines for communicating important information with the public and media organizations, including strategic communication planning, message development, audience specification, press release development, social media, and interacting with news organizations.

Length – 1 day | Lunch provided

PDH – 7 hours

Effective Leadership Skills

Leadership involves effective communication with organizational members to build successful teams and achieve organizational goals. This course will include ideas for communicating clear goals, helping groups negotiate clear communication expectations, motivating employees, assessing team progress, and providing effective performance feedback. Furthermore, this course will provide an opportunity to prepare for a supervisory or leadership role by learning management concepts, tools, and techniques to build personal influence and succeed as a leader.  Topics include ethics, organizational self-assessment, defining excellence, and team development.

Length – 1 day | Lunch provided

PDH – 6 hours

Emergency Management for Public Works

Ethics of Public Works

This course focuses on the importance of ethics in Public Works. Course content includes legal requirements and restrictions under North Carolina state law that apply to public officials and employees – conflicts of interest in public contracting, prohibitions on accepting gifts and favors from vendors and contractors, misuse of confidential information, and misuse of public resources (otherwise known as embezzlement).  

Length – 1 day | Lunch provided

PDH – 6 hours

Fundamentals of Government

This course provides an overview of the American federal system with a focus on local government in North Carolina, particularly municipalities, including the organization and operation of municipal governments and their interactions with the community and in the intergovernmental system.

Length – 1 day | Lunch provided

PDH – 6 hours

Grants 101

Introduction to UnCREWED Aircraft Systems

Drones or Uncrewed Aircraft Systems, as they are officially called, can be very useful tools for many applications including facilities inspections, construction management, and transportation planning.  This workshop will cover how to stand up a drone program and to use them legally and safely in this application.  We will also look at the various sensors that are commonly mounted on drones and how to process and manage that information to aid your mission.

Length – 1 day | Lunch provided

PDH – 7 hours

Pavement Preservation

The goal of every pavement maintenance organization is to provide the highest quality roadway system at the best possible price. Picking pavement maintenance treatments are often a function of revenue or lack thereof. This course will provide a brief look at pavement deterioration, the signs and symptoms of pavement failures, and a brief description of pavement condition surveys. Given this understanding of the condition of our pavements, we will then look at Pavement Preservation Activities. A description of what they are, what distresses they can or cannot work with, what the average life expectancy is, the average cost, and whether this treatment is right for your organization. Picking the right Preservation Treatment, at the right time on the right road can add overall pavement life to your system.

The following Preservation Activities will be discussed to depth needed: Crack Seal, Fog Seal, Chip Seal, Slurry Seal, Cape Seals, Thin lift overlays, Overlays, Microsurfacing, Full Depth Patching and Milling.

Length – 1 day | Lunch provided

PDH – 7 hours

Productive Team Building