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"To honor those who lost their lives while working to construct and maintain highway projects across the state of Minnesota."Training Classes
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The following is a list of Work Zone Safety and Speciality classes that will be offered this coming training season.
Urban Work Zone Design
Schedule: March 11, 2013
Course Annoucement: coming soon
Description: This one day Work Zone Safety Course is designed to enable the participants to obtain an understanding of the fundamental concepts and MnDOT standard practices related to the “urban” work zones within the State of Minnesota. This class is sponsored and taught by ATSSA. Course announcement has more information.
Audience: MnDOT, city, county, contractor, and consultant personnel responsible for work zone design and traffic control supervision who may work in urban environments.
Maintenance and Short Duration Work Zones
Schedule: March 12, 2013
Course Annoucement: coming soon
Description: This one day Work Zone Safety Course is designed to enable the participants to obtain an understanding of the fundamental concepts and MnDOT standard practices related to Maintenance and Short Duration (including utility operations and moving operations) work zones within the State of Minnesota. This class is sponsored and taught by ATSSA. Course annoucement has more information.
Audience: MnDOT, city, county, contractor, and consultant personnel involved in short duration activities within the highway rights-of-way.
Registration for 2013 began October 1, 2012
Flagger Train the Trainer
MnDOT St. Cloud Office and Training Center (Map)
March 28, 2013
MnDOT Training & Conference Center (Map)
April 12, 2013
This course is used to qualify contractor's personnel to train employees to act as flaggers on Mn/DOT construction projects. Attendees will meet requirement of the new MnDOT flagger training language contained in the traffic control special provision of selected jobs. The course includes review of Field Manual flagger requirements and related layout, discussion of safe practices, flagger attire, and flagger responsibilities.
Registration taken through Minnesota Asphalt Pavement Assoc.
More information and Checklist can be found at: http://www.dot.state.mn.us/const/wzs/flagger.html
Flagger Train the Trainer Re-qualification
You are now able to re-qualify for the Flagger Train the Trainer class online. A link to the online re-qualification site is provided below. The site includes an e-learning presentation and short questionnaire. It take about 15-20 minutes to review this material.
Click here for access to the Flagger Train the Trainer Re-Qualification E-learning.
Traffic Control Overview
MnDOT Training & Conference Center (Map)
February 6, 2013
This class is full.
This course is designed for project level engineers, supervisors and traffic engineers from MnDOT, Local agencies and engineering consultants. Students will be exposed to traffic control special provisions standard language and instructions for use when writing time and traffic for highway projects. Emphasis will be placed on projects such as bituminous mill and overlay, concrete rehabilitation, and others that are short term in nature. Other subjects covered will be work zone speed limits, use of portable concrete barrier, and drop off policy.
MnDOT Traffic Control Supervisor
MnDOT Training & Conference Center (Map)
March 4-6, 2013
This class is full.
MnDOT Training & Conference Center (Map)
April 22-24, 2013
This class is full.
This three day training course is designed for Traffic Control Supervisors who will be working in Minnesota on state projects. Topics covered in the course will include principles and setup of temporary traffic controls, summary of traffic control special provisions for MnDOT projects and will make use of actual traffic control plans. Other subjects covered are work zone speed limits, use of portable concrete barrier and the NCHRP 350 crash requirements. Click here for more information on this class.
MnDOT Traffic Control Supervisor Recertification
MnDOT Training & Conference Center (Map)
March 7, 2013
MnDOT Training & Conference Center (Map)
April 25, 2013
This one day training course is designed for those who have been certified as MNDOT Traffic Control Supervisors and need to renew their certification. Classroom lecture will focus on the lastest changes in technology and specifications related to Traffic Control. Upon passing a written examination students will maintain their certification.
Plan Reading
MnDOT Training & Conference Center (Map)
March 25-26, 2013
This course will provide an in-depth study of a complex urban grading plan to agency and non-agency inspectors. Use of the plan for the purposes of contract administration will be emphasized. Students will acquire a working knowledge of how plans and special provisions define the project. Critical elements of the plan, their location, and relationship to each other will be discussed. Organization of title, layout, quantity, and tabulation sheets and how they are linked to staging, topography, and construction plan sheets will be explained. Use of typical sections, cross sections and profiles will be demonstrated. This course contains detailed review on the use of mathematics related to plan usage. (Slopes, grades, stationing, areas and volumes are especially useful to less experienced students).
Contract Administration 101
MnDOT Training & Conference Center (Map)
Feb 4, 2013
This class is full.
MnDOT Training & Conference Center (Map)
March 4, 2013
This class is full.
This course is designed for all project level engineers, chief inspectors and supervisors from MnDOT, local agencies, and engineering consultants.
A variety of subjects will be covered relating to the contract administration and documentation of the project.. Special emphasis will be placed on contract changes including force account with an additional emphasis placed on pro-active contractor relations in order to avoid problems.
Contract Time
MnDOT Training & Conference Center (Map)
Feb 5, 2013
This course is designed for all project level engineers and supervisors from MnDOT, local agencies, and engineering consultants. Students will be given background on national contract trends as well as the contract award process. Contract time specifications and special provisions will be discussed in depth. Students will be given guidance on innovative time methods such as lane rental, A + B, and incentives. Real world case studies will be cited and group exercises will allow students to participate in actual contract time preparation.