Roadway/Bridge Maintenance
Motor-Grader Operator Training
Motor-grader operator training is being scheduled now for summer 2009. Don't miss out on training your employees to efficiently and safely operate a grader!
Grader operator training is a two-day course, delivered on-site using your own facilities equipment. This allows attendees to learn on the equipment they operate in the workplace. Teaching methods include hands-on participation, visual aids, the DVD Gravel Road Maintenance: Meeting the Challenge, text, and actual equipment operations. Students must understand, practice, and demonstrate the safe use of equipment while performing outlined tasks.
Dates & Locations
The dates and locations for training sessions are determined after applications are received (please fill complete the Application & Interest Form by April 24, 2006) . Minnesota LTAP requires a registration list of no less than twelve participants and no more than twenty participants for a weeklong session. A site convenient to several counties or cities planning on attending is located based on responses for hosting the training. County Engineers are asked to recruit surrounding cities and townships to provide the required number of participants.
Registration Contact
Application & Interest
Please complete the Application & Interest Form by April 24, 2006 if you are interested in hosting a Motor Grader Operator Training session during the summer of 2006 or if you can not host a classroom but would like to send an operator(s).
The Program
Day one consists of a classroom session with lunch and refreshment breaks and will primarily focus on blading techniques, safe operation, and daily equipment maintenance. Dust control methods, drainage, repair of frost boils, use of fabric, and benefits of good quality gravel will also be covered.
Day two consists of a "hands-on" field training session. The Instructor travels to your local site and advises participants while they operate their own equipment on their own location. This is a very beneficial day for all operators and especially new ones.
All participants attend classroom on the first Monday of the weeklong session. The participants are divided into groups of three and four to participate in the "hands-on" training Tuesday through Friday. By the end of the week each student will have attended the classroom training and one day of field training.
Program
Day One consists of a classroom session at your shop with lunch and refreshment breaks and will focus primarily on blading techniques, safe operation, and daily equipment maintenance. Dust-control methods, drainage, repair of frost boils, use of fabric, and benefits of good-quality gravel will also be covered.
Day Two consists of a hands-on field-training session. The instructor travels to your local site and advises participants while they operate their own equipment on their own location.
All participants attend the classroom session on the first Monday of a week-long period. Participants are divided into groups of four or five to receive hands-on training during the remainder of the week. By the end of the week, each student will have attended the classroom training and one day of field training.
Who Should Attend
Motor-grader operators and the supervisors who manage motor-grader operators should attend this program. New operators will find the training helpful and experienced operators will find it a good refresher course. Supervisors can use the course to stay abreast of new developments and operating techniques.
Credit
- 2.0 Roads Scholar Program elective credits
- To the best of our knowledge, this course/activity meets the continuing education requirements for 12.0 PDHs as outlined in Minnesota Statute 326.107. More information concerning continuing education for professionals is online at www.aelslagid.state.mn.us.