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NEW ONLINE TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES AT YOUR OWN PACE!

NM-LTAP is excited to announce a series of online trainings you can take at your own pace, on your own schedule! Check out our asynchronous, online learning courses including Basic Plan Reading, Introduction to Transportation Math, and Workplace Best Practices. Coming soon, CDL A and B Theory courses!

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Traffic Management Through Signs and Markings (MUTCD Update)

January 23, 2025 from 9:00 AM-12:00PM PM MDT online via zoom

This webinar will take a detailed look at Sections 1, 2, and 3 of the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices. This will be a great opportunity for participants to get a good understanding of the requirements of these sections. Discussion of specific work experiences regarding signing and the MUTCD will be encouraged. The webinar series will be a fun combination of lecture, activities, and interaction. The training will stress understanding of the MUTCD and its principles, and will cover the following items in detail:

Overview of the MUTCD with a detailed discussion of chapters:

Part 1. General Information

Part 2. Signing

Part 3. Pavement Markings

Topics Covered will include:

Basics of Signs and Signing
Warrants and Use of Signs
Pavement Markings
Temporary Traffic Control
Liability
Questions and Course Review

Cost: FREE!

CDL A and B Online Entry-Level Driver Training Information Sessions

January 30, 2025 from 2:00PM-3:00PM via zoom

The new Entry-Level Driver Training (ELDT) regulations require that all entry-level drivers of commercial motor vehicles (CMVs) who are subject to ELDT regulations receive training from a provider listed on FMCSA’s Training Provider Registry. To be eligible to take the Class A or Class B CDL skills test, the S or P skills test, or the H knowledge test, commercial driver’s license (CDL) applicants must have completed applicable entry-level driver training from a registered training provider.

Our CDL A and CDL B Entry-Level Driver training is FREE to employees of local, tribal, and public agencies! ELDT training is done 100% online, at your own pace, and on your own schedule.

Join us for information sessions to get more information and register your employees!

Download the NM-LTAP CDL Fact Sheet here!

Cost: FREE!

Introduction to ARCGIS

February 11, 2025 from 1:00 PM-5:00PM PM MDT online via zoom

Geographic Information Systems (GIS) are computer-based technologies to collect, integrate, analyze, query, model, and visualize geographic data. GIS is widely used to explore the relationships between where features are (location, size, and shape) and what they represent (descriptive information known as attribute data). This course provides an introduction to the concepts, principles, and theories of GIS, with emphasis on the nature of geographic information, data models and structures for storing geographic information, geographic data editing and manipulation, and simple spatial analysis techniques. Upon completion, students will have the ability to identify geospatial products/applications, create and edit geospatial data, conduct basic GIS analyses, and understand the differences between raster and vector data models.

This course will include workshop time where participants will build their own map using ARCGIS.

Cost: FREE!

Effective Motivation of Highway Maintenance Employees

February 24, 2025 from 1:00 PM-4:00PM PM MDT online via zoom

Increasingly, agencies that maintain highways, roads, and streets are counted on to provide fast, high-quality service because good maintenance saves lives and money. Meanwhile, the roadway system is growing in size and complexity, and government agencies are under ever-greater scrutiny by the public to perform at their very best. While maintenance needs increase, the workers, equipment, and funds remain in short supply. Yet, shortages or not, it is vital that workers do good work. The best and quickest way to encourage this is through effective motivation by their immediate supervisors. This workshop takes a look at what makes agencies successful, how to define worker needs and wants, how to take advantage of those for increased productivity through rewards, how to utilize the "One Minute Manager" approach, and how to improve communications.

This course is designed for you - the first-line or second-line supervisor of highway, road, and street maintenance workers. However, managers at all levels of the agency and those that aspire to management can use the techniques presented in this course to motivate their people.

Course Objectives:

After completing this course, you will be able to:

Understand how to effectively motivate my personnel.

Know how to evaluate the needs of both the workers and the organization.

Understand how to analyze and improve performance.

Have tools to assist me in motivating my personnel.

Cost: FREE!

Road Safety Champion 5

March 3, 2025 from 2:00 PM-4:00PM PM MDT online via zoom

The RSCP is a nationally recognized certificate program designed to build a knowledgeable, safety minded workforce, responsible for operating, maintaining, and designing local roads. Road Safety Champions prioritize safety and are motivated to implement safety improvements that reduce fatalities and serious injuries on rural and local roadways. The RSCP is open to all staff from transportation, public health, and law enforcement agencies who have an interest in roadway safety but are not safety experts. Think of it as a “Roadway Safety 101” course.

This two-hour training module discusses the importance of transportation, public health, and law enforcement agencies working together to improve road safety. The module's goals include:

Helping attendees understand the roles of public health and law enforcement in breaking down transportation safety silos
Reducing fatalities and serious injuries
Teaching attendees about the similarities and differences in the planning processes of these agencies
Discussing discipline-specific strategies for improving road safety
Teaching attendees about collaborative approaches

The RSCP is a certificate program that aims to improve the safety training of people responsible for: Operating local roads, Maintaining local roads, Designing local roads, and Enforcing local roads.

Cost: FREE!

Horizontal Curve Alignment

March 17, 2025 from 1:00 PM-4:00PM PM MDT online via zoom

Horizontal curves are changes in roadway alignment that create a more demanding environment for the driver, vehicle, and pavement. The challenges associated with safe navigation of horizontal curves become compounded with the addition of a nighttime driving environment or inclement weather. Recent data analysis shows that 28 percent of all fatal crashes occur on horizontal curves. Furthermore, about three times as many crashes occur on curves compared to tangential sections of roadways and most of these crashes are roadway departures. These statistics make horizontal curves prime sites for safety improvements.

A focus on horizontal curves can prove to be a cost-effective approach to reducing roadway departure crashes. Horizontal alignment signage is low-cost and can be installed at prioritized horizontal curves to address safety issues.

This workshop will cover the importance of curve warning signage, how to select the appropriate curve signage, and how to properly set curve advisory speeds, the basic rules of signage, and other options to improve safety on curves. This webinar series will help local agencies meet compliance dates for horizontal curve signage from the MUTCD.

Cost: FREE!

Intro to Online Mapping (Open Source GIS)

March 25, 2025 from 10:00 AM-2:00PM PM MDT online via zoom

Online mapping or Web mapping is a process of compiling and delivering geo-spatial data in the form of an interactive web application. Online mapping services allow users to interact with geographic data, query data, finding landmarks, obtaining addresses, etc. This course provides information on current and emerging online mapping technologies and capabilities. The emphasis of this class will be hands-on experience in the following aspects of Internet-enabled mapping:

The basic concepts behind web mapping technologies that enable the delivery of maps and mapped data through web browsers
The Open Standards that facilitate the exchange of map images and geospatial data over the internet
The use of published standards-based services in desktop mapping applications that implement those standards
The deployment of Web-based geospatial map and data services
Creating, Editing, and Updating data online

Cost: FREE!

ACNM Training Opportunities

NM-LTAP has partnered with the Associated Contractors of New Mexico to provide Temporary Traffic Control Technician and Supervisor certification training, Storm Water Competent Person training, and more. You can take ACNM courses through NM-LTAP for only $50.00. If you are interested in a course for yourself or your team, contact NM-LTAP at ltap@unm.edu to verify course eligibility. LTAP partners with ACNM to send trainers to you to certify your employees at only $50.00 per person. Contact us today to schedule at ltap@unm.edu.