About Ohio LTAP
Are you interested in adding a skill set to your resume? How about absorbing new technical knowledge to improve your employability or promotability? Perhaps you are a lifetime learner who enjoys structured blocks of instruction in a wide range of topics? Do you want to boost your skills to participate in the ongoing recovery projects?
The Department of Public Works is pleased to announce a new partnership with the Ohio Department of Transportation Local Technical Assistance Program (LTAP) to offer new professional development and training opportunities to the U.S. Virgin Islands.
Over the past year, DPW has fostered relationships with Departments of Transportation and LTAP centers across the country and Puerto Rico to find ways to offer more professional development and training opportunities to our employees and residents locally. Our new partnership will allow us to offer all the eLearning modules, classes and training offered by the Ohio LTAP Center free of charge, to anyone, anytime, anywhere! You don’t have to be a DPW employee to take advantage of this great opportunity. Plus, it provides a variety of general learning topics like basic mathematics, use of carpentry tools, introduction to public relations, and effective use of personal protective equipment, as well as more technical areas such as Unmanned Aircraft Systems (drone) certification or coursework for obtaining a Commercial Driver’s License (CDL). There is something for everyone!
Get started today by setting up your eLearning account and perusing the hundreds of free courses in the Ohio LTAP catalog. For more information, contact DPW Office of Civil Rights at (340) 776-4844, ext. 4262.
See below for a few courses that are offered by the Ohio LTAP Center. After completing your registration, search for the Course ID or Course Title to get started!
Course Title: Active Transportation Academy Adult School Crossing Guard Training
Course ID: ATA_Adult_School_Crossing_Guard_Training
Adult school crossing guards play an important role in the lives of children who walk or bicycle to school. They help children safely cross the street at key locations. They also remind drivers of the existence of pedestrians. This training program is for adults that are interested in assisting students safely walk and bicycle to and from school.
This eLearning module teaches the techniques and procedures to use as an adult school crossing guard. The module contains a downloadable PDF version of the training course manual as a reference. We recommended this module be combined with an in-person field exercise measured with the Performance Checklist found in the downloadable training manual.
Course Title: Unit A/B 1.1.1 Orientation
CDL_A_Module_01 (there are 30 Modules)
This unit is an introduction to the Entry-level Class “A” Driving Curriculum. The history and function of the curriculum is covered, and the unit teaches a basic understanding of the safety fundamentals, rules and regulations related to operating a CMV. Driver-trainees will be oriented to the professionalism that is required of commercial drivers.
Driver-trainees will become familiar with the qualifications/disqualification regulations for commercial drivers along with the classifications of and the standards for obtaining a CDL.
Course Title: Orientation (1.1.1)
Course ID: CDL_B_Module_01 (there are 29 modules)
This unit is an introduction to the Entry-level Class “B” Driving Curriculum. The history and function of the curriculum is covered, and the unit teaches a basic understanding of the safety fundamentals, rules and regulations related to operating a CMV.
Driver-trainees will be oriented to the professionalism that is required of commercial drivers. Driver-trainees will become familiar with the qualifications/disqualification regulations for commercial drivers along with the classifications of and the standards for obtaining a CDL.
Course Title: Grant Writing How to Get Started
Course ID: Grant_Writing_How_to_Get_Started
This module is for those interested in learning how to tackle a grant or funding application.
Writing a grant or funding application can seem like an impossible task if you have never completed one before. It can seem daunting even if you have completed one or more but weren’t given any guidance on how to approach the project. In this eLearning, learn the basics of how to tackle and complete a grant or funding application. Topics will cover reviewing and understanding what your application requires, organization to collect the application’s information, readability of your application, and considerations for strengthening your application’s chances of being funded. You won’t become a grant or application writing expert, but you will take away a method for approaching and completing applications.
This course material is provided by Victoria Beale of the Ohio LTAP Center. Victoria has over seventeen years of experience in grant and application writing with many successful awards which have provided LTAP’s grant funded courses.
Course Title: CLAS Asphalt Materials and Paving Mixtures
Course ID: CLAS_AMP
Asphalt concrete is a composite material commonly used to surface roads, parking lots, airports, and the core of embankment dams. Asphalt mixtures have been used in pavement construction since the beginning of the 20th century.
The correct asphalt mixture can provide a number of benefits for a road, such as resistance to permanent deformation, fatigue cracking, low temperature cracking, and moisture; durability; and good surface texture. As you’ll learn in this training, the objective of the mixture design process is to select an aggregate gradation and binder content (with or without modifiers) to achieve these properties so that pavements last longer.
This course will review the characteristics and engineering properties of asphalt mixtures and their effects when utilized in highway applications, as well as the overall mix design concepts and how construction operations can affect the ultimate performance of asphalt mixture pavements.
This course is intended for a variety of positions within local agencies and tribal governments, with an emphasis on the role of the materials engineer, as well as anyone involved in the mix design, placement, or rehabilitation of asphalt pavement. Training includes:
- Asphalt Mixtures
- Asphalt Binders and Selection
- Design Concepts
- Production, Delivery, and Placement
- Quality Assurance and Acceptance