Training

A training video of demonstrations for 2014 flagging operations and procedures.

This video discusses flagging procedures in different situations.

This online course provides safety awareness training for those who work on and around heavy equipment and vehicles in construction work zones. Students will be able to recognize methods for identifying and preventing hazards pertaining to heavy equipment and vehicle operations in construction work zones. It addresses common hazards including the top four causes of […]

This course provides safety awareness training for heavy equipment operators and those who work around heavy equipment in construction work zones. It addresses OSHA‘s top four causes of injury and death: falls, struck-by, caught-between, and electrocution.  Topics covered include: Introduction to OSHA Statistical Data on Slips, Trips and Falls; Struck By; Caught Between; Electrocutions Preventing […]

The Work Zone Safety for Utilities online course provides students awareness-level training necessary to better understand hazards associated with working on or near roads in a work zone along with basic work zone safety principles. Topics covered include: Negligence Selection, use, and placement of temporary traffic control devices Temporary traffic control Temporary traffic control component […]

Work zones can create special challenges for drivers of large vehicles, such as commercial motor vehicles, due to space restrictions.  Road work must take place within highway rights-of-way and, often, within reduced numbers of lanes.  Understanding how work zones can be designed to maintain the efficient movement of large freight transportation vehicles within the restricted […]

The webinar will present how various federal agencies, FHWA, Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA), and National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), are trying to increase safety and mobility for large trucks in work zones. Each agency will provide an overview of their program’s initiatives to tackle this important issue. Additionally, other stakeholders will highlight […]

The ARTBA Work Zone Safety Consortium On-line Learning Management System was created to provided free training and education to the transportation construction community.  These courses, created under an FHWA grant, brought together leaders in government, labor and industry to determine the future in training transportation industry workers. Individuals can take the courses to improve their […]

TRB conducted a webinar on Tuesday, July 12, 2016 from 2:00PM to 3:30PM ET that focuses on current technologies that can help plan and evaluate work zones. It discussed future vehicle-to-worker technologies under evaluation which could enhance work zone safety.

This national training program is performed by the Wayne State University Transportation Research Group under the Federal Highway Administration Work Zone Safety Grant.  It focuses on: Utility Work Zones Urban Work Zones Short-Term, Short-Duration, and Mobile Work Zones Temporary Traffic Control Plan Selection Software Work Zone Safety Compendium Temporary Traffic Control Case Studies