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Training That Comes To You!

Good Roads helps build better communities and sets its members up to succeed with training that comes to your municipality.

Good Roads Contract Courses bring training to your team at your location. Pick from our coveted courses below and click the start button on helping your teams win at their jobs.
– Winter Maintenance Operations Training
– Local Group Equipment Operator Training
– Managing Your Road Network
– Municipal Infrastructure Training
– Guelph Road School
– Leadership, Supervision and Administration

For more information:
Cherry Sales
Lead, Strategic Initiatives and Partnerships
cherry@goodroads.ca

Reduced Load Period Model Overview Training

This is a quick course that will take less than 60 minutes of your time to complete before using the RLP model forms.

MTO (The Ontario Ministry of Transportation) and Good Roads are partnering to work together to encourage Good Roads member municipalities/First Nations to support and adopt MTO’s RLP Onset and Removal Model supported by data from its Road Weather Information System (RWIS).

MTO’s system allows municipalities to access frost depth, moisture, and temperature data by adopting the RLP Onset and Removal Model. The model will allow municipalities to optimize the timing of RLPs, including shortening the duration when conditions permit, which will help support the agriculture, agri-business and trucking industry, while protecting road infrastructure.

Please note, access to the course may take up to 24 hours following registration.

This is ideal for: Public Works Directors, Road Supervisors, Directors, Transportation, and County Engineers

Bridge and Structure Inspection – Online (Semester 1)

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Course Completion Deadline

This is a Semester 1 course, it must be completed by April 30th, 2024. Failure to complete the course by this date will result in the loss of all course progress and may be subject to additional re-registration fees.

Course Schedule

This is a self-paced online course. Participants will work through each module individually at their own speed. You will have access to the course 24 hours a day 7 days a week so you can learn when and where you want.

The course, activities, and tests take approx. 30 hrs to complete. You will have access to the course until the end of April.

Lesson content is presented as text and videos. There are also interactive activities. There is no interaction with a live instructor. You can contact the instructors by email if you have any questions.

Particpants will receive an enrollment email within 48 hrs of registering. Please check your junk mail if you do not see it. If this is your first online course with good roads, you will also get a new user email. Please use the link in the new user email to set your password.

Note: Online courses take place on our education website not our main website. The websites do not share the same usernames and passwords.

Course Description

Using the concepts, procedures, and methods identified in the Ontario Structure Inspection Manual (OSIM) you will:
• Identify the type and severity of material defects,
• Assess and rate the condition of a variety of bridge elements, and
• Report your findings using the OSIM forms.

Course Content

• Types of Bridges
• Bridge Elements
• Materials focusing on concrete, steel, and asphalt.
• Material defects
• Procedures for conducting and documenting a detailed visual inspection using OSIM, including identification of material defects, material condition, defect severity levels, and performance deficiencies.
• Inspection Safety

Who Should Attend?

Government employees, consultants, and contractors involved in the detailed visual inspections of bridges, or individuals who need to gain an understanding of OSIM reports.

Recommendations

A basic understanding of bridge types and bridge elements.

Evaluation Process

Pre-course evaluation, case studies, activities, and open-book knowledge evaluation.

Effective Management – Online (Semester 1)

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Course Completion Deadline

This is a Semester 1 course, it must be completed by April 30th, 2024. Failure to complete the course by this date will result in the loss of all course progress and may be subject to additional re-registration fees.

Course Schedule

This is a self-paced online course. Participants will work through each module individually at their own speed. You will have access to the course 24 hours a day 7 days a week so you can learn when and where you want.

The course, activities, and tests take approx. 20 hrs to complete. You will have access to the course until the end of April.

Lesson content is presented as text and videos. There are also interactive activities. There is no interaction with a live instructor. You can contact the instructors by email if you have any questions.

Particpants will receive an enrollment email within 48 hrs of registering. Please check your junk mail if you do not see it. If this is your first online course with good roads, you will also get a new user email. Please use the link in the new user email to set your password.

Note: Online courses take place on our education website not our main website. The websites do not share the same usernames and passwords.

Course Description

This course was designed to prepare you for a role in management and will look at many aspects of being a manager. Our hope is that this material will provide you with a foundation to build on as you proceed in your career in management.

Course Content

  • Fundamentals of Management
  • Effective Communication
  • Emotional Intelligence
  • Managing the Intergenerational Workforce
  • Performance Management
  • Organizational Structure & Culture
  • Conflict Management
  • Work and Personal Life Balance
  • Working in Teams

Who Should Attend?

Municipal supervisors and managers, and future supervisors.

Evaluation Process

There are 9 modules in this course. You will have an assessment after module 3, 6, and 9. Each assessment is worth 33% of the final grade. A final grade of 65% or higher is required to pass this course.

Accreditation

This course is recognized by:

  • This course or Managing Human Resources is a mandatory requirement for the Association of Ontario Road Supervisors (AORS) Certified Road Supervisors – Intermediate level (CRS-I) certification program.
  • This course may be used for the technical specialist program only. Point Value = 5
  • The Engineering Institute of Canada awards 2 Continuing Education Units to this course.