Signs and Lines offers practical experience in using Ontario Traffic Manuals 5, 6 & 11. You will learn, through participation in group activities how signs and lines assist drivers as they travel from their point of origin to their destination. You will return to your municipality with an understanding of how these manuals work together plus a list of best practices to help minimize risk and defend the municipality in an insurance claim.

Course Content

• Principles of Positive Guidance
• Influencing driver safety
• Sign manufacturing & Three Speed Triangle
• Best practices for ordering road signs
• MMS Requirements for Signs
• Retroreflectivity & Reflective Sheeting
• Sign Management Program
• Regulatory Signs (OTM 5)
• Warning Signs (OTM 6)
• Pavement, Hazard and Delineation Markings (OTM 11)
• Collision investigations

Who Should Attend

Decision makers and individuals responsible for the selection and placement of regulatory signs, warning signs, and the pavement, hazard and delineation markings.

Accreditation

• This course qualifies as a “specialized course” for the Association of Ontario Road Supervisors (AORS) Certified Road Supervisors – Intermediate level (CRS-I) certification program.
• The Engineering Institute of Canada awards 2 Continuing Education Units to this course.

---

This course can be completed online. Please visit https://goodroads.ca/program-detail/?program_area=olc for more information.

Introduces you to soils and paving materials, their classification, properties, and application.

Course Content

• Soils and aggregates
• Bituminous fundamentals and mix designs
• Routing and sealing
• Hot mix paving
• Expanded asphalt
• Cold-In-Place recycling
• Concrete paving
• Surface treatment and new developments (e.g. fibermat, chip seals, fog seals)
• Hot-In-Place paving
• Pavement management
• Reclamite

Who Should Attend
Road supervisors and personnel directly involved in the maintenance and construction of municipal roads.

Accreditation
This course is recognized by:

• This course qualifies as a “specialized course” 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.