Program Areas: General Roads Courses
A collection of courses and workshops for pressing issues that impact
municipalities.
Signs & Lines – Online (Winter 2025)
Roundabouts: From Idea to Implementation
Workshop Content:
Planning and Feasibility
- Policy Issues
- Roundabout screening
- Intersection control
- Accessibility issues
- Planning Guidance
- Feasibility problems
- Feasibility clinic and case studies
- Questions and discussion
Preliminary Design
- Capacity and safety theory
- Design guidance
- Design principles
- Design checks
- Cost sharing, utilities, property requirements
- Design problems
- Questions and discussion
Implementation
- Detailed design
- Designing for expansion
- Designing for maintenance and service vehicles
- Construction staging
- Landscaping and illumination
- Pavement markings and signs
- Educating the public
- Questions and discussion
Note: Participants are encouraged to bring a roundabout proposal review.
Who Should Attend:
Municipal and Consulting Engineers, technicians and technologists, planners, and project managers.
Managing Winter Operations Workshop
Be prepared for whatever Mother Nature throws at your municipality this winter season with this one-day intensive workshop.
Managing Operations is designed for winter road maintenance professionals, from managers, supervisors to operators and transportation professionals.
Hear from experts in the field covering a wide variety of winter road maintenance issues from communicating your message, technology, MMS, safety, legal obligations, salt management, hiring and retaining talent to dealing with operator harassment.
This one-day workshop includes an exhibitor hall and networking time to discuss winter road issues with fellow industry experts.
Join like-minded individuals all under one roof discussing best practices and new ideas in protecting yourself, your team, and your municipality during the winter road clearing season.
Road Safety Audit Course – Kingston
Course Description
A road safety audit is a formal examination of a future road or traffic project, or an existing road or road-related area, in which a team of appropriately qualified persons identifies deficiencies with the potential to cause crashes in the project. A road safety audit is not simply a compliance check against design standards or other technical guidance. Strict adherence to design standards does not guarantee safety since standards are not always written with safety as a primary objective. A Road Safety Audit considers the safety of all users to proactively identify issues that may cause harm to users and makes recommendations to remove or mitigate these issues.
This three-day training program will teach practitioners how to conduct a Road Safety Audit in accordance with the 2023 Good Roads Road Safety Audit Guidelines.
This course is relevant to individuals who wish to become a Road Safety Auditor or those required to manage the Road Safety Audit process and its outcomes. Upon successful completion of this training, participants will be eligible to register as a Road Safety Auditor in Ontario.
Course Content
- What are Road Safety Audits and why we do them?
- Stages of a Road Safety Audit
- Design stage Road Safety Audits
- Auditing for Pedestrians, Cyclists & Motorcyclists
- Road Safety Auditor Accreditation and Registration
- Preparation and presentation of Road Safety Audit report
- Road Safety Audits within the Safe System
The interactive Workshop is a combination of theory, practical exercises, and fieldwork.
Who Should Attend
- Provincial and local government personnel
- Engineers, planners, designers, traffic managers
- Consultants wishing to undertake road safety audits
- Road safety practitioners
Listen to instructor Kenn Beer as he discusses Road Safety Audits with Thomas and Jared of the Good Roads Podcast: https://youtu.be/QO6U4m56zjg
Thomas and Jared of the Good Roads Podcast speak to instructors Kenn Beer and Max McCardel as they complete the Road Safety Audit Course: https://youtu.be/GzRS6QpEygU?si=EyD50cv7-sMWP-OR
Information about the Road Safety Audit course: https://youtu.be/c2vefQ35ZN0?si=C2-FtxjwjEPrLBJm
Meals
A light breakfast, lunch, and refreshments are included in the registration fee.
Road Safety Audit Course – Guelph
Course Description
A road safety audit is a formal examination of a future road or traffic project, or an existing road or road-related area, in which a team of appropriately qualified persons identifies deficiencies with the potential to cause crashes in the project. A road safety audit is not simply a compliance check against design standards or other technical guidance. Strict adherence to design standards does not guarantee safety since standards are not always written with safety as a primary objective. A Road Safety Audit considers the safety of all users to proactively identify issues that may cause harm to users and makes recommendations to remove or mitigate these issues.
This three-day training program will teach practitioners how to conduct a Road Safety Audit in accordance with the 2023 Good Roads Road Safety Audit Guidelines.
This course is relevant to individuals who wish to become a Road Safety Auditor or those required to manage the Road Safety Audit process and its outcomes. Upon successful completion of this training, participants will be eligible to register as a Road Safety Auditor in Ontario.
Course Content
- What are Road Safety Audits and why we do them?
- Stages of a Road Safety Audit
- Design stage Road Safety Audits
- Auditing for Pedestrians, Cyclists & Motorcyclists
- Road Safety Auditor Accreditation and Registration
- Preparation and presentation of Road Safety Audit report
- Road Safety Audits within the Safe System
The interactive Workshop is a combination of theory, practical exercises, and fieldwork.
Who Should Attend
- Provincial and local government personnel
- Engineers, planners, designers, traffic managers
- Consultants wishing to undertake road safety audits
- Road safety practitioners
Listen to instructor Kenn Beer as he discusses Road Safety Audits with Thomas and Jared of the Good Roads Podcast: https://youtu.be/QO6U4m56zjg
Thomas and Jared of the Good Roads Podcast speak to instructors Kenn Beer and Max McCardel as they complete the Road Safety Audit Course: https://youtu.be/GzRS6QpEygU?si=EyD50cv7-sMWP-OR
Information about the Road Safety Audit course: https://youtu.be/c2vefQ35ZN0?si=C2-FtxjwjEPrLBJm
Municipal Pavement Condition Evaluation
Flexible Pavement Rehabilitation Course
Navigating Low Volume Roads Workshop
Manage the Road – Not Just The Pavement
Workshop Objectives
Managing a road system is far more complex than simply managing by pavement condition; it is only one factor in the final decision. This workshop will cover the identification and management of defects in six functional areas that are financial and legal risks for the municipality. Participants will learn to interpret the ratings in the Inventory Manual for Municipal Roads; to recognize the implications of defects found within the road allowance with respect to liability exposure and performance; to make decisions regarding road rehabilitation treatments; to differentiate between structural and non-structural defects, and how to relate the consequences of road rehabilitation treatments to capital budgets and programming.
Workshop Content
- Overview of the Inventory Manual for Municipal Roads
- Asset identification
- Existing road condition
- Traffic volume, type, and projected growth
- Point ratings of road elements
- Type and timing of required improvements
- Improvement costs
- Interpreting the data
- Liability exposure
- Managing your roads and pavements
- Capital and maintenance budget development (high level)
- Developing strategies for optimal management
- Interrelationship between pavements and other assets in the right-of-way
- Pavement defects and corrective treatments
- Case study examples of both urban and rural roads
Who Should Attend
Road managers and engineers, technologists and technicians responsible for capital planning and road system management.
Accreditation
This course is recognized by:
- Professional development credits may be allowed, please contact oacett.org for detail
