Upcoming Training & Events
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February 2024
Work Zone Safety Awareness (Webinar)
- February 29
- 8:00 am–12:00 pm
The Work Zone Safety Awareness Program is offered to participants who require an overview of working safely in the roadway. This course is vital for personnel who are required to set up short-term work zones or are assigned to long-term projects, to ensure compliance with the national MUTCD standards.
March 2024
NJLTAP - Asphalt Roads: Common Maintenance Problems (In-person)
- March 4
- 8:30 am–12:30 pm
The course material reviews the importance of preventive maintenance to the life of an asphalt pavement. The material will help the student identify common asphalt distresses and the appropriate treatments.
NJLTAP - Traffic Incident Management (Webinar)
- March 8
- 8:00 am–12:00 pm
The training covers topics including TIM guidelines, fundamentals, and terminology; notifications and scene size up; scene safety and risk management; traffic management; special circumstances; clearance; and termination.
NJLTAP - Traffic Engineering Studies (In-Person)
- March 11
- 8:30 am–12:30 pm
This course will review basic concepts in probability and statistics and their application in designing traffic control features and regulating traffic.
NJLTAP - Highway Inspection Procedures for Federal-aid Projects (In-Person)
- March 12
- 9:00 am–12:00 pm
This course is designed specifically for project engineers, project inspectors, supervisors and those in responsible charge of federal aid construction projects. It presents essential requirements and procedures for insuring conformance with contract plans and specifications including records and documentation necessary to
NJLTAP - Grant Management for Federal-aid Projects (In-Person)
- March 14
- 9:00 am–12:00 pm
Are you a recipient of a Federal Aid grant? Effective and efficient “management” of the funds received from such a grant is critical to insuring future eligibility and reimbursement. This course highlights key requirements and responsibilities that must be met as a condition to the grant.
NJLTAP - Implementing a Toward Zero Deaths (TZD) Strategy at the Local Level
- March 18
- 8:30 am–12:30 pm
This workshop covers the TZD road safety strategy, emphasizing the zero deaths philosophy, highlighting six key areas, and promoting safety culture. Participants will gain insights into implementing TZD on local roads, initiating zero deaths programs, and accessing additional resources.
**Full** Traffic Control Coordinator Program (In-Person)
- March 19–March 21
- 8:00 am–4:00 pm
This 3-day course is designed for experienced highway work zone personnel who seek training in work zone traffic control. NJDOT and other agencies require a contractor to assign a supervisory-level employee with requisite onsite experience to act as the Traffic Control Coordinator (TCC) on roadway construction projects.
NJLTAP - Municipal Recycling Tonnage Grant - Webinar
- March 21
- 10:00 am–12:00 pm
This presentation will review the process for completing the New Jersey Department of Environmen-tal Protection municipal tonnage report, which is an excel file report provided by NJDEP. It will ex-plain the difference between industrial and commercial categorizing.
**Class Full** NJDHTS - NJTR-1 Crash Form Refresher (Webinar)
- March 22
- 8:00 am–1:00 pm
This course covers common NJTR-1 errors for both passenger and commercial motor vehicle (CMV) crashes and offers methods to improve crash data quality. Crash analysis software functions and the role of data in crash analysis will be discussed.
NJLTAP - Basic Math and Plan Reading (In-Person)
- March 22
- 8:30 am–12:30 pm
This course provides a refresher on basic math skills related to construction inspection and road maintenance, as well as how to locate information within a set of plans. Topics will include reading notes, determining quantities and understanding topography, basic Geometry, area and volume. Road Foreman, Inspectors and Cre
NJLTAP - Federal-aid Responsible Charge (In-Person)
- March 25
- 8:30 am–4:00 pm
This Federal-Aid Responsible Charge Training for Directors, Program Managers, Financial Officers, and Persons of Responsible Charge is required for the person in Responsible Charge of Federally Funded Local Aid projects. This course will provide information and expectations for the first time Federal-aid recipient
Traffic Control Coordinator Refresher (Webinar)
- March 26
- 8:00 am–12:00 pm
If you want to work on NJDOT-funded infrastructure projects and haven't taken a refresher in two years, better sign up now. Course covers MUTCD, info on keeping workers safe, new NJDOT safety specs, and other federal and state regulations/changes.
NJDHTS - NJTR-1 Crash Form Refresher (Webinar)
- March 28
- 8:00 am–1:00 pm
This course covers common NJTR-1 errors for both passenger and commercial motor vehicle (CMV) crashes and offers methods to improve crash data quality. Crash analysis software functions and the role of data in crash analysis will be discussed.
April 2024
2024 Annual NJ Work Zone Safety Conference **Registration Closed**
- April 4
- 8:30 am–2:30 pm
The New Jersey Work Zone Safety Conference promotes work zone safety awareness on local and state roadways for a multi-disciplinary audience of construction, engineering, public safety, maintenance, and operations personnel.
NJDHTS - Drone Certification & Crash Reconstruction Course (In-Person)
- April 8–April 12
- 8:00 am–4:00 pm
This is a five-day hands-on course that provides the students with the source material to pass the FAA Remote Pilot written examination.
NJLTAP - Pavement Management Systems (In-Person)
- April 9
- 8:30 am–4:00 pm
Pavement Management Systems provides the basics for developing a pavement management system to help local governments manage their pavement network by providing an understanding of the concept and importance of road surface inventories and condition surveys.
**Class Full** Traffic Control Coordinator Program (In-Person)
- April 16–April 18
- 8:00 am–4:00 pm
This 3-day course is designed for experienced highway work zone personnel who seek training in work zone traffic control. NJDOT and other agencies require a contractor to assign a supervisory-level employee with requisite onsite experience to act as the Traffic Control Coordinator (TCC) on roadway construction projects.
2024 Public Works Expo and Education Program (In-Person)
- April 17
- 8:00 am–1:30 pm
The New Jersey Chapter of the American Public Works Association (APWA) will be holding its bi-annual public works equipment and services expo on April 17, 2024.
NJLTAP - Introduction to Crash Analysis and Design Exception (In-Person)
- April 18
- 8:30 am–12:30 pm
This new workshop is for public agency personnel and consultants working on their behalf to gain an understanding of crash analysis tools and methods.
NJDHTS - Work Zone Safety Awareness for Local Police (Webinar)
- April 19
- 8:00 am–12:00 pm
This course, similar to our Work Zone Safety Awareness Program, is specifically being offered to current New Jersey law enforcement officers who require an overview of working safely in the roadway.
NJLTAP - Construction and Project Cost Estimating for Public Works Projects (In-Perso
- April 22
- 8:30 am–3:30 pm
This course provides an understanding of practical applications for performing estimates on typical construction and maintenance projects. Various mathematical rules necessary to perform basic computations and formulas to perform cost and quantity calculations are reviewed.
NJDHTS - NJTR-1 Crash Form Refresher (In-Person Essex)
- April 23
- 8:00 am–1:00 pm
This course covers common NJTR-1 errors for both passenger and commercial motor vehicle (CMV) crashes and offers methods to improve crash data quality. Crash analysis software functions and the role of data in crash analysis will be discussed.
NJLTAP - Highway Inspection Procedures for Federal-aid Projects (In-Person)
- April 23
- 9:00 am–12:00 pm
This course is designed specifically for project engineers, project inspectors, supervisors and those in responsible charge of federal aid construction projects. It presents essential requirements and procedures for insuring conformance with contract plans and specifications including records and documentation necessary to
NJLTAP - Engineering Ethics (Webinar)
- April 24
- 9:00 am–12:00 pm
Obeying the law is what we have to do. Behaving ethically is what we ought to do, but not necessarily have to. Register for this presentation to learn how to apply your knowledge and experiences of ethical choices that professional engineers must make on a daily basis.
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