ROADS Services Training Group

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ROADS Services Training Group LOCAL AUTHORITY
ROADS CONFERENCE 2014 Reforms, Challenges and
Safety Treacys West County Hotel, Ennis, May
2014.
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Reforms, Challenges and Safety

• New Courseware Development
• Charlie Kerr
• National Training Co-Ordinator
• LASNTG

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Training Programme Requirements

• A good training programme should have
• Clear Objectives with regard to
• Cognitive/ Skills Learning Outcomes
• Attitude Outcomes
• Behavioural Outcomes
• Well defined target audience
• Appropriate training methodologies
• An evaluation framework
• Evaluation of Leaner outcomes
• Evaluation of Training Programme

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Need for Target Learner Groups

• Primary Target Group
• Previous Learning
• Experience
• Aptitude
• Secondary Target Group
• Course may be useful for
• Training methodology
• Must be appropriate to the Primary Target Group
• Classroom
• Demonstration
• On the Job
• Important that control is kept over content
• Everything may be nice to know, but
• Key items may get lost in the information
  overload
• Better to be able to do a smaller number of items
  well
• Provided minimum requirements of course met
• Review and assess Learner Outcomes

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Target Learner Groups

• Technical/ Officer
• Managing Safely in Construction
• Temporary Traffic Management Design
• Operative
• CSCS Location of Underground Services
• Surface Dressing Basic
• Supervisor
• CSCS Signing, Lighting Guarding
• Surface Dressing Advanced
• Employee
• Manual Handling
• Safe Pass
• Trainer
• Train the Trainer
• Trainer Programme

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New Course Development (Spec)

• Course Title
• Common description and course code
• Training Aim
• Award
• Attendance Certificate
• Assessment Certificate
• Continuing Professional Development
• Applicable Regulations/ Standards the course
  meets
• Overall duration of course
• Expiry Period/ Renewal method
• Primary Target Learner Group
• Secondary Target Learner Group

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Specifying Course Content

• Course organised into Units
• The aim of the Unit
• The location of the learning
• The duration of the unit
• Directed
• Placement
• The Activities that will be undertaken
• What the learner will be able to do on completion
• What standard or reference the content is based
  on
• How the Learning Outcome for that Activity will
  be assessed

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Assessing Learning Outcomes

• Modular Assessment Programme
• Assessment title
• Assessment method
• Pass standard
• Duration of the Assessment
• Assessment content
• Marking scheme

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New Courses Released

• Temporary Traffic Management Design
• 2 day TM Principles, Standard Rural, Standard
  Urban, Method Statements
• 1 day High Speed
• Visual Pavement Condition Rater
• Rural
• Abrasive Wheels including Con-saw
• Manual Handling Refresher
• Temporary Traffic Management on Level 6 Roads
• Static Operations
• Mobile Operations
• IPV Driver
• Supervisor
• Front Loading Shovel
• Surface Water Drainage Basic
• Bridge Inspection and Maintenance
• Stop Go Operator
• Temporary Traffic Signal Operator

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Courses Under Development

• Level 9 Post Grad Diploma in Road Maintenance
  Engineering and Network Management
• Visual Pavement Condition Rater
• Urban
• Concrete
• Update of Chainsaw Operation for Road Operatives
• Transport Manager
• Update of Pesticides and Herbicides
• Surface Water Drainage Advanced
• Trench Support for Road Operatives
• Surface Dressing Plant Operator
• Binder Distributor Operator
• Roller Operator
• Chipper Operator

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Identified Training Needs

• Structured Analysis of Training Needs
• Consistent Specification
• Measured Outcomes
• Measured Training Performance
• Provision and Management of Inhouse Training
  Resources
• Framework Agreements for Training Provision
• Term Maintenance Contracts
• Pothole Repair
• Road Signs and Road Markings
• Speed Limit Management

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Blended Learning

• Student to Student Interaction
• Student to Teacher Interaction
• Student to Community Interaction
• Student to Material Interaction
• Student to Technology Interaction

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Effective Training

• Meet Legislation Requirements
• Safety
• Competence
• Meet Certification Requirements
• Migration of skills across and within the sector
• Quality assurance within organisations
• Effective tendering and recruitment
• Cost Reduction/ Increase Income
• Targeted
• Need
• Change management
• Oppertunity
• Right people trained with the right skills
• If work is carried out well with a trained
  workforce it
• Is carried out safely
• Is carried out effectively
• Will meet legislative requirements
• Will be carried out in accordance with the most
  up to date standards
• Will meet quality assurance requirements