Class Schedule

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Active Transportation Academy: Multimodal Design Guide Training

Description – This 6-hour training will provide a detailed explanation and practical application of design topics covered in the ODOT Multimodal Design Guide (MDG).  Attendees will learn about context sensitive design, design principles that affect pedestrian and bicyclist comfort, safety, and accessibility, and multimodal design considerations that can be applied to projects throughout the state.  The training will utilize in-class questions, exercises, and real-world project examples and photographs to provide a hands-on approach for the attendees and allow them to relate the session content to their daily work. Instructors will provide opportunities for attendees to ask questions both about the class content and how it relates to existing projects or opportunities in their region.

This course will be taught by Jeremy Chrzan and Dan Starkey of Toole Design Group.  The local host is the City of Dayton, and the maximum course capacity is 78.

Course Agenda – 9:00am to 4:30pm.  Total break times (mid-morning + lunch break + mid-afternoon) = 1.5 hours.  Total contact hours of training (with break times subtracted) = 6.0.

Instructors – Planning specialists from Toole Design: Jeremy Chrzan, Multimodal Design Practice Lead, PE, PTOE, LEED AP; and Dan Starkey, PE.

Registration Information – There is no charge to attend this training; however, participants must pre-register.  Registrations are processed in the order they are submitted online, while seats are still available.  Any registrant requiring a reasonable accommodation during training (i.e., mobility or access) should contact Ohio LTAP prior to the course date so the appropriate arrangements can be made.  Lunch is “on your own”.  If you are sick or not feeling well, or if you have any reason to believe you have been exposed to the coronavirus: please DO NOT show up at the training site, and DO NOT attend the session.  If you need to cancel your registration, please contact the LTAP office.

Acquisition 103 - Special Negotiations (Part B)

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Attention! All ODOT Employees: You must use promo code ODOTEMPL when registering.

Description – A 1-day course to provide an understanding of ODOT's Special Acquisition Procedures and related forms. This course covers Donation of Real Estate, Owner Retention of Improvements, Encroachments, Boundary Surveys, Outdoor Advertising Devices, Leasing Vacant Buildings During the Acquisition Phase of a Project, Acquisition of Cemeteries, Offsetting the Price Paid for an Acquisition Parcel by the Value of Excess Land, Acquisition of Contaminated Property, Acquiring Property Subject to the Garage Law.  This course has been approved by the Ohio Department of Commerce, Division of Real Estate & Professional Licensing for five (5) hours of continuing education credit in Real Estate.

Prerequisites: Acquisition 102 A&B.

Who Should Attend? – This course offering through ODOT / LTAP is intended primarily for local agency employees (county, city, village and township), and real estate consultants doing work for ODOT or local agencies in Ohio.

Instructors – Wayne E. Pace and Erika O'Brien Mason, ODOT Office of Real Estate.

Registration Information – Registrations are processed in the order they are submitted online, while seats are still available. The registration fee is $50 per person. Lunch is “on your own”.  Any registrant requiring a reasonable accommodation during training (i.e., mobility or access) should contact Ohio LTAP prior to the course date so the appropriate arrangements can be made.  If you are sick or not feeling well, or if you have any reason to believe you have been exposed to the coronavirus: please DO NOT show up at the training site, and DO NOT attend the course. If you need to cancel your registration, please contact the LTAP office.

Conduit Inventory & Inspection Overview

Description – This course was developed to communicate the Ohio Department of Transportation’s internal procedures for the inventory and inspection of culverts and storm sewers, and also refers to ODOT’s collector application.  Although originally focused on the needs of ODOT highway personnel who manage and maintain culverts on the state system, this material may be adapted for use by local agencies.

ODOT’s Conduit Management Manual is a primary reference for this training.  Field photos will also be presented to illustrate common culvert types and identification of distresses.

Who Should Attend? – This training is applicable to persons involved with conduit inventory, inspection, management or maintenance.  Employees of county, township and municipal agencies in Ohio are wel­come to attend.

Instructor – The primary instructor will be David M. Novotny, Program Administrator with ODOT’s Office of Hydraulic Engineering.

Registration Information – Please pre-register using the online form linked below.  There is no charge to attend.  Any registrant requiring a reasonable accommodation during training (i.e., mobility or access) should contact Ohio LTAP prior to the course date so the appropriate arrangements can be made.  If you are sick or not feeling well, or if you have any reason to believe you have been exposed to the coronavirus: please DO NOT show up at the training site, and DO NOT attend the session.  If you need to cancel your registration, please contact the LTAP office.

Inspector Testing for Flexible Pavements, Advanced Structures, Compaction Testing and Traffic Work Zones

The Ohio Department of Transportation's Division of Construction Management provides Construction Inspector Testing in the following four subject areas:

  • Flexible Pavements Test
  • Advanced Structures Test
  • Certification for Compaction Testing
  • Traffic Work Zone Test (Note: This test is for construction inspectors only and is NOT for Worksite Traffic Supervisor (WTS) Prequalification.)

Please select the subject you wish to test on from the options in the registration form on the next screen.  Make sure to write down what test you signed up to complete as this information will not be included in your confirmation email.  Only one test may be completed per testing period.  If you sign up to take more than one test per testing period, your second registration will be cancelled.

All test takers MUST be pre-registered.  Seating capacity is limited for each testing session.

Please bring with you:

  • Government issued photo identification card.
  • Non-programmable calculator (item intended and designed to be used only as a calculator).
  • Pen or pencil.
  • Your MyODOT username and password.

Attendees are still NOT permitted to bring reference materials or spec books into the testing site.  As with previous sessions, a supply of reference resources will be available on-site to borrow during testing.  Inspector applicants are expected to have knowledge and will be tested on items from the applicable resource publications for each subject area.  These include: 2023 ODOT Construction and Material Specifications (C&MS); 2017 ODOT Manual of Procedures (MOP); ODOT Standard Construction Drawings (SCDs), Statewide Plan Notes and Supplemental Specifications; Quality Standards for Temporary Traffic Control Devices (TTCD) & Acceptable Delineation Methods for Vehicles; and the Ohio Manual of Uniform Traffic Control Devices (OMUTCD) Part 6 and related chapters. See the Construction Inspection Prequalification Testing webpage for additional information.

No cell phones, tablets or laptops will be allowed. No calculators, pens or pencils will be available for loan due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Failure to bring these items with you means you will have to take the test without them.

Everyone registering to complete an exam MUST have applied for and obtained a MyODOT username and password and must bring both with them to the test, in order to login to the online testing system at the ODOT Computer Training Room.  If you do not already have a MyODOT account, please click here and select Request an Account.  Be sure to request a MyODOT Basic account for LTAP eLearning.

Failure to have obtained your MyODOT username and password ahead of time WILL result in being rescheduled to take the exam another day. Please obtain your MyODOT credentials at least two days before the testing date.

Please note the following summary of protocols for testing:

  1. Effective September 2022: the testing location is ODOT Central Office at 1980 W. Broad Street in Columbus, OH.
  2. If you are sick or not feeling well, please DO NOT attend the testing session (see comments below).
  3. Face mask/covering is currently optional at our testing location, based on the preference of each attendee.
  4. Maintain social distancing of at least six feet when feasible.
  5. If COVID cases show a significant increase, additional safety protocols may be required in accordance with Ohio Department of Health recommendations.
  6. No materials will be brought into testing site.
  7. Must have ID (official state or federal).
  8. Bring your own calculator (non-programmable).
  9. Bring a pen or pencil.
  10. No gathering in the building (inside); must leave when testing is completed.
  11. You must have your MyODOT username and password to be tested (must be obtained before the testing day).

ODOT has the authority to dismiss any candidate and revoke the test session due to improprieties such as, but not limited to, impersonating a candidate of record, creating a disturbance, receiving help from another individual, attempting to remove test materials, making notes about the test content, use of unauthorized reference materials, accessing one’s cell phone, cheating of any kind, etc.  Exam Violations and Consequences.

If you are sick or not feeling well, or if you have any reason to believe you have been exposed to the coronavirus: please DO NOT show up at the testing site, and DO NOT attend the testing session.

NHI - Stream Stability and Scour at Highway Bridges (Virtual)

Description – This comprehensive online training provides preventive techniques for identifying, analyzing, and calculating various hydraulic factors that impact bridge stability. Public and private sector engineers responsible for maintaining the integrity of highway bridges will find it invaluable.

Prior to the beginning of the online course, participants are strongly encouraged to enroll in the following Web-based training (WBT) courses: 135091 Basic Hydraulic Principles Review, 135086 Stream Stability Factors and Concepts, and 135087 Scour at Highway Bridges: Concepts and Definitions. Mastery of the concepts covered in these WBTs will enhance participation in the Virtual Instructor-led training.

Who Should Attend? – Federal, State, and local highway hydraulic, structural, and geotechnical engineers as well as bridge inspectors responsible for maintaining the integrity of highway bridges against possible hydraulic-related problems. Consultants who perform bridge engineering work are encouraged to attend.

Registration Information – Registrations are processed in the order they are submitted online, while seats are still available.  The registration fee is $1125 per person, per NHI. 

ODOT Employees – This IS a self-pay NHI course (which means there is no grant funding to offset the NHI course fee).  Please use Promo Code PAYBYCHECK, and then complete Q010 of the online registration form with Division, Cost Center and SAC information.  All other registrants have the option of paying either by credit card (online with registration), or by check (LTAP will send an invoice).

Ohio Local Public Agency (LPA) Day

Description – These free LPA Days sessions are being held in regional areas across the state this fall to provide Local Public Agencies involved in the Local-let process, or who are interested in participating in the Local-let process, a day-long informational update of today’s hot topics regarding the program.  Learn about important program updates, the importance of advanced planning on Federal-aid projects, what is required for participation in the Local-let program, and hot topics seen across the state.

Who Should Attend? – Local agency personnel, consultants, ODOT staff working with LPAs, and others who are involved or interested in learning more about Ohio’s Local-let program.

Additional Details – Lunch is on your own.  Each venue will have lunch options available within the venue or nearby.  This event is moving to a paperless format.  A PDF packet containing the presentations will be sent prior to the event.  It is recommended you print out the packet or bring your laptop computer or tablet.

Registration Information – There is no charge to attend; however, pre-registration is required, as space is limited.  All personnel attending all day should register, including ODOT personnel, to ensure the maximum capacity is not exceeded.  No meals are provided; lunch is “on your own”.  Registrations are processed in the order they are submitted, while seats are still available.  Registration will close two (2) business days before each event.  Any registrant requiring a reasonable accommodation during training (i.e., mobility or access) should contact Ohio LTAP prior to the course date so the appropriate arrangements can be made.

If you are sick or not feeling well, or if you have any reason to believe you have been exposed to the coronavirus: please DO NOT show up at the training site, and DO NOT attend the session.  If you need to cancel your registration, please contact the LTAP office.

Snow & Ice Control

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Attention! All ODOT Employees: You must use promo code ODOTEMPL when registering.

Description – This course covers safety practices, pre-trip inspection and maintenance of the truck, plow, and spreader.  Additionally, there is discussion of vehicle operation, plowing and salting techniques, and identification of different snow conditions.  This course is all classroom-based – there are no driving exercises.  If available at the training site, snow plowing equipment may be viewed as part of the pre-trip inspection discussion.

Who Should Attend? – This course is applicable to local agency employees involved in seasonal snow plowing.

Instructor – Ron Asman, former ODOT Equipment Training Officer (retired).

Registration Information – This course offering through LTAP is intended primarily for local agency officials and employees (county, city, village and township).  Registrations are processed in the order they are submitted online, while seats are still available.  The registration fee is $48 per person for government employees and $120 for non-government employees.  Lunch is “on your own”.  Any registrant requiring a reasonable accommodation during training (i.e., mobility or access) should contact Ohio LTAP prior to the course date so the appropriate arrangements can be made.  If you are sick or not feeling well, or if you have any reason to believe you have been exposed to the coronavirus: please DO NOT show up at the training site, and DO NOT attend the course.  If you need to cancel your registration, please contact the LTAP office.

Traffic Signs & Pavement Markings

Paying by check afterwards? Use promo code PAYBYCHECK.

Attention! All ODOT Employees: You must use promo code ODOTEMPL when registering.

Description – This workshop will address the basics of design, installation and maintenance of traffic signs and pavement markings, and the correlation of these activities to driver needs and responses. The current edition of the Ohio Manual of Uniform Traffic Control Devices (OMUTCD) and the ODOT Sign Designs and Markings Manual (SDMM) will be used as references. In addition to common installations, Traffic Control Devices (TCDs) for use at specialty locations such as school areas and highway-rail grade crossings will be discussed.

Who Should Attend? – This workshop will be of interest to persons responsible for selection, installation, maintenance and management of traffic signs and pavement markings on local roadways.

* Please note – this is not the same as the ODOT Traffic Academy course for consultant prequalification.  If you are interested in the Traffic Academy course modules and test (which are available through our eLearning system), please click here for more information. *

Instructor – The instructor will be Raymond Brushart, of the Ohio Department of Transportation’s Local Technical Assistance Program (LTAP).  Mr. Brushart has over 22 years of experience in Traffic Engineering and Roadway Safety, with ODOT and the City of Columbus.

Registration Information – This course offering through LTAP is intended primarily for local agency employees (county, city, village and township). Registrations are processed in the order they are submitted online, while seats are still available. The registration fee is $60 per person for government employees and $150 for non-government employees. Lunch is “on your own”.  Any registrant requiring a reasonable accommodation during training (i.e., mobility or access) should contact Ohio LTAP prior to the course date so the appropriate arrangements can be made.  If you are sick or not feeling well, or if you have any reason to believe you have been exposed to the coronavirus: please DO NOT show up at the training site, and DO NOT attend the course.  If you need to cancel your registration, please contact the LTAP office.

Worksite Traffic Supervisor (WTS) Prequalification Testing

Description – The Ohio Department of Transportation’s Division of Construction Management provides Worksite Traffic Supervisor (WTS) Prequalification Testing.  Individuals fulfilling the role of WTS are required to be prequalified per WTS Plan Note first published on July 20, 2018 (and versions thereafter).

Prerequisites – Do not register for WTS Prequalification testing until the prerequisites have been completed.  Prerequisite details are the following:

  • 2) Applicant shall have been trained appropriate to the job decisions they are required to make, including those of a WTS in implementing the Transportation Management Plan (TMP) and other safety and mobility aspects, within the past 5 years.

Immediately before the test is taken the applicant will be asked to electronically confirm the following:

  • A) That they understand the duties and responsibilities required of a WTS and will continue to review the plan note within the plans on all projects in which they are designated the primary or alternate/secondary WTS to ensure they remain up to date with the latest WTS requirements and the specific contract requirements.
  • B) That the training in #2 above has been completed within the past 5 years; understanding that the training shall be repeated in intervals of no longer than 5 years; and, that they are ready and able to provide details of the training completed to fulfill this requirement (without delay) upon request by ODOT, FHWA or others.

If the applicant is unable to confirm one or both items, they will not be allowed to take the WTS prequalification test and will be required to leave and register again after the prerequisites have been completed.

All test takers MUST be pre-registered.  Seating capacity is limited for each testing session.

Please bring with you:

  • Government issued photo identification card.
  • Non-programmable calculator (item intended and designed to be used only as a calculator).
  • Pen or pencil.
  • Your MyODOT username and password.

Attendees are still NOT permitted to bring reference materials or spec books into the testing site.  As with previous sessions, a supply of reference resources will be available on-site to borrow during testing.  WTS applicants are expected to have knowledge and will be tested on items from: Ohio Manual of Uniform Traffic Control Devices (OMUTCD) Part 6 and related chapters; 2023 ODOT Construction and Material Specifications (C&MS) Section 614 and related sections; Statewide Plan Notes; Quality Standards for Temporary Traffic Control Devices (TTCD) & Acceptable Delineation Methods for Vehicles; and ODOT Standard Construction Drawings (SCDs).  See Worksite Traffic Supervisor (WTS) Prequalification | Ohio Department of Transportation for a full list of specific reference documents for test preparation purposes.

No cell phones, tablets or laptops will be allowed.  No calculators, pens or pencils will be available for loan due to the COVID-19 pandemic.  Failure to bring these items with you means you will have to take the test without them.

Everyone registering to complete an exam MUST have applied for and obtained a MyODOT username and password and must bring both with them to the test, in order to login to the online testing system at the ODOT Computer Training Room.  If you do not already have a MyODOT account, please click here and select Request an Account.  Be sure to request a MyODOT Basic account for LTAP eLearning.

Failure to have obtained your MyODOT username and password ahead of time WILL result in being rescheduled to take the exam another day.  Please obtain your MyODOT credentials at least two days before the testing date.

Please note the following summary of protocols for testing:

  1. Effective September 2022: the testing location is ODOT Central Office at 1980 W. Broad Street in Columbus, OH.
  2. If you are sick or not feeling well, please DO NOT attend the testing session (see comments below).
  3. Face mask/covering is currently optional at our testing location, based on the preference of each attendee.
  4. Maintain social distancing of at least six feet when feasible.
  5. If COVID cases show a significant increase, additional safety protocols may be required in accordance with Ohio Department of Health recommendations.
  6. No materials will be brought into testing site.
  7. Must have ID (official state or federal).
  8. Bring your own calculator (non-programmable).
  9. Bring a pen or pencil.
  10. No gathering in the building (inside); must leave when testing is completed.
  11. You must have your MyODOT username and password to be tested (must be obtained before the testing day).

ODOT has the authority to dismiss any candidate and revoke the test session due to improprieties such as, but not limited to, impersonating a candidate of record, creating a disturbance, receiving help from another individual, attempting to remove test materials, making notes about the test content, use of unauthorized reference materials, accessing one’s cell phone, cheating of any kind, etc.  Exam Violations and Consequences.

If you are sick or not feeling well, or if you have any reason to believe you have been exposed to the coronavirus: please DO NOT show up at the testing site, and DO NOT attend the testing session.

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Promo Code Information

The promo codes below apply to specific groups of class participants.  Please ONLY use a code if it applies to you.  If you are not certain if it applies, please contact the Ohio LTAP Center at ltap@dot.ohio.gov or 614-387-7359 or 1-877-800-0031.  Do not randomly select a promo code and use it.  Your registration will be reviewed by the center registrar and cancelled if you have used a code which did not apply to you.

FHWAOHDIV - Code to be used by Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) Division Staff only when registering for LTAP courses.  Provides the FHWA LTAP discount on the course price.

ODOTEMPL - Code that must be used by ALL ODOT employees when registering for a course. Do not enter payment information or request an invoice.  If you are an ODOT employee, you MUST use this code unless the class is a NHI self-pay course.  See below.

PAYBYCHECK - ODOT EMPLOYEE ATTENDING A NHI-SELF-PAY COURSE - Use code PAYBYCHECK if you are an ODOT employee.  Then enter your Divison, Cost Center and SAC number in the designated field on the registration form.

PAYBYCHECK - This code should be entered when you want the Ohio LTAP Center to bill you for the course fee instead of paying immediately online via credit card.  Once your registration is completed with this code, an invoice for the amount due will be sent to you, due upon receipt.