Plant the Seed

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Missouri Local Technical Assistance Program
(LTAP) presentation at theBlueprint for
Safer Roadways Conference
October 27, 2008
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Missouri LTAP
Located at Missouri University of Science and
Technology (formally UMR). Serve local agencies
(cities counties) throughout the
state. Provide training resources at little to
no cost.
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What is LTAP?

• Directed by FHWA Office of Professional and
  Corporate Development
• 58 LTAP/TTAP Centers
• One in each state
• One in Puerto Rico
• Seven regional centers serving Tribal Councils of
  Government
• Deliver Quality Services to Local Transportation
  Agencies

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The LTAP Mission

• LTAP's mission is to foster a surface
  transportation system that is
• Safe
• Efficient
• Environmentally Sound
• By improving the skills and increasing the
  knowledge of the transportation workforce and
  decision makers

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All LTAP services are offered at little or no
cost to municipalities other local agencies!!
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What can LTAP provide to local agencies
professionals?
LTAP enables local counties, townships, cities
municipalities to improve their public works
roadway systems by supplying them with

• Training/Technical Assistance
• Technology Transfer
• Information Clearinghouse
• Cooperative Purchasing Program

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Training

• Low cost training, workshops, and conferences
• Popular workshops include
• Worker workplace safety
• Gravel Road Maintenance
• Motor Grader Training
• Snow and Ice Control
• Work Zone Safety Flagger Training
• Training can be tailored to meet an agencys
  needs, and provided on site

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Training Sessions

• Classes Trained in 2008
• Dos Donts of Chip Seal Hannibal
• Pavement Preventive Maintenance Joplin
• Pipe Culvert Installation Maintenance
  Jefferson City, Joplin, Maryland Heights
• Rural Roadway Safety Assessment Boone County
• Tractor/Mower Operator Safety Springfield,
  Maryland Heights
• When to Upgrade an Aggregate Road Joplin, St.
  Joseph
• Worker Safety Rolla
• Work Zone Safety Flagger Training Bolivar,
  Rolla, Macon, New Madrid, Hannibal, Holden, St.
  Joseph, Joplin, Platte County, numerous locations
  in the St. Louis area

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2007/2008 training
Road Safety Assessment Cole County Jul. 19, 2007
Motor Grader Training Audrian County Apr. 16, 2007
Work Zone Safety Flagger Training Hannibal,
MoDOT District 3 office March 6, 2008
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Training development
Work Zone Safety Flagger Training

• Developed from previous LTAP course MoDOT
  training
• Important because it is strongly recommended that
  local agencies have the training

Communication Supervision Training

• Based on MDI courses APWA session

Future Training

• Based on the needs of local agencies

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Program development

• Road Scholar
• A training recognition program to promote a
  skilled workforce.
• Safety Tool Kit
• A train the trainer program for safety
  workshops tool box talks.

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Show-Me Road Scholar Program
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Show-Me Road Scholar Program
Goal To enhance the skills of all personnel
involved in local agencies across the
state. Objective To provide development in
creating qualified local transportation public
works personnel who are trained in the basic
skills necessary for cost efficient delivery of
transportation public works services.
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Show-Me Road Scholar Program

• Classes offered at least once every two years in
  multiple locations across the state
• Two separate professional levels Road Scholar I
  Road Scholar II
• Training conducted by instructors from LTAP,
  MoDOT, Linn State Technical College, APWA and
  other professional state organizations
• Recognition certificates awarded at various
  conferences throughout the state

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Show-Me Road Scholar Partners
Partnerships are important to ensure the success
of the program.

• MO Department of Transportation (MoDOT)
• Federal Highway Administration (FHWA)
• MO Assoc. of Counties (MAC)
• MO Municipal League (MML)
• MO Assoc. of County Transportation Officials
  (MACTO)
• MO Chapter of the American Public Works Assoc.
  (APWA)
• MO Public Entity Risk Management Fund (MOPERM)
• Linn State Technical College
• University of Missouri Extension

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Safety Tool Kit

• Train the Trainers workshops
• Tool box talks
• Laminated cards on various safety topics
• Posters, handouts, books, pamphlets
• Safety training classes part of Road Scholar
  Program

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Technology Transfer Information Clearinghouse

• Videos
• Free Publications
• Lending Library
• Web Site
• www.campus.mst.edu/moltap
• On-line registration
• Quarterly Newsletter

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Missouri LTAP Advisory Committee

• 2 representatives from each MoDOT district
• Mix of MoDOT non-MoDOT members
• Meet 2 times a year
• Last meeting was held
• March 20, 2008
• Next meeting to be held
• November 5, 2008
• Provide feedback guidance

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LTAP connections

• Serve on the MoDOT Blueprint Coalition
  Infrastructure subcommittee
• Serve on Meramec Regional Planning commission
• Participate in APWA Education committee
• Involved with MoDOT Safety Team

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Contact Information
Heath Pickerill, pickeril_at_mst.edu
www.moltap.org Missouri Local Technical
Assistance Program (MO LTAP) at Missouri
University of Science Technology Rolla,
MO [phone]
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We are here to serve the local agencies around
the state.QUESTIONS???