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Due to COVID-19, all in-person courses have been cancelled for the remainder of the year. To continue to provide you with quality training with your safety in mind, we are offering online, instructor-led courses through the Zoom platform. Participants are able to interact with the instructor and other participants. We are offering a wide range of courses from one hour to six hours depending on the topic. |
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Join us for FREE
Webinar Wednesday!
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Ready to shake up your Wednesdays? This month, the KY LTAP will be offering two interactive webinars, completely free of cost. Each webinar will be worth
one professional development hour, and will be recorded for training purposes.
So what are you waiting for, grab your coffee and join the discussion!
For more information, visit www.kyt2.com/web and remember to bookmark or download our interactive PDF on the bottom of this newsletter so you can stay up to date on our latest webinars that we have available.
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Practical Tips
for Marketing Transportation Safety
9:00 am - 10:00 am
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Most people agree that safety is the highest priority on our transportation system. However, it can be difficult to make safety improvements when budgets are tight and other priorities compete for staff time and funding. To truly bring transportation safety to the forefront, it must be clearly communicated and actively marketed. But how? |
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In this webinar, transportation communicator Kevin Elliott will explain some basic marketing and outreach principles and show you how to apply them to marketing safety. He will provide lots of examples and tips you can apply right away to increase awareness of safety issues in your community and to begin making your roadways safer for all users. Center and edge rumbles have been proven to save lives. When you hear the rumble, you may have just heard someone's life being saved!
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Chainsaw Safety Training
9:00 am - 10:00 am
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Chainsaws are widely used in wide variety of industries and can be very useful, but it is important to remember they can also be very dangerous. Every year, numerous chainsaw operators and bystanders are seriously injured and killed due to chainsaw accidents. A large majority of these statistics could have been prevented by learning and practicing proper chainsaw safety. During this presentation, we will discuss chainsaw maintenance procedures, how to select and properly use personal protective equipment, and how to safely operate the chainsaw to reduce the risk of injury. |
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We have started uploading our past Wednesday Webinar's through our YouTube channel. The videos are for information purposes only and does not constitute a training class or certificate. The viewer is solely responsible for the use of the information/equipment shown in the videos and insuring that all proper Federal, State, Local, and company rules regarding safety are followed.
Click below and be sure to subscribe for our latest additions.
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Do you still need credit hours? We only have two Wednesday Webinars remaining this year. Join one or both of our sessions above!
Department of Local Government
DLG CREDIT HOURS
The Technology Transfer Program (T2) at UK, in agreement, with the Department of Local Governments (DLG) will provide first-rate educational opportunities for elected officials. T2 has outlined the DLG requirements below for those elected officials needing GOLD hours. Those T2 approved courses are listed under the Local Officials Training Program.
- The webinar must be live.
- You must have your webcam on during the entire webinar.
- You will only receive credit for the amount of time you are on the live webinar.
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Learn how to set up your Canvas account and what to expect when taking T2's online courses.
Are you curious about Canvas (our Learning Management System)?
Need some additional help in setting up your account?
Join us for Tech Thursday as we tackle all your tech needs. We’ll teach you how to set up your Canvas account and what to expect when taking our online courses. We'll be online for an hour to address any questions you may have and help make this transition to our online learning management system.
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Canvas is a modern educational platform that supports a deep focus on teaching and learning. The robust features of Canvas help to enhance teaching and learning beyond the physical classroom.
All participants must have the following items:
- A personal/work email address
- Individual computer/laptop
- Access to the internet
Each course has a unique link in Canvas - Do not create an account until you receive this link and only the person taking the course shall create an account.
We have created a Zoom and Canvas User Guide to help familiarize you with the software and give you a brief overview of what to expect when taking these online courses.
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For more information and to see the structure of our Canvas courses, check out our page at: www.kyt2.com/canvas
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This is the time of year when the Technology Transfer Program and the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet with Secretary Jim Gray will recognize you and celebrate your hard work in completing the Roads Scholar and Road Master Training Programs. However, it is with sadness that we announce that the in-person 2020 graduation ceremony will be postponed until 2021. All details for the in-person graduation will be sent out at a later date. However, we cannot let your dedication and enthusiasm go unnoticed from sticking with us as we converted all of our in-person trainings to a virtual format. We appreciate the time and effort you put into learning the steps required to attend these trainings and completing the programs.
We will be holding a 2020 Virtual Roads Scholar and Road Master Graduation on December 17, 2020, at 10:00 am EST. Notices will be sent out over the next week, keep a look out in your email!
Are you graduating from RSRM this year? If you believe so and have any questions, please contact Becky Boston at becky.boston@uky.edu.
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QUALIFICATION
COURSES ARE LIVE!!!
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We are offering many different dates and times to accommodate all schedules. All of the qualification trainings will require a computer along with access to a personal/work email for our learning management system (LMS). Some of these courses will be split between our live Zoom instructor-led platform and our self-paced LMS, Canvas.
These classes will fill up quick, click on a course below to register!
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Pesticide
Continuing Education
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This course will be set up as self-guided modules in Canvas. Once registered a participant will receive a confirmation letter with access to Canvas. Participants must have an account set up to access Canvas, each user must have their own email. Participants will need to complete all modules. Certificates will be emailed once completed. KYT2 will confirm and provide training hours to the Department of Agriculture. Canvas cannot be done in groups, each participant will have to register independently and complete the training, and knowledge checks independently. No credit will be given for shared work.
December 07-11
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Six hours of online, independent training completed in Canvas. Participants can register at anytime during the week but must complete the course by 5 p.m. Friday of the same week. If the course work is not completed within the week, the participant will be considered a No Show and forfeit the course. |
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View the course structure here
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Kentucky Erosion Prevention and Sediment Control (KEPSC)
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KEPSC for Roadway Inspectors is required for state and federally funded projects in Kentucky. The course focuses on linear projects such as highway construction. |
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Work Zone
Traffic Control Qualification Training Program
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*This is also a required course for the
Road Scholars program.
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View the course structure here
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Still have questions? We have answers for you!
Q & A Monday
This is a one hour Zoom meeting where our office will answer any questions participants have such as:
- When will I get my material
- Why do I need a Canvas account
- RSRM graduation
- Any other questions related to our courses
Monday - December 07 - 1pm - 2pm
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To help serve your training needs during this difficult time, we have converted several of our Roads Scholar and Road Master courses to online courses. You can register for these online courses below or on our website at www.kyt2.com/online. We also have a resource page that lists our free Webinar Wednesday series as well as Tailgate Talks and other great resources for your agencies; visit https://www.kyt2.com/resources.
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For more information on these courses and to register online, please click on the corresponding link below: |
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December 18
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The holidays are known for being merry and bright, but they’re also known for being the deadliest season when it comes to impaired driving. Every holiday season, lives are lost due to drunk drivers.
This holiday season, from December 18, 2020, through January 1, 2021, law enforcement will participate in the high-visibility national enforcement campaign, Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over. During this period, local law enforcement will show zero tolerance for drunk driving. Increased state and national messages about the dangers of driving impaired, coupled with enforcement and increased officers on the road, aim to drastically reduce drunk driving on our nation’s roadways.
Sadly, the statistics prove that there is still a lot of work to do to put an end to drunk driving. According to NHTSA’s Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), 10,511 people were killed in drunk-driving crashes in 2018. On average, 10,000 people were killed each year from 2014 to 2018 — one person was killed in drunk-driving crashes every 50 minutes in 2018. That’s the equivalent of 20 jumbo jets crashing each year, with no survivors.
Stay off Santa’s — and law enforcement’s — naughty list. Refuse to drink and drive, and help us spread this lifesaving message: Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over.
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The LINK Fall 2020 Newsletter |
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Available Now!
The LINK Vol 37 Fall 2020 edition has been released.
Inside this issue you will find how crews around the commonwealth are dealing with the pandemic, ADA 30th anniversary, how are you dealing with falling leaves, Online training resources, and much more!
To download, click the image ->
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We are currently working on our 2021 T2 Training Calendar.
The calendar we will be sending out this year will ONLY include webinar trainings. There will be no in person trainings listed in the calendar. We do plan on scheduling in person trainings once situations have become more clear, we will send out a special update.
If you haven't received our calendar before and you would like to be added to our mailing list, fill out the form below:
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LTAP Request for Technical Assistance |
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The Kentucky LTAP Center is dedicated to serving local transportation and public works agencies by providing a wide range of training and technical assistance. Please let us know how we can better serve you by completing the form below with your technical assistance request. |
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Happy Holidays from the Technology Transfer Program!
The University of Kentucky and the Kentucky Transportation Center
will be closed from December 21 through January 3.
We wish you a safe and happy holiday and New Year!
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