Local Connections (Special Weekly Edition)

LOCAL CONNECTIONS

Special Weekly Edition from the Louisiana LTAP Center

April 16, 2020 // Volume 3, Issue 6

This is a compilation of training opportunities, tools and resources that you may find helpful

while working remotely as we get through COVID-19.

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GETTING THROUGH COVID-19

How To Make Your Own Face Covering To Slow The Spread of COVID-19

Surgeon General, Dr. Jerome Adams, shares ways to create your own face covering in a few easy steps using things you can find around the house.

Why is CDC Recommending Face Covering Instead of Medical Grade Facemasks?

Surgical masks and N95 respirators are in short supply and should be reserved for healthcare workers or other medical first responders, as recommended by CDC guidance.

Louisiana COVID-19 News

The Louisiana Department of Health has updated its website to reflect the latest number of COVID-19 positives and will continue to update its website at noon each day. As of noon on April 15, the Department reported 433 additional cases since yesterday, bringing the total to 21,951 positive cases.

Get official updates from LDH.

The Advocate: John Bel Edwards closes Louisiana schools for remainder of semester due to coronavirus

LOUISIANA LTAP RESOURCES

This webinar series will be offered to replace the

Roads Scholar #15: Safety for Public Works First Responders Training originally planned as in-person classes. Louisiana LTAP made this decision in light of the new work environment we're facing due to the corona virus crisis.

SAVE THE DATE!

3-Part Web-based Training

Safety for Public Works First Responders

Instructed by Justin Hill

Part 1 (April 28, 2020 at 1-3 PM CT)

Modules 1: Preparing for Disaster

Module 2: Public Works (PW) Roles

in Disaster Operations

Part 2 (April 29, 2020 at 1-3 PM CT)

Module 3: Natural and Man-made Situations

Module 4: Safety Hazards for PW First Responders

Part 3 ((April 30, 2020 at 1-3 PM CT)

Module 5: Hazard Response and PPE

Module 6: Putting It All Together

Registration will be available soon.

Email Olivia.Phelps@la.gov for more info.

LTAP Tailgate Talk Series:

Six Tips for Chainsaw Safety

Chainsaws are incredibly powerful and dangerous tools. You will always need to follow guidelines for chainsaw safety when you’re operating one. This applies whether you use one for work or for occasional cutting at home.

LTAP offers tips to ensure your safety when using chainsaws.

ONLINE TRAINING RESOURCES

FROM OUR PARTNERS

Ohio LTAP Webinar Series

Safe Transportation for Every Pedestrian

April 21, 23, 28 and 30, 2020

The first three and a half parts of the webinar series will focus on delivering the “Safe Transportation for Every Pedestrian (STEP)” day-long course. The second ½ of the fourth webinar will feature an update on Ohio’s application of the Proven Safety Countermeasures for all public roadways!

Part 1 - April 21, 2020 at 10-11:30 AM (CDT)

Part 2 - April 23, 2020 at 10-11:30 AM (CDT)

Part 3 - April 28, 2020 at 9 -10:30 AM (CDT)

Part 4 - April 30, 2020 at 9 -10:30 AM (CDT)

Questions? Please contact Ohio LTAP at ltap@dot.ohio.gov or 614-387-7359

Florida LTAP Webinar Series

Work Zone Safety and Traffic Control 3-Part Webinar

April 28-30, 2020 at 9-11 AM (CT)

This 3-part online training aims to improve worker and motorist safety through learning the proper use of traffic control devices during road maintenance and construction operations, and help participants find out how to use specific types of traffic control devices and how to plan, set up and maintain a work zone.

Part 1 - Work Zone Basics & Traffic Control Devices

April 28, 2020 at 9-11 AM (CDT)

Part 2 - Flagging & Traffic Control Zones

April 29, 2020 at 9-11 AM (CDT)

Part 3 - Work Zone Plans & Liability Issues

April 30, 2020 at 9-11 AM (CDT)

Kansas LTAP Leadership Webinars

Key Leadership Principles

Wednesday and Thursday sessions from

April 22 to May 28, 2020

KS LTAP is happy to offer free webinar training on Key Leadership Principles developed by the Kansas Leadership Center. This series is recommended for all levels because we’ve learned that leadership is an activity, not a position, and anyone can lead - anytime, anywhere.

Pedestrian Safety Webinar

Considerations for Selecting Pedestrian Hybrid Beacon Locations

April 22, 2020 at 12-1:30 PM (CT)

This webinar will share new research that evaluated safety and driver yielding at pedestrian hybrid beacon (PBH) locations on higher speed roads (among other findings) and discuss how this research and other factors have influenced their guidelines for installing PHBs.

Concrete Pavement Webinar Series

Concrete Pavement Joining and Details

April 23, 2020 at 1-2:00 PM (CT)

The Concrete & Aggregates Association of LA (CAAL), in partnership with the National Ready Mixed Concrete Association (NRMCA), offers a weekly Concrete Pavement Webinar Series focused on technical topics related to design, construction, maintenance, and rehabilitation of concrete pavements.

AASHTO's TC3 Training

Inspection Safety for Bridge Construction (1 PDH)

The Technical Service Program within AASHTO, the Transportation Curriculum Coordination Council (TC3)'s is offering various web-based training on all sorts of transportation topics.

Hazards on the bridge construction site including equipment, traffic, and falls are each detailed for the inspector. Also included in this course are trenching and excavation hazards, confined spaces, painting hazards, and construction over waterways, which are important safety areas that anyone on bridge inspection have knowledge of.

Use promotion code: D5X3-B3D9-52CB-4XCX

APWA Click, Listen & Learn

Talking Top Tech: Cybersecurity for Critical Infrastructure

May 7, 2020 at 10-11 AM (CT)

The American Public Works Association (APWA) will host this webinar to discuss the key aspects that need to be considered when developing or evaluating security protocols in municipal facilities.