About
High quality pavements, along with the correct selection of pavement surfacing materials are critical to the safety, longevity and condition of roads
This course will outline and identify the multiple types of surfacing currently in use, the variety of materials used in maintaining these pavements, as well as design, equipment use and surfacing type selection.
Asphalt and Chipseal practices will be covered at length including cutting and preparation, along with procedures for patching both of these surfacing types.
Current Health and Safety practices will also be covered in depth relating to these specific workplace environments.
- Health and Safety Practices
- Planning
- Records, QA
- Pavement Construction Fundamentals
- Intent and Limitations of Pavement Surfacing
- Types of Surfacing
- Materials - type and quantity
- Required testing of Materials
- Application Equipment and Methods
- Specification
- What does a successful pavement surface look like?
- Be able to respond to fire incidents at a civil infrastructure work site
- Demonstrate knowledge of working safely at sites under temporary traffic management
- Describe bituminous materials
- Demonstrate basic knowledge of safety relating to bituminous materials
- Demonstrate basic first aid relating to liquid bitumen and bitumen additives
- Demonstrate knowledge of the compaction of hot mix asphalt
- How to cut and prepare asphalt and chip seals
- Show a basic understanding of asphalt and chip seal patching procedures
- Learn about pavement bandaging
Project engineers, laboratory staff, specifiers, plant and laying supervisors, new engineers, Asphalt Paving Crews seeking to gain a better understanding of pavement surfacing construction.
Training Methodology
Pathways Training and consulting adopts the newest techniques of human resources Training and consulting and, with the following:
- Theoretical lectures are delivered via PowerPoint and visual displays (videos and short films)
- Making scientific evaluation to the trainee (before and after)
- Brainstorming and role-playing
- Using case studies related to the scientific material being delivered and the trainees` work.
- The participants get the scientific and practical material printed and on CDs and Flash memories.
- Preparing records and reports of the participants` attendance and results, with a general evaluation of the training program.
- A group of the best trainers and experts in all fields and specialties professionally prepares the scientific material.
- After finishing the course, the participants get certificates of attendance signed, certified, and issued by pathways Training and consulting.
- Our training programs start at 9:00 o`clock in the morning and end at 2:00 in the afternoon, with snack buffet during the lectures.
