colorado department of transportation maintenance training academy (mta) overview
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Colorado Departmentof Transportation
Maintenance Training Academy (MTA) Overview
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MTA Origin
• Established: 1999• Original Objectives:
– To provide required CDOT training courses to Transportation Maintenance workers
– To provide consistent training throughout the state in order to standardize operating procedures
• Original Funding: Contributions from each Maintenance Section
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MTA Training Programs
• 1,500 employees trained annually over 45 weeks• New Hires • Transportation Maintenance • LTC Ops• Specialty
– Electrician– Mechanic– Storeroom– Structural Trades– Traffic– Welder
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MTA Courses
• Safety• Defensive driving• CPR & first aid• Equipment inspection &
maintenance• Traffic control• Storm management• Environmental/water
quality
• National Incident Management System
• Survival skills• Leadership• Computer skills• Drug and alcohol• Diversity• Workplace harassment
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MTA Facilities• Former Colorado Army National
Guard base• Classroom and office building
(classroom capacity: 48, 24, 10)• Four dormitories (old mess
halls) containing 32 sleeping rooms (15, 6, 6, 5 room dormitories)
• Meal service through Colorado State Patrol Academy dining hall
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WPA Plaque
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MTA Staffing
• Academy Director • Program Assistant• Instructors:
– Selected Maintenance managers and supervisors– CDOT subject matter experts– External contract trainers
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MTA Budget
• Approximately $1 million (annual)– Includes:
• Staff compensation• Contract trainers• Operating expenses• Facilities (e.g., custodial, classrooms, dormitories)• Food service
– Excludes:• Employee (attendee) salary & travel• CDOT course developer & instructor salaries
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Curriculum Design & Oversight
• 20+ member MTA Curriculum Committee– Representatives selected
by each Section’s Maintenance Superintendent
– Membership representative by Maintenance Section, position level (TM I to Superintendent), and specialty areas
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Maintenance as a “Family”• Application of “Family Systems” theory to
strengthening work units– Similarities of families to work units– Use of family counseling strategies
• Communication & conflict resolution skills• Roles, responsibilities, and expectations of members
• Partnership with Univ. of Denver psychologists
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Questions?
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MTA Contact Information
• David C. Wieder, P.E.– Maintenance & Operations Branch Manager– 303.512.5502– [email protected]
• Jason Brunner, Ph.D.– Academy Director– 303.512.5531– [email protected]