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Colorado Department of Transportation Maintenance Training Academy (MTA) Overview

Colorado Department of Transportation Maintenance Training Academy (MTA) Overview. MTA Origin. Established: 1999 Original Objectives: To provide required CDOT training courses to Transportation Maintenance workers

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Colorado Department of Transportation Maintenance Training Academy (MTA) Overview

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  1. Colorado Departmentof TransportationMaintenance Training Academy (MTA) Overview

  2. 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

  3. 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

  4. 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

  5. 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

  6. WPA Plaque

  7. MTA Staffing • Academy Director • Program Assistant • Instructors: • Selected Maintenance managers and supervisors • CDOT subject matter experts • External contract trainers

  8. 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

  9. 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

  10. 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

  11. Questions?

  12. MTA Contact Information • David C. Wieder, P.E. • Maintenance & Operations Branch Manager • 303.512.5502 • David.Wieder@dot.state.co.us • Jason Brunner, Ph.D. • Academy Director • 303.512.5531 • Jason.Brunner@dot.state.co.us

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