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Subject to prevailing COVID-19 rates, each course is available either live and in-person or as a virtual course. We reduce the course duration for virtual events, but you can request adjusted timing, if desired.
You will learn
- Advanced weather principles that lead to slipperiness.
- The different types of slipperiness and the best ways to manage them (refresher.)
- The various factors that influence road temperatures (refresher.)
- How to use forecasts to support prevention and management decisions (refresher.)
- How other organizations are optimizing their operations.
Topics covered
- Intermediate meteorology
- Road temperature fundamentals
- The types of slipperiness
- The RoadMaster service
- Case studies
Who should attend
Experienced road managers who have some meteorological knowledge.
You will learn
- How the weather and road location influence road surface temperatures and states.
- How to link patrol-observed weather with the general weather situation/ forecast.
- How to identify sources of road weather hazards.
- How to identify those hazards on the RoadMaster website.
- How to understand highway weather forecasts.
Topics covered
- Weather essentials — how local weather conditions develop and impact roads.
- How road surface temperatures vary across a road network.
- The main winter hazards.
- The basics of road weather forecasts and how changing conditions affect treatment responses.
Who should attend
Staff who implement road treatment decisions or supervise operations and patrol — any time of the day or night.
You will learn
- Advanced weather principles that lead to slipperiness.
- The different types of slipperiness and the best ways to manage them (refresher.)
- The various factors that influence road temperatures (refresher.)
- How to use forecasts to support prevention and management decisions (refresher.)
- How other organizations are optimizing their operations.
Topics covered
- Intermediate meteorology
- Road temperature fundamentals
- The types of slipperiness
- The RoadMaster service
- Case studies
Who should attend
Experienced road managers who have some meteorological knowledge.
You will learn
- About the latest road weather forecasting techniques.
- Advanced decision-making scenarios to support targeted responses to a range of weather challenges based on recent winter case studies.
Topics covered
- Intermediate meteorology
- Road temperature fundamentals
- The types of slipperiness
- The RoadMaster service
- Case studies
Who should attend
Experienced senior personnel involved in daily decisions or verification who have also previously taken the advanced course.