Upcoming Training Opportunities

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On-demand, interactive course

Course Overview:
This on-demand, interactive course is designed to provide a comprehensive introduction to wheelchair securement best practices.  Through a series of four lessons, transportation providers will learn how to operate a variety of 4-point securement systems currently available and understand how to properly secure passengers with special needs and their wheelchairs.   Each lesson concludes with a quiz, highlighting levels of competence. Once the course has been successfully completed, students will receive a certificate of completion that is valid for two years. Supervisors will be able to track their students’ progress and see which topics require more attention.  This course is ideal for new-hires as well as refresher training for more experienced drivers and safety trainers.

The following topics are covered:

• Safety & Liability
• Securement Equipment Operation
• Securing the Wheelchair
• Securing the Occupant

Students will receive a certificate of completion valid for two years.
Approximately 75 minutes to complete.
COST:  $49.99 per student 

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On-demand, interactive course

Course Overview:
Over 30 years after ADA changed the transportation landscape throughout North America by guaranteeing passengers with disabilities access to public transportation, providers still consistently struggle to safely secure many mobility devices. While wheelchair securement equipment has improved dramatically during this timeframe, even today there are hundreds of wheelchairs on the market which are not designed to be transported.
 

This advanced course addresses this challenge by building on the principles covered in Securement 101: Basic Wheelchair Securement Training, to provide transportation directors, supervisors, and trainers with a wide range of strategies, tips, and recommendations to help their agencies effectively secure and safely transport the most difficult mobility devices.
 

The first four lessons of the course explore the factors that have contributed to this dynamic, explain what it really means for a mobility device to be effectively secured during transportation, and provide troubleshooting practices for complex powered mobility devices, scooters, and occupant securement use. The final lesson of course offers a series of best practice recommendations, based on our more than 35 years of industry experience, that can help transportation providers greatly reduce the risk these devices pose to the safety of their passengers and the liability of the agency.

The following topics are covered:

• Introduction: Understanding the Problem of Difficult to Secure Mobility Devices
• Lesson 1: Pre-Securement Assessment
• Lesson 2: Troubleshooting Tips for Mobility Device Securement
• Lesson 3: Scooters
• Lesson 4: Troubleshooting Tips for Occupant Securement
• Lesson 5: Best Practice Recommendations

Each lesson concludes with a quiz, highlighting levels of competence. Once the course has been successfully completed, students will receive a certificate of completion that is valid for two years.

Approximately 145 minutes to complete.
COST:  $49.99 per student 

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The Direct Delivery version of this class is only being made available via an abbreviated video. To access the video, please click the button below.  

Description:
The goal of this course is to provide participants with knowledge and skills to prevent, respond to and recover from workplace violence. Prevention methods covered include implementing system and personal security measures, recognizing and reporting the warning signs of potentially violent behavior and using effective interpersonal skills for dealing with different, difficult and dangerous people. Response strategies focus on self-preservation and the importance of accurate reporting. The recovery module addresses the stress associated workplace violence and what employees can do to address the impact of it on themselves and co-workers.

Audience: Transit employees, supervisors and labor representatives.

Length: 1.5 hours   

Contact: Amy Gornik abadaracco@nti.rutgers.edu

The Public Transportation Agency Safety Plan (PTASP) Technical Assistance Center (TAC) update is now available. Featured resources include:

• Updated applicability Infographic to help newly applicable agencies determine whether your agency must develop and implement an ASP to meet the requirements of the PTASP regulation;
• Sample ASPs Fact Sheet that provides suggestions on how to use the sample plans FTA published to help agencies developing ASPs; and
• First-Time Bus Applicants of Section 5307 Funding Fact Sheet which reviews resources to help new applicants get started on their ASPs.

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PRIMA Webinars feature public risk management experts who share timely information on topics important to the profession.  Click the button below to register for any of these timely Webinars.   

2022 Webinar Schedule 

June 29 – You Have Insurance but Do You Have Coverage?:  Emphasis on Exclusions and Coverage Gaps

July 27 – Risk Management's Role in Addressing the Insider Threat Security Risk August 31 – Confessions of a Traveling Zombie:  Four Tools to Navigate to Great Human Performance 

September 28 – Risk Owners:  Who, How and What Do They Do? 

October 26 - Risk Management in a Time of Volatile Insurance Markets and Ever Increasing Natural Disasters 

November 16 - Active Shooter:  Prevention and Preparedness 

December 14 - The Power of Partnerships in a Continuously Connected World  

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