Winter Maintenance and Snow Removal- La Plata
Event Date: 9/18/2024
8:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Capacity:
Event Overview
La Plata Road and Bridge
1365 S. Camino Del Rio
Durango
*** Hosted in Partnership with La Plata County ***
Course Description:
Learning Objectives:
- Guidance for one-person and two person plowing operations.
- How to operate with various plow configurations (nose plow reversible and one-way, right wing only, left wing only, double wing, underbelly plows).
- Information on Echelon/gang plowing and tandem plowing techniques and strategies.
- Recommendations for plow speeds.
- Actions for whiteout conditions.
- Plowing tips from experienced drivers.
Roads Scholar I - Elective
This course is an ELECTIVE in the Roads Scholar I course track. Click above for more RS I program details.
Registration Fee
The registration fee for this workshop is $50 per person for employees of government agencies and $75 per person for non-government agencies. Fee includes any class handouts and lunch. Registration can be paid online, or via invoice upon special request. Please contact cltap@frontrange.edu for questions.
Cancellation Policy
Please be considerate of those on the waiting list, cancel early if necessary. A full refund will be made if you cancel no later than 3 business days prior to the training day; otherwise, you will forfeit the registration fee.
Special Notes
In order to receive credit for this class, attendees must stay until the end when it is dismissed by the instructor and class certificates are awarded.
Instructors
Jones, Kristi
Prior to joining CO LTAP, Kristi worked for the Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) where she started as a boots-on-the-ground highway maintenance member and then promoted to Lead Worker and eventually Junior Foreman. Kristi worked for a major Colorado construction equipment supplier and was a CDL-A nationwide OTR truck driver, moving into a local position hauling hay to various farms around the state and country.
Kristi, in her spare time, is a huge supporter of the bully breed, spends time with her two dogs, a Dachshund named Jägermeister and a Staffordshire Bull Terrier named Karma. She works as the treasurer for the local county historical museum and is also involved in photography and reading about local history.