Equipment Safety and Maintenance (Winnemucca)

This course is not currently scheduled. Please check back for future offerings.

The course fee is $40.

Course Summary:

Routine maintenance and safety play an important role in both equipment performance and roadway safety. Maintaining equipment in a proper and timely manner is a foundational cornerstone of transportation, construction, and public works agencies. In an effort to assist agencies in meeting their safety and performance goals.

This 6-hour Equipment Safety and Maintenance training provides introductory maintenance practices, safety checklists, and daily safety procedures and methods to assist operators and supervisors in meeting their agencies’ safety and performance goals. Establish a culture of safety at your agency and worksites—register now!

Learning Objectives:

  • Define Safety Culture and list the 5 components of safety culture.
  • Identify operator responsibilities, appropriate job equipment, potential hazards, and appropriate mitigation to safety risks.
  • Describe the importance of equipment maintenance and its role in safety.
  • Be able to determine manufacture recommendations and organizational guidelines.
  • Illustrate how to properly use checklists and conduct equipment inspections.

Intended Audience:

This course was designed for State, regional, county, city and tribal personnel who manage and/or operate transportation, construction, and public works programs that deal with safety, equipment maintenance, and fleet management. Participants should have basic knowledge of heavy equipment types, uses, parts, and functions.

Prerequisites:

None.

Instructor:

Michael Kees is an instructor for the Nevada Office of Public Safety and is a National Child Passenger Safety Technician Instructor for the Regional Emergency Medical Services Authority. He retired from the Washoe County School District as a Fleet Maintenance Technician after 30 years and has 18 years of experience as a forklift, boom lift, and scissor lift instructor.

Registration:

Continue with the enrollment button below. If you do not receive an email regarding your reservation for a class spot after enrolling, please email [email protected] and mention the class and date for which you are trying to enroll.

Registering multiple people or know you need an invoice for payment in advance? Contact Tracey at tsmith@appliedpavement.com with the names and email addresses to be registered/paid.

To ensure you receive timely email confirmations and reminders from this system, please add these emails to your safe sender list: [email protected][email protected], and [email protected]. Learn how to add to safe sender in Outlook and Gmail.

Payment:

The non-refundable registration fee is $20 and is payable by check or credit card. Payment must be received prior to the first day of class.

If paying by credit card, please visit Pay Trace. All major credit cards are accepted. In the field labeled “Invoice #”, please type the course name, date, participant and location to help with processing.

If paying by check, forward your enrollment email to whomever completes training purchases.  Checks should be sent with a copy of your registration reservation email to Applied Pavement Technology, Inc., Airport Plaza Office Building, 1755 E. Plumb Lane, Suite 264, Reno, Nevada 89502, Attn: Tracey Smith.

For questions, please call 217-693-3290 or email [email protected].

  • Enrollment in this course is closed. Class is full.