Passenger Assistance Safety and Sensitivity (PASS) — Train the Trainer
Course Duration: 3 days
Requirements: Required for all RTAP and transit trainers every two years.
Description: Hands-on program that provides training to teach drivers how to effectively assist and (more…)
Coaching the Van Driver (Defensive Driving) — Train the Trainer
Course Duration: 8 hours
Requirements: Required for all RTAP and transit trainers.
Description: Offered by the Minnesota Safety Council. (more…)
Passenger Assistance Safety and Sensitivity (PASS) — Train the Trainer Renewal
Course Duration: 1 day
Requirements: Required for all RTAP and transit trainers every three years.
Description: Hands-on program that provides training to teach drivers how to effectively assist and communicate with passengers who are elderly or disabled.
(more…)Maltreatment Awareness — Train the Trainer
Course Duration: 8 hours
Requirements: Required for all RTAP and transit trainers.
Description: Offered by Joe Seitz annually. (more…)
First Aid — Train the Trainer
Course Duration: 2 days
Requirements: Required for RTAP trainers.
Description: First aid certification (Red Cross certification) (more…)
Coaching the Experienced Driver Plus (Defensive Driving ) — Train the Trainer
Course Duration: 8 hours
Requirements: Required for all RTAP and transit trainers.
Description: Offered by the Minnesota Safety Council. (more…)
Adult Learning — Train the Trainer
Course Duration: TBD
Requirements: Suggested for RTAP and transit agency trainers.
Description: How to provide materials to adults, learning styles, and general training practices for adult learning. (more…)
Bloodborne Pathogens — Train the Trainer
Course Duration: TBD
Requirements: Suggested for RTAP and transit agency trainers.
Description: What to do regarding protecting yourself from body fluids. (more…)
Passenger Assistance Safety and Sensitivity (PASS)
Course Duration: 2 hour minimum
Requirements: Recommended for drivers and attendants.
Description: Wheelchair use, handling riders within wheelchairs, securement, and transfers. Available online Q1 2020. (more…)
Communications Between Drivers and Dispatchers
Course Duration: < 1 hour
Requirements: Recommended for drivers and dispatchers.
Description: Each agency will need to provide demonstration and discussion on agency equipment and agency specific procedures, including (more…)
Wheelchair Lift, Ramp, and Securement Devices
Course Duration: < 2 hours
Requirements: Recommended for drivers.
Description: Instruction and demonstration in operating the vehicle ramp, wheelchair lift, and wheelchair securement devices, for each type of equipment that is (more…)
Securement 101: Basic Wheelchair Securement Training — Online Training by Q’Straint
Course Duration: Approximately 75 minutes (self-paced)
Register: Registration is available on Q’Straint’s website.
Requirements: Recommended for drivers.
Incident and Emergency Reporting
Course Duration: < 2 hours
Requirements: Recommended for drivers.
Description: Instruction in what to do and whom to call in a medical emergency or an accident, including training in the use of the fire extinguisher and use of emergency (more…)
Daily Vehicle Inspection
Course Duration: < 2 hours
Requirements: Recommended for drivers.
Description: Agency-specific training in demonstration and procedure on agency equipment, evacuation and safety supportive equipment (eye wash, first aid kit, etc.). Also includes (more…)
First Aid / CPR / AED / Bloodborne Pathogens
Course Duration: 8 hours
Requirements: Recommended for drivers and attendants within 45 days of hire.
Description: This nationally certified course covers the DOT requirements for First Aid, as well as CPR, and AED. It includes the preliminary treatment of shock; control of bleeding; airway management; (more…)
Defensive Driving
Course Duration: 4 hours
Requirements: Recommended for drivers within 45 days of hire.
Description: Expand your skills assessing ways to navigate daily driving. The class will present ways to be defensive by looking ahead and around and thinking of strategies to be an accident-free driver. (more…)
Abuse Prevention Training / Maltreatment Awareness
Course Duration: 4 hours
Requirements: Recommended for drivers and attendants within 45 days of hire.
Description: Each driver and attendant shall successfully complete an abuse-prevention training pertaining to statutes,
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Passenger Assistance Safety and Sensitivity (PASS)
Course Duration: 8 hours
Requirements: Recommended for drivers and attendants within 45 days of hire.
Description: PASS training includes: discussion of functional limitations of the aging process and major disabling conditions (more…)
First Aid
Course Duration: 4 hours
Requirements: Recommended for drivers and attendants within 45 days of hire.
Description: This nationally certified course covers the DOT requirements for First Aid. It includes the preliminary treatment of shock; control of bleeding; airway management; (more…)
Reasonable Suspicion Training for Supervisors
Course Duration: 2 hours
Requirements: Each agency / provider must have ONE person who has taken this course.
Description: Reasonable Suspicion training is for supervisors who are in charge of making reasonable suspicion referrals (more…)
Substance Abuse Awareness Training
Course Duration: Approximately 90 minutes
Requirements: Each agency / provider must have ONE person who has taken this course.
Description: This course has two modules. The first is untimed and provides an overview of the course navigation, (more…)
Blackcat Training
Course Duration: 4 hours
Requirements: Each agency / provider must have ONE person who has taken this course.
Description:What is Blackcat? How do you use it for your grant applications? Dos and don’ts of using Blackcat. Reporting with Blackcat. (more…)
ADA Etiquette
Course Duration: varies, between 4–8 hours
Requirements: Recommended for any individual interacting with the public.
Description: Techniques and ways to enhance interaction with customers in compliance with the law and requirements.
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| ADA Etiquette Training (Instruction by Easter Seals) | MnDOT Central District Headquarters, Baxter |
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| ADA Etiquette Training (Instruction by Easter Seals) | MnDOT Southcentral District Headquarters, Mankato |
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| ADA Etiquette Training (Instruction by RLS) | Trailblazer Transit — Buffalo Office |
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| ADA Etiquette Training (Instruction by RLS) | MnDOT Northwest District Headquarters, Bemidji |
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| ADA Etiquette Training (Instruction by RLS) | MnDOT Southeast District Headquarters, Rochester |
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Certified Safety and Security Officer (CSSO) Training
Course Duration: 2 days
Requirements: Recommended for safety and security officers and operations managers. Required once; recertification every 3 years.
Description: Accident investigation, emergency (more…)
Transit 101 for Managers (Introduction to Community Transportation Management)
Course Duration: 8 hours
Requirements: Recommended for new supervisors and managers.
Description: This course is designed to help new transit managers, (more…)
Purchasing and Procurement
Course Duration: TBD
Requirements: Recommended for supervisors, managers, procurement / purchasing officers, or anyone who has signature or authority for purchasing services or products.
Description: Course content will include FTA requirements, (more…)
Refresher First Aid
Course Duration: 4 hours
Requirements: Recommended for drivers and attendants once every 3 years.
Description: Each driver and attendant shall successfully complete a first aid or emergency-care course including instruction in: preliminary treatment (more…)
Transit Asset Management
Course Duration: TBD
Requirements: Recommended for managers and operations managers.
Description: Introduction to Transit Asset Management. Available online Q2 2020. (more…)
Managing the Environmental Process
Course Duration: TBD
Requirements: Recommended for facility managers, operations managers, managers, and supervisors in charge of facilities or capital projects.
Description: Managing the environmental process for capital projects (sites/facilities) for transit providers. (more…)
Volunteer Driver Management
Course Duration: TBD
Requirements: Recommended for managers, supervisors, and operations managers.
Description: Compliance, requirements, documentation, and reporting requirements. (more…)
Olmstead Plan
Course Duration: TBD
Requirements: Recommended for managers, supervisors, and operations managers.
Description: What is it and why does it matter to me as a transit provider in rural Minnesota? Learn more. (more…)
Safety Plan Training
Course Duration: TBD
Requirements: Recommended for managers, supervisors, and operations managers.
Description: What are the requirements of a safety plan for an agency? What does the FTA require? (more…)
Training for Dispatchers
Course Duration: TBD
Requirements: Recommended for dispatchers.
Description: Skills and training to support dispatchers and scheduling for transit systems. Available online Q2 2020. (more…)
Vehicle Maintenance Management and Inspection
Course Duration: TBD
Requirements: Recommended for managers, supervisors, operations managers / fleet managers.
Description: Training for fleet management. Available online Q2 2020. (more…)
Title VI and Public Transit
Course Duration: TBD
Requirements: Recommended for managers, supervisors, and operations managers / fleet managers.
Description: Knowledge transfer of background of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the environmental justice movement; (more…)
Transportation Equity
Course Duration: TBD
Requirements: Recommended for managers, supervisors, and operations managers / fleet managers.
Description:What does it mean to have equitable decision making within your organization? How do you evaluate equity into your processes, (more…)
Driver Refresher
Course Duration: 4 hours
Requirements: Required for experienced drivers only every three years.
Description: Includes Passenger Assistance Safety and Sensitivity (PASS) (2 hours), Maltreatment Awareness (1 hour), and Defensive Driving (1 hour). (more…)
Transit Service Planning
Course Duration: TBD
Requirements: Recommended for directors and service planners within section 5307, section 5311 and Tribal Transit agencies.
Description: Course content is being developed and will be finalized by September 2020. It is anticipated that the training will occur (more…)
Executive Level Leadership Training Program (LTP)
Course Duration: 2 days every other month in 2020
Requirements: Recommended for agency leadership / management.
Description: Offered by DRI Consulting, participants will learn executive leadership principles and strategies (more…)
Manager Level Leadership Training Program (LTP)
Course Duration: 2 days every other month in 2020
Requirements: Recommended for middle management and individuals wanting to be promoted within an agency.
Description: Offered by DRI Consulting, participants will learn (more…)
Supervisor Level Leadership Training Program (LTP)
Course Duration: 2 days every other month in 2020
Requirements: Recommended for line staff within an agency.
Description: Offered by DRI Consulting, participants will learn supervisory leadership principles and strategies that (more…)
Annual Spring Workshop
Course Duration: 2 days — scheduled the first week of May each year.
Requirements: Open to all, recommended for managers, supervisors, accountants, fleet managers, and operations managers.
Description: FTA, National RTAP, and MnDOT workshop with Section (more…)
Section 5310 Spring Workshop — North
Course Duration: 1 day
Requirements: Open to all section 5310 providers.
Description: Workshop for Section 5310 providers. (more…)
Section 5310 Spring Workshop — Central / Metro Area
Course Duration: 1 day
Requirements: Open to all section 5310 providers.
Description: Workshop for Section 5310 providers. (more…)
Section 5310 Spring Workshop — South
Course Duration: 1 day
Requirements: Open to all section 5310 providers.
Description: Workshop for Section 5310 providers. (more…)
Bus / Fleet Purchasing
Course Duration: 1 day
Requirements: Recommended for managers, fleet managers, operations managers, and procurement/purchasing officers.
Description: Evaluate specification needs for bus purchasing. This peer-to-peer workshop will discuss fleet / bus (more…)
Peer-to-Peer Workshop TBD
Course Duration: TBD
Requirements: TBD
Description: Suggest a topic for peer to peer workshop. (more…)
e-Learning through National RTAP
Courses are available year-round online through National RTAP. Visit the National RTAP website to register.