Transportation Training Resources
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2006-09-01
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Alternative Title:Transportation Training Resources: A Summary of Fee-for-Service Courses Available to International Counterparts at the Training Institutes and Technology Centers of the U.S. Department of Transportation
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TRIS Online Accession Number:01036459
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Abstract:To ensure that U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) employees are optimally trained to execute their mission, and to further disseminate this knowledge to DOT partners at the state and local levels, DOT's modal administrations operate dedicated educational institutes with diverse and specialized curricula, focusing on best transportation planning, operation and oversight practices. In addition, several specialized technology centers provide research & development and technology assistance functions, and are often a source of more specialized training and technical assistance. Each of the DOT training institutes and centers has its own mandate and operates independently from the others, but the programs, viewed as a whole, offer a comprehensive and extensive curriculum--a virtual "University of Transportation." As an extension of its domestic responsibilities to ensure transportation safety, and in recognition of the role of transportation systems in stimulating trade and economic development for the United States and its friends around the world, DOT views international outreach as a core mission. While DOT does not have funding for training of the managers and staffs of its international counterpart agencies, DOT is pleased to make the courses of its training institutes available on a fee-for-service basis to official trainees from other countries. These courses are open to qualified, admitted staff of DOT's overseas counterpart agencies and institutions who are able to arrange for their own course funding, or where third party funding institutions, either U.S. or international, will fund the cost of the training. This compendium of transportation training courses available to DOT's international counterparts has been compiled as a comprehensive resource and guide. It provides a snapshot of the breadth and depth of training which has been offered in the recent past. Not all courses may be available at any given time. However, most of DOT's training institutes are also able to prepare curricula on demand for international counterpart clients, and in many cases, special courses can be delivered in many locations around the world. The most up to date curriculum lists may be found at each institute's web site, and additional information on training and accommodations may be obtained directly from each institute.
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