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Maintenance of Road Components (II)

Industry-Specific
Digital Skills

Engineering, Construction, and Infrastructure

Duration

40 hours

PRESENTATION

The "Maintenance of Road Elements (II)" course offers you the opportunity to enter a booming industry where job demand continues to grow. Road infrastructure is the backbone of our transportation system, and its maintenance is crucial to ensuring traffic safety and efficiency. This course will equip you with specialized skills in signage, road markings, and guardrails, as well as in the management of tunnel facilities and winter road maintenance. You'll learn how to identify and resolve critical problems affecting the road infrastructure, ensuring safe traffic flow year-round. With a theoretical approach, this course will allow you to acquire key knowledge from anywhere, adapting to your own learning pace. Participating in this course will not only expand your technical skills but will also position you as an indispensable professional in the field of road maintenance.

Objectives

– Understand current regulations regarding traffic signs.

– Identify and distinguish between different types of navigation aids and fenders.

– Assess safety in tunnel facilities.

– Learn about winter road maintenance techniques and how to apply them.

– Analyze the impact of traffic signs on road safety.

– Apply maintenance standards to road guardrails.

– Interpret drawings and diagrams of tunnel systems.

Syllabus

TEACHING UNIT 1. TRAFFIC SIGNS Definition, design, and characteristics of vertical traffic signs. Retroreflection and criteria for installing vertical traffic signs. Operations involving vertical traffic signs. Definition, purpose, and characteristics of horizontal traffic markings. Materials, selection criteria, and application of horizontal signage. TEACHING UNIT 2. ROAD MARKINGS AND PROTECTIVE BARRIERS. Definition, classification, and elements of road markings. Installation and operations of road markings. Enclosure fences. Vehicle containment systems. Safety barriers and guardrails. Layout of barriers and guardrails. Other vehicle containment systems. TEACHING UNIT 3. TUNNEL FACILITIES Diagnosis of facilities. Diagnosis and intervention in tunnels. Tunnels—Facilities. Tunnels—Structural elements. Tunnels—Condition of linings. TEACHING UNIT 4. WINTER ROAD MAINTENANCE. General aspects. Organization of winter road maintenance work. De-icing agents and machinery. Operational techniques. Meteorology and management systems.
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