Training for Local Agencies

A number of links to useful sites and other references are provided below.

Please contact your District Training Coordinator (DTC) for information on availability of Local Assistance classes.

Most classes are given "by request." Let your DTC know you're interested so we can meet your needs!

Enhanced Training Courses

1	Accounting/Invoicing
2	Audits (Pre award and Indirect Costs)
3	Caltrans Right of Way Academy
4	Completing the New HBRR Application
5	Construction Contract Administration- refresher
6	Consultant Evaluation Workshop
7	Consultant Selection
8	Context Sensitive Solutions
9	Disadvantaged Business Enterprise(DBE)-Race Conscious
10	Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE)-Goal Methodology
11	Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE)-Goal Setting Workshop
12	Disaster Assistance (Preparation for)
13	Environmental Justice
14	Field Review Workshop
15	Flood Plain Training
16	FormsPLUS
17	Foundation Investigations and Reports
18	HBRR Hydraulics Reports
19	HBRR Presentation
20	HBRR Program Workshop
21	Inspecting for Water Pollution Control on Construction Sites
22	Intelligent Transportation System (ITS) Federal Aid Procedures for Local Agency Projects
23	Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS)
24	Local Assistance Academy
25	Local Assistance Environmental Presentation
26	Maintenance Equipment Training Academy (META)
27	NEPA Workshop
28	Project Funding (Programming)
29	R/W Workshop
30	R/W-R/R's Requirements
31	Roadside Safety Practices (Formerly Guardrail Short Course)
32	Section 4(f) Workshop
33	STIP Workshop
34	Structures Bridge Design Academy
35	Structures Local Assistance Workshop
36	Structures Maintenance Investigation and Local Assistance
37	Traffic Signal Timing Workshop
38	Water Pollution Control Compliance on Construction Sites for Resident Engineers
39	Water Quality Sampling and Analysis on Construction Sites

The Federal-Aid Series is given on a yearly basis at various districts throughout California. Contact your District Training Coordinator for information about course offerings in your area.

1	Federal-Aid Series I (Overview of Federal-Aid Process)
2	Federal-Aid Series II (Environmental Analysis)
3	Federal-Aid Series III (Procedures for right-of-ways Acquisition)
4	Federal-Aid Series IV (Project Development)
5	Federal-Aid Series V (Contract Administration and Project Completion)
6	FHWA Finance
7	Resident Engineer Academy (by invitation only-contact your DTC!)

• AASHTO Programs
• Access Board--a Federal Agency Committed to Accessible Design
• American Public Works Association
• American Society of Civil Engineering (ASCE)
• Asphalt Institute
• Dirty Dozen -- Twelve Procedural Errors that Can Result in Loss of Federal Funds
• National Highway Institute -- Training courses available
• National Transit Institute (FHWA) -- Training courses available
• Technology Transfer Program, Training, Institute of Transportation Studies, U.C., Berkeley
  • Course Catalogue
  • Tech Transfer Training Calendar
  • Training Clearinghouse (a searchable database of transportation-related training opportunities statewide and in bordering states)

• District Training Coordinators
• List Of Acronyms in Common Usage, Transportation in MS Word (204kb) , or PDF (669kb) format.

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