Institute for Transportation

Description

Field Day Session Approach.
For those that attended the classroom workshop in 2025, there will be a field opportunity to work one on one with an instructor at Camp Dodge in Johnston, Iowa the week of August 11 – 14. The one day field sessions are scheduled from 8:00 am to 3:30 pm each day. Please note, this is a one day training for operators.

Sessions will be limited to 10 participants per day and they will be split into two groups. The 5 students in each group will work with an instructor to learn the basic operation of a grader including moldboard pitch, blade angle, articulation, adjustments needed for proper roadway crown, shoulder/ditch maintenance and the importance of pre-trip inspections.

Registration Process
The registration fee for this all day training is $200.00 per operator. The Iowa Streets and Roads Maintenance Supervisors Association (ISRMSA) has graciously agreed to pay $100.00 per person of the registration fee. (up to 2 per agency) Invoices will be sent upon completion of the event.

Please register using in the sidebar to the right. However, in support of additional interaction and the small size of the groups noted above – registration will be limited to 1 operator per agency with the option of indicating 1 other for a waitlist. (each must have attended a 2025 classroom session). Iowa LTAP will be assigning registrants to sessions on or before Friday, July 25. We will notify agencies of the date for their attendance at that time.

If you have other operators you’d like to attend please send those names to Paul Albritton at palbritt@iastate.edu and we will put them on a waitlist should openings occur.

Who should attend?

This training is designed for new motor grader operators with less than 1 year of experience and is limited to Iowa public agency operators only.

Course participants should be familiar with basic equipment operations prior to attending.

Instructors

Each Field Day is taught by a team of two instructors who have had extensive on ­the job experience operating motor graders.