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Course:

NHI - Transportation Construction Quality Assurance

NHI Course Number:

134064

SAP Course Number:

78TECH400409

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General Information

Summary:
This course was developed, by FHWA, to ensure that agency, contractor, producer, and consultant personnel responsible for interpreting and applying quality assurance specifications in transportation construction are properly qualified. The course will utilize a Quality Assurance Reference Manual, adapted from the current NETTCP manual. This one and a half-day version of the course covers Chapters 1 through 6 of the course materials and will be available to, and appropriate for, all audiences including management level personnel. The content covered in this first day includes how quality assurance is featured in a transportation construction quality assurance program, quality assurance program elements, the evolution of quality assurance specifications, measuring quality, and the roles and responsibilities of both contractor and agency personnel.

Learning Outcomes:
Upon completion of the course, participants will be able to:
-Consistently apply fundamental Quality Assurance concepts, terminology, and definitions
-Differentiate QA specifications from other specifications
-Explain each of the six core elements of a QA program and how each is essential to successful implementation of Quality
Assurance
-Describe the respective roles and responsibilities of the project decision makers (Contractor QC and Agency Acceptance
personnel) and how their interaction contributes to construction quality

Teaching Method:
Instructor Led

Target Audience:
This is an intermediate-level course for personnel who are implementing QA specifications on construction projects. Necessary background knowledge for participants is 3-5 years minimum in transportation construction specifications inspections.

Final Exam:
Yes



Continuing Education Credits


National Highway Institute
CEHs
Classes
After
 
CEUs
Classes
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PDHs
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After
 
NHI:
0.90
10/01/09
 

Awarding continuing education credits (PDH/CEU/CEH) to a training course or other training event does not imply or guarantee that the training course/event is approved by the Pennsylvania State Registration Board of Professional Engineers, Geologists and Land Surveyors.

According to Pennsylvania Act 25, “Credit determination for activities…shall be the responsibility of the licensee.  Continuing professional competency obtained by a licensee should maintain, improve or expand skills or knowledge obtained prior to initial licensure, including law and ethics applicable to the profession, or develop new and relevant skills and knowledge.”

For informational purposes only:1 CEU is equal to 10 hours of instruction
1 CEH is equal to 1 hour of instruction



Course Contact Information

                    For technical questions regarding this course, contact the following...
Name:
Virginia Lawson
Phone:
(717) 346-1375
Email:
vilawson@pa.gov

                    For general questions about the Training Calendar (such as those regarding schedules,
                    locations, instructors or registrations), see Contact Information in specific classes.
 
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On 06/16/11 At 02:19 PM
By Kate Kohan/PennDOT
On 05/05/15 At 11:26 AM