The ITS Professional Capacity Building (PCB) Program

What is “Professional Capacity Building”?: Process of developing knowledge and skills that directly increase effectiveness in job performance Relies on multiple methods to achieve “continuous” and “accessible” learning: –Training –Education –Technical Assistance –Outreach –Peer Exchange –Others Program Definition

ITS PCB Program: Philosophy With the right mix of training, education, technical assistance, and information, individuals and agencies can better prepare to meet ITS needs, and receive the right depth of information at the right time. Readily accessible requires that the most effective form of learning materials be available when the need arises for a professional to learn.

The ITS PCB Program Portal for ITS Learning: –Over 30 instructor-led courses in current ITS Curriculum –Links to other courses and sources of technical assistance Reliance on partnerships Annual program of $3 to 3.5 million

ITS PCB Program: Partners

ITS PCB Program: Content F our major program elements: 1.Training: Building State-of-the-Art ITS Knowledge and Skills –new course development –course updates –delivery and distance learning 2.Education: Creating the Transportation Workforce of the Future 3.Technical Assistance: Timely Problem Solving with a Network of Experts 4.Information Outreach: Information Where and When You Need It

Training

 Coursework: Average of 3,000 participants take PCB classroom training per year  An ITS Curriculum with 3 levels of learning based on known needs:  Awareness Learning  Core Learning  Specialized Learning

Training: The ITS Curriculum

Additional Curricula Systems Engineering (SE) Series Standards Transit More?

SE Series

Training  An ITS Curriculum Guide: An on-line engine tailors the ITS Curriculum to individual or agency needs and preferences

Training: Opportunities  Catalogs: Making training accessible; lists PCB Program and partner training available around the Nation

Training: Distance Learning  The PCB T3 Program: “Technical Training by Telephone”; brief technical training/assistance sessions presented through audio- teleconference technologies  Web-based courses: HTML presentations with testing opportunities; Currently hosting 3 courses with 2 additional by end of 2003

Education

 Academic institutions and the incorporation of ITS in courses and degree programs  Council of University Transportation Centers (CUTC) and the marketing and distribution of information  CITE Consortium

Technical Assistance

 Technical Assistance Navigator  Peer to Peer Matrix

Information Outreach

 Right Information at Right Time  Website  Peer exchange and insight  PCB state/local programs  PCB Online

Program Feedback

ITS PCB Program: End Result Flexible, accessible program Up-to-date, based on known needs Mechanisms for continuous learning Ways to tailor for professional development Working toward a better integration with workforce development

Update on New Initiatives Core Learning Travel Management Courses Transit Courses ITS/CVO Courses Web-based Courses

Core Learning Deploying ITS in Metropolitan Areas –Available Fall 2003 for delivery Rural ITS Toolbox –Available NOW ITS Public/Private Partnerships –Update beginning Using the National ITS Architecture –Available NOW ITS Procurement –Updates under review

Core Learning ITS Software Acquisition –Available NOW Introduction to Systems Engineering –Available NOW Managing High Technology Projects –Classroom course –Web-based course –Blended version starting Oct. 1 Managing Incidents –Available NOW ITS Standards Overview –Standards curriculum under review

Travel Management Courses ITS Awareness Seminar –Available NOW Planning for Operations –New course available later in 2003 CORSIM –Available NOW Recommended Practices for Operations –Available NOW IDAS –Available NOW

Travel Management Courses Road Weather Management –Just Piloted, Available 2004 Computerized Traffic Signal Systems –Available NOW, Updates by December 2003 Freeway Traffic Operations –Available NOW Configuration Management –New course available later in 2003

Travel Management Fiber Optic Installation –Workshop available NOW Turbo Architecture –Available NOW Transportation Management for Special Events –New course, RFP to be submitted September 2003 ITS for Small Communities –New course, RFP to be submitted September 2003

Transit Management Systems Engineering Applications in Transit Architecture Consistency workshop – Later in 2003 Updates to ITS Consistency Workshop –Revisions this September

Transit Management Transit Applications of ITS in Multimodal Planning –Available later in 2003 BRT course –Recent pilot –Available later in 2003

ITS / CVO CVISN Overview Course –Considering a web-based version ITS/CVO Security Technology Awareness Course –Classroom and web-based, 2004 Potential courses or themes: –Driver / Vehicle Roadside Strategies for 2010 –Benefits/ Costs and funding sources –Expanded CVISN capabilities Utilizing the T3 Program

Web-based Training Intro to the National ITS Architecture –Available NOW Applied Systems Engineering –Available NOW Managing High Technology Projects –Available NOW Intro to Systems Engineering –Under development ITS Awareness Seminar –Under development

T3 Program Feedback

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