NAPA offers a variety of webinars throughout the year on various topics related to the asphalt industry. These topics range from newly released industry regulations to innovative processes and technology that can benefit your company. The current webinar series in deployment focus on the following topics:

 

Back to Basics: Producing quality asphalt pavement starts with a solid grasp of the basics. NAPA’s new Back to Basics webinar series helps you and your employees brush up on the fundamentals for success. Click HERE to view the Basics series topics and webinar dates.

 

Safety in the Workplace: Workplace safety is important. Implementing an effective safety program for your workplace is one of the best decisions a company can make — both for its workers and for its bottom line. NAPA's new Safety in the Workplace webinar series helps you and your employees with innovations, practices, and procedures to ensure a safe workplace. Click HERE to view the Safety series topics and webinar dates.

 

Have you scheduled your roadshow date yet? If you haven’t and want to receive a visit from Carter Iseman to discuss the ins and outs of the VECAT program or the apprenticeship program (or anything else you want to discuss), now is the time to schedule a date.  Dates are still available for the month of July and early August.  As a reminder, Carter will also ask for suggestions on customized or industry training that could benefit your company’s employees, so this is a great way to ensure that VECAT is meeting your needs now and in the future. Please contact Carter at 804-288-3169 or at ciseman@vaasphalt.com to schedule a date for a visit.

  

VECAT is excited to announce the availability of asphalt semester-long courses which will be included as part of the apprenticeship program curriculum but will be open to all interested students. The first semester course to be offered will be Asphalt Plant and begin in Fall 2017. An Asphalt Field class will follow in the Spring of 2018. As the semester-long course program is still in the infancy of its development, please keep an eye on this section of the newsletter for more information on the program and registration and syllabus details for the fall Plant course.

 

The 2017 online training classes are available on Germanna’s website. To locate these courses, go to www.germanna.edu, then navigate to Workforce Services? Courses and Registration? Transportation & Motorcycle? Asphalt Online. Online registration is available for Field I and II, Plant I and II, Surface Treatment and Slurry Seal. Please remember that registration is a two-step process. Students must register and provide payment for the course, then create a student profile to link their Germanna Account to their courses completed. Questions about this process can be directed to Dave Laraway, VECAT Coordinator, at (540) 937-2902, or Susan Brown, GCC Enrollment Specialist, at (540) 891-3012.

Want to watch videos of all 2017 classroom presentations, but don’t have access to a computer? The VECAT videos used in both classes are now available on YouTube. You can locate these by opening YouTube and entering VECAT in the Search box. There, you will find the videos used in both the 2016 and 2017 classes. Please note that watching these on YouTube cannot replace taking the courses online through Blackboard. These courses have simply been made available through YouTube for students that don’t have access to a computer, but want to study prior to coming to class or taking their exam.