Minnesota LTAP Motor Grader Operator Training

Minnesota LTAP partnered with Nebraska LTAP during Summer 2017 to provide a two-day training course for motor grader operators at four sites in Greater Minnesota. The course is typical of the innovative approach LTAP uses to provide local transportation agencies with essential training in the most effective, cost-efficient way. The training consists of one day in a classroom setting, then another day in a field setting on a local gravel road, with each workshop participant given a hands-on opportunity in a motor grader.
Instructor Brian Jackson, with Nebraska LTAP, brings significant experience to the course. He provides equipment training across Nebraska for county, city, and state employees on virtually all equipment.
The course, which will be offered again in 2018, is sponsored by the Minnesota Local Road Research Board and the Federal Highway Administration. It is intended for all motor-grader operators and supervisors who manage motor-grader operators. New operators find the training helpful while experienced operators feel it is a good refresher course. Supervisors use it as a way to stay abreast of new developments and operating techniques.