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Snow School
Course Description
This course provides a comprehensive overview of the latest winter maintenance practices, equipment and materials. It has been designed to complement the training requirements for salt management plans.
Course Content
• Intro to Environment Canada’s Code of Practice and MOE’s Local Source Water Protection
• Minimum Maintenance Standards
• Level of Service
• Record-keeping
• Safety
• Hours of Service
• Verifying calibration of spreader controls
• Inspection of winter maintenance equipment
• Pre and post season operations
• Snow and ice control materials and techniques
• Multi-modal: Pedestrians and cyclists
• Material handling and storage
• Winter maintenance of gravel roads
• Interpreting the weather forecast
• Road Weather Information System
• GPS/AVL
• Plowing techniques
• Managing blowing snow
• Salt management
• Winter operations plans
• Case studies
Course Objectives
This course provides a comprehensive overview of the latest winter maintenance practices, equipment and materials. It has been designed to complement the training requirements for salt management plans.
Who Should Attend
Technicians and technologists and others responsible for salt management plans, winter maintenance supervisors, patrollers, equipment operators, mechanics, and contract employees.
Evaluation Process
Passing Grade: 65%
Accreditation
This course is recognized by:
• This course may be used toward the requirements of the CRS-Intermediate (CRS-I) level.
• This course may be used as credit for technical specialist programs only. Please contact OACETT to ensure that this course satisfies your particular examination program for certification. Point Value = 2
• The Engineering Institute of Canada awards 1.8 Continuing Education Units to this course.
| Darnell Bernardo - School Director |
Norfolk County Supervisor, Roads Administration Tel: 519-582-2100 ext. 1113 |
| Ken Lauppé |
City of Mississauga Manager, Works Operations Tel: 905-615-3200 ext. 5144 Email: ken.lauppe@mississauga.ca |
| Mara Engel C.E.T |
City of Kitchener Operations Supervisor Email: mara.engel@kitchener.ca Tel: 519-741-2600 x4185 |
|
Scott Holmes C.E.T |
City of Mississauga Sr. Manager, Works Administration, Operations and Maintenance Email: scott.holmes@mississauga.ca Tel:905-615-3200 x5894 |
from the 2018 Snow School attendees:
"I found the legal aspect the most useful to me. Everything was covered relevant and can be applied to what I do at work."
"The facilitators were knowledgeable and had relevant experience in the various topics they presented. It also gave me the opportunity to network with other municipalities to see how they run their operations."
"Learning about the specifics of different materials, including when to apply them before a storm hits, was a lot of help to me in my day to day winter operations."
Location
1550 Princess Street, Kingston, ON, K7M 9E3
Time
September 22, 2025 - Sep 248:00 am - 5:00 pm
