Class News

If you haven’t contacted Carter Iseman about scheduling an appointment on the VECAT Roadshow tour, now is the time to do so. This is a great opportunity to learn more about the VECAT program, classes offered, future classes in development, the ins and outs of registering students for online and classroom courses, the apprenticeship program and how to sign up or obtain an apprentice for your company. Carter will also ask for suggestions on customized or industry training that could benefit your company’s employees. This is a great opportunity to get a personal tutorial on all things VECAT and to talk about training and development that you would like to see offered through the program in future months. To sign up, please contact Carter at 804-288-3169 or at ciseman@vaasphalt.com.

  

Online registration for VECAT's three newest courses is open NOW through the GCC website: www.germanna.edu. Since space is limited in each class, make sure to sign up as soon as possible.

 

 

 

Course topics: This course covers project communication and safety, basics of FDR, mix design and construction techniques. The class will also cover test methods and specifications, and inspection and quality assurance. Intended audience is contractor personnel directly responsible for construction and testing of FDR materials, as well as Project Inspectors, Construction Managers, Area Construction Engineers, and VDOT Materials personnel.

*Passing a final exam is required for successful completion of class.

 

Class Location: Workforce Development Center at Germanna Community College, Culpeper Campus: 18121 Technology Dr., Culpeper, VA 22701

 

 

Pre-Requisites: This course includes a math section, therefore students attending class must have a basic understanding of math calculations. It is encouraged, but not required, that attendees hold a current VDOT Asphalt Plant Technician Level I and Level II certification.

 

Course Topics: This course covers project communication and plant safety, basics of Cold Asphalt Recycling and mix design, plant operations including crushing, screening and mixing, and inspection and quality assurance. Intended audience is contractor plant personnel directly responsible for the production and testing of cold asphalt recycling material, as well as VDOT Materials personnel.

*Passing a final exam is required for successful completion of class.

 

Class Location: Workforce Development Center at Germanna Community College, Culpeper Campus: 18121 Technology Dr., Culpeper, VA 22701

 

 

Pre-Requisites: This course includes a math section, therefore students attending class must have a basic understanding of math calculations. It is also encouraged, but not required, that attendees hold a current VDOT Asphalt Field Technician Level I and Level II certification.

 

Course Topics: This course covers project communication and safety, Cold In-Place Recycling equipment, central cold pavement recycling (CCPR) asphalt paving equipment and construction techniques, inspection and quality assurance, and density testing and acceptance.

Intended audience is contractor personnel directly responsible for paving and testing of CIR or CCPR materials, as well as Project Inspectors, Construction Managers, Area Construction Engineers, and VDOT Materials personnel.

*Passing a final exam is required for successful completion of class.

 

Class Location: Workforce Development Center at Germanna Community College, Culpeper Campus: 18121 Technology Dr., Culpeper, VA 22701

 

 *NEW SEMESTER-LONG COURSE*

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.