ROAD MARKINGS, SURFACE REPAIRS AND TRAFFIC SIGNAGE
A full day course, with time for Q&A and after session discussion with each presenter. Samples of new products, test methods and instruction sheets will be available.
Description
A full day course, with time for Q&A and after session discussion with each presenter. Samples of new products, test methods and instruction sheets will be available.
Find out the latest dodges, ducks and dives on getting quality paintwork done on your site.
Hear and see the latest tech on simple road surface patching, repair and surface water control. Need a traffic speed control Hump fast? How to create it on site.
Roadstuds, delineators and traffic signs and installing them correctly – the latest news. The good, the bad and the ugly.
SANS / SABS Certificates for paint and what they are worth. How to be a one-man instant site lab when needed.
COURSE PRESENTERS
Andy Keil, over 40 years of experience in the Roadmarking Industry. Has created and implemented dozens of training courses to improve the skills of the industry.
Dave Wiseman, founder and developer of many innovative products in the site safety and roadworks safety industry.
Angela Broom, from AJ Broom Road Products, developer and owner of this innovative road surface solutions business.
Brian Nel, an industry paint specialist from Technicoat Solutions, who has been in the roadwork industry for over 20 years.
Who is this Training Course for?
Road Engineers from junior to senior level will all gain from this experience, as well as the junior site technicians who are at the coal-face of site works.
The courses are available nationwide and can accommodate as many delegates at each venue that seating is available for.
The Course Content
The course programme will include:
- Looking at a contract from your contractor’s viewpoint. Quality of materials, quantity of materials on site and storage thereof.
- M.O.S. - how it can help you.
- Quality control methods and measurements. The COTO test and just how worthless it actually is.
- SANS/SABS accreditation and marks on product. How do you get to grips with cheats?
- Surface texture and how it affects the appearance of the finished product.
- What is a ‘Painting-Plate’ and how it works.
- Sunlight soap and smart lines.
- Glass bead reflectivity and being a one-man site lab.
Q &A session.
Short break.
- Traffic Delineators, the in’s and out’s of how it works.
- Road studs - branded products, grey products, cheap oriental lenses and similar issues.
- Traffic cones and water filled barriers. The good - the bad - and the ugly.
- Thermoplastic paint realities in supply and application.
- Traffic sign realities - different materials, their costs and the results thereof.
Q & A session.
Lunch.
- Road repair technology for site works and municipal maintenance - overview.
- Proven products and their capabilities:-
a) Patching.
b) Surface water control.
c) Localised traffic speed control.
d) Preventing surface degradation.
e) Reducing and controlling surface degradation already occurring.
- Keeping stock of products for quicker response to reduce costs.
Q & A session.
Short break.
- The basic components that go into a quality paint.
- The role of batch-testing of raw materials entering the factory.
- The basic manufacturing process.
- The decanting, packing, labelling, storing and transport process.
- Batch testing of final product and record keeping process.
- The basic quick quality test - the ‘draw down card’. How to catch crooks on the site.
- Solvent based VS water-based paints.
Q & A session.
Close and wrap - up of the day.