4-Hour Supported Scaffold User and Refresher Course
4-Hour Supported Scaffold User and Refresher
A-001 A Guide to Building Earth Homes: 6 PDH
This course provides guidance on building earth homes, such as adobe, rammed earth or pressed block houses.
A-002 ADA Requirements for the Design of Parking Spaces: 1 PDH
This seminar provides information, guidance and training on the parking requirements of the 2010 regulations of the ADA
A-003 ADA Update – A Primer for Small Business: 1 PDH
This course provides general guidance to help architects, engineers, and business owners understand and comply with the Justice Department’s revised ADA regulations and the…
A-004 ADA Update – A Primer for State and Local Governments: 1 PDH
This course provides general guidance to help architects, engineers, and public entities understand how to comply with the Justice Department’s revised ADA regulations and…
A-005 American with Disabilities Act (ADA): 2 PDH
This course provides guidance on The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), a Federal civil rights law that prohibits discrimination against people with disabilities
A-006 Building Design Guidance for Terrorism Mitigation: 4 PDH
This course highlights mitigation measures that may be applied to building elements, including architectural, structural, and building envelope systems.
A-007 Terrorism Mitigation – Vulnerability Assessment : 5 PDH
This course highlights threat mitigation of terrorist attacks against high occupancy buildings, a challenging task
A-008 Integrating Manmade Hazards: 5 PDH
This course will help users identify, prioritize, and implement mitigation actions across the full spectrum of hazards and maximize the efficient allocation of public…
A-009 Performance Based Design for Schools: 1 PDH
This course reviews the performance based design approach for school projects in earthquake, flood and high wind areas
A-010 Public Right of Way Accessibility Guidelines: 5 PDH
Description of the Public Right of Way Accessibility Guidelines course: The Public Right of Way Accessibility Guidelines online PDH course is a part of…
A-011 Safe Rooms and Shelters: 4 PDH
This course reviews the potential manmade threats to which a shelter may be exposed and the level of protection (LOP) that may be assumed…
A-012 Transit Security Access Management: 5 PDH
The Transit Security Access Management course defines the parameters of access management and describes the challenges of incorporating access management into the transit environment
A-013 Transit Security – Infrastructure: 6 PDH
Transit Security – Infrastructure course provides an overview of transit infrastructure including the stationary assets in a system such as real estate, tunnels, rail…
A-014 Transit Security – Vehicles: 3 PDH
The Transit Security course helps increase awareness of, and explains how policy makers and designers can use the design to protect employees and passengers
A-015 Building Information Modeling (BIM) Guide: 3 PDH
This guidance applies to design and construction by the architects, engineers, other consultants, and contractors hired for those projects by VA
A-016 Coastal Building Materials: 2 PDH
This course provides technical guidance and recommendations on building materials used in coastal residential buildings.
A-017 Planning and Designing Buildings in Coastal Areas: 3 PDH
This course provides a summary of all recommendations for exceeding National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) regulatory requirements concerning coastal construction.
A-018 Building Envelope in Coastal Areas: 5 PDH
This course provides technical guidance and recommendations on design, construction and maintenance of building envelope elements
A-019 Building Attachments in Coastal Areas: 1 PDH
This course provides technical guidance and recommendations on design, construction and maintenance of building attachments such as enclosures and breakaway walls, decks, pools and…
A-020 Building Repairs and Retrofits in Coastal Areas: 1 PDH
The Building Repairs and Retrofits in Coastal Areas course provides guidelines for repairs, remodeling and additions as per NFIP requirements
CE-001 A Guide to Rainwater Harvesting: 6 PDH
This course introduces the basics of residential and small-scale commercial rainwater harvesting systems design. It is intended to serve as a first step in…
CE-002 Basics of Site Work: 3 PDH
This course introduces you to the concepts of site surveys, including construction surveys, bench marks, datum, and mean sea level.
CE-003 Transmission Lines, Towers and Substation: 8 PDH
This online course introduces you to Environmental Protection and Best Management Practices (BMPs) for planning and conducting transmission line construction and maintenance activities.
CE-004 Bracing System Design: 6 PDH
This course covers a full range of topics and design examples intended to provide engineers with the information needed to make knowledgeable decisions regarding…
CE-005 Bridge Deck Design: 4 PDH
This course provides practical information regarding the decking options and design considerations for steel bridges, presenting deck types such as concrete deck slabs, metal…
CE-006 Building Terrorism Mitigation – Site Layout and Design: 5 PDH
This course discusses site-level considerations for development as mitigation measures against building terrorism.
CE-007 Conduits Culverts and Pipes: 4 PDH
This 4 PDH online course provides guidance on the design and construction of conduits, culverts, and pipes, and design procedures for trench/embankment earth loadings,…
CE-008 Pavement Design for Roads, Streets, Walks: 7 PDH
This 7 PDH online course provides guidelines and criteria for the design of pavements for roads, streets, walks, and open storage areas.
CE-009 Deterioration of Concrete: 2 PDH
This course provides guidance on how to establish the cause or causes for distress and deterioration of concrete, and the damage that has been…
CE-010 Skid-resistant Airport Pavement Surfaces: 2 PDH
This course contains guidelines and procedures for the design and construction of skid-resistant pavement, pavement evaluation with friction measuring equipment, and maintenance of high…
CE-011 Operational Safety on Airports During Construction: 5 PDH
This course provides guidelines for operational safety on airports during construction.
CE-012 Home Builders Guide to Earthquake Resistant Building Design I: 5 PDH
This course provides guidance on best practices for earthquake-resistant house design and construction for use by builders, designers, code enforcement personnel, and potential homeowners
CE-013 Home Builders Guide to Earthquake Resistant Building Design II: 5 PDH
This course provides guidance on best practices for earthquake-resistant house design and construction for use by builders, designers, code enforcement personnel, and potential homeowners….
CE-014 Sustainable Concrete Pavements: 8 PDH
This course provides guidance on pavement sustainability concepts and on recommended practices for maximizing the sustainability of concrete pavements
CE-015 Geometric Design of Roundabouts: 5 PDH
Roundabouts are a common form of intersection control used throughout the world and increasingly in the United States. The course provides guidance on geometric…
CE-016 Admixtures for Concrete: 2 PDH
This course gives guidance on using of concrete admixtures to ensure quality and appropriate concrete properties are achieved during design and placing of concrete…
CE-017 Installation of Post‐Tensioning Tendons: 12 PDH
This online course provides guidance in the design, installation, grouting and inspection of post-tensioning tendons for prestressed concrete bridges.
CE-018 Foundations in Expansive Soils: 6 PDH
This course presents guidance for selecting economical foundations on expansive soil to minimize structural distress to within tolerable levels and guidance for minimizing problems…
CE-019 Bridge Concrete Decks: 2 PDH
This course provides a general description of the various concrete deck types, a discussion of the basic structural behavior of concrete decks, and an…
CE-020 Concrete Construction: 5 PDH
The Concrete Construction course provides information on concrete form design and concrete mix design, reinforcement properties, as well as the procedures in batching concrete.
CE-021 Restoring Small Urban Watersheds: 5 PDH
This course provides guidance on concepts and techniques for urban watershed restoration and provides a framework to evaluate subwatershed restoration potential.
CE-022 Construction Bridge Surveying: 1 PDH
This course outlines fundamentals of bridge surveying
CE-028 Extending Service Life of Existing RC Pavements: 5 PDH
The Extending Service Life of Existing RC Pavements course provides information on best practices in rehabilitation strategies for extending the service life of continuously…
CE-033-Design for Constructibility (T&M): 3 PDH
This course gives guidance on important consideration related to erection and construction of steel bridges, and approach to design for constructibility.
CE-039 Freeze Thaw Resistance of Concrete with Marginal Air Content: 3 PDH
This course discusses the freeze-thaw resistance of several “marginal” air void mixes, with two different types of air-entraining admixtures (AEA)—a Vinsol resin and a…
CE-058 Sewer Sediment and Control: 4 PDH
This 4 PDH online course provides an integrated approach to manage the solids generated in urban wet weather flows (WWFs), both on the land…
CE-067 Frost Protected Shallow Foundations: 3 PDH
The course provides methods for designing the frost protected shallow foundation, selecting insulating materials as well as its’ limits and typical applications.
CE-068 Bases and Subbases for Concrete Pavements: 1 PDH
The Bases and Subbases for Concrete Pavements course is intended for civil engineers and other construction professionals interested in learning about Bases and Subbases…
CE-069 Chemical Deicers and Concrete Pavements: 1 PDH
This course focuses on a recently recognized form of deterioration on concrete pavements referred to as chemical deicer distress.
CE-070 An Introduction to Primary Wastewater Treatment: 2 PDH
This course will introduce you to processes and equipment for primary treatment of wastewater.
CE-071 Activated Sludge Wastewater Treatment: 2 PDH
This course discusses the activated sludge process employed extensively throughout the world in its conventional form and modified forms, all of which are capable…
CE-072 An Introduction to Levee Construction: 3 PDH
This course will introduce you to design and construction of levees for flood protection and in connection with a variety of water resources projects…
CE-073 Seepage, Slope and Settlement for Levees: 2 PDH
This course will introduce you to methods for controlling seepage and settlement in the construction of levees, and to generally acceptable guidelines for levee…
CE-074 Bridge Concrete Decks (T&M): 2 PDH
The Bridge Concrete Decks course outlines fundamentals basic structural behavior of various concrete decks, and major design and detailing considerations
CE-076 Frost Protected Shallow Foundations (T&M): 3 PDH
The course provides methods for designing the FPSF, selecting insulating materials as well as its’ limits and typical applications. Both simplified FPSF design method…
CE-077 Sewer Sediment and Control (T&M): 4 PDH
The Sewer Sediment and Control course gives an introduction to an integrated approach to manage the solids generated in urban wet weather flows
CE-078 Pavement Design in Seasonal Frost Conditions: 4 PDH
Pavement Design in Seasonal Frost Conditions course introduces special methods for pavement design of roads, parking and open storage areas in frost conditions
CE-079 Design for Constructibility: 3 PDH
This course gives guidance on important consideration related to erection and construction of steel bridges, and approach to design for constructibility.
CE-080 Natural Gas Pipeline Flow Calculations: 3 PDH
This course provides information about four natural gas pipeline flow equations, along with information about the fluid properties needed and their estimation or calculation.
CE-081 A Guide to Rainwater Harvesting (T&M): 6 PDH
This course introduces the basics of residential and small-scale commercial rainwater harvesting systems design. It is intended to serve as a first step in…
CE-082 Soil Stabilization (T&M): 3 PDH
This course provides an overview of most common soil stabilization techniques, design criteria and common issues identified with using each of the soil stabilization…
CE-083 Wastewater Treatment I – Activated Sludge: 3 PDH
Wastewater Treatment I – Activated Sludge course provides background on biological wastewater treatment and design calculations for an activated sludge aeration tank
CE-084 Wastewater Treatment II – MBBR: 4 PDH
This course provides discussion of and detailed examples of process design calculations for a single stage BOD removal MBBR system, a two-stage BOD removal…
CE-085 Wastewater Treatment III – MBR: 3 PDH
This course includes discussion of process design calculations for the membrane module used in an MBR system, for an MBR aeration tank designed to…
CE-086 Sharp Crested Weirs for Open Channel Flow Measurement: 3 PDH
This course is devoted to the more widely used sharp-crested weir. The major emphasis is on the calculations used for flow rate over various…
CE-087 Calculation of Gas Density and Viscosity: 2 PDH
This course contains discussion of, and example calculation of, the density and viscosity of a specified gas at a given temperature and pressure.
CE-088 Flow Measurements in Pipes and Ducts: 4 PDH
This course is about measurement of the flow rate of a fluid flowing under pressure in a closed conduit. Several categories of pipe flow…
CE-089 Manning Equation for Open Channels: 4 PDH
The Manning Equation for Open Channels course provides guidelines for uniform open channel flow, where channel slope, water velocity and water depth remain constant….
CE-091 Partially Full Pipe Flow Calculations: 3 PDH
The Partially Full Pipe Flow Calculations course includes a review of the Manning equation, along with presentation of equations for a pipe of known…
CE-092 Pipe Flow-Friction Factor Calculation: 3 PDH
The Pipe Flow-Friction Factor Calculation course discusses the use of the Darcy-Weisbach equation and the parameters used in the equation.
CE-093 Rational Method Hydrological Calculations: 3 PDH
The course discusses Rational Method equation calculations for determination of the design rainfall intensity and time of concentration of the drainage area
E-001 AC Generators and Motors: 3 PDH
This online course introduces AC Generators and Motors and provides details on type of generators and motors, calculation of power, speed and frequency.
E-002 Alternating Current: 8 PDH
This online engineering course introduces the basic concepts of alternating current (AC) electrical circuits and discusses the associated terminology.
E-003 Basic Concepts of Alternating Current: 3 PDH
This course provides guidance on alternating current concepts and main differences between ac and dc currents.
E-004 Basic Direct Current: 3 PDH
This online course provides outlines of basic DC theory, its application and sources.
E-005 Basic Electrical Theory: 4 PDH
This course describes basic electrical concepts and introduces electrical terminology.
E-006 Capacitance: 4 PDH
This courses provide guidance on use of capacitor devices and the theory behind.
E-007 Circuit Control Devices: 3 PDH
This course will introduce you to switches, solenoids and relays as the main types of circuit control devices.
E-008 Circuit Measurement: 4 PDH
The Circuit Measurement online PDH course will introduce you to basic meters, meter construction and techniques to use meters in the circuit.
E-009 Circuit Protection Devices: 3 PDH
This course will introduce you to circuit protection devices used to limit the current or open the circuit in fault condition.
E-038 Short Circuit Current Calculation: 4 PDH
This 4 hour PDH online course is a part of the Electrical category courses and provides guidance on short-circuit current calculation.
E-039 Distance Protection: 3 PDH
This course provides guidance on distance protection, a non-unit protection arrangement providing significant financial and technical benefits
E-040 PV Systems Safety: 2 PDH
The PV Systems Safety course was made as a reference with helpful and easily-accessible instructions on how to work safely with photovoltaic (PV) systems
E-041 Power System Transient Stability: 2 PDH
Power System Transient Stability course gives guidance on systems with two or more synchronous machines, operating after a change occurs on the system
E-042 Shunt Capacitor Bank Design and Protection: 2 PDH
The Shunt Capacitor Bank Design and Protection course gives guidance on issues related to technical implementation and exploitation of capacitor bank systems
E-043 Principles of HVDC Transmission: 3 PDH
The Principles of High Voltage DC (HVDC) Transmission course provides guidance on the basic principles of HVDC transmission
E-044 Arc Flash Basics and Hazard Planning Program: 3 PDH
This course gives an overview of arc flash hazards and concisely reports the different causes, nature, findings, directions and processes related with arc flash…
E-045 Gas Insulated Substation Definitions and Basics: 3 PDH
Gas Insulated Substation Definitions and Basics course provides guidelines on voltages and insulation, substation arrangements and design, and power system
E-046 Introduction to Motor Starting Analysis: 3 PDH
This course is intended for use by electrical engineers, design and construction professionals, students and others interested in learning about motor starting analysis.
E-047 Arc Flash Calculation Methods: 3 PDH
This course gives an overview of arc flash hazard computations suggested by IEEE and NFPA.
E-048 Limiting Arc Flash Exposure: 2 PDH
This course provides guidelines on preventive operation and adjustments of protection settings and personal protective equipment.
E-049 Harmonic Analysis Basics: 4 PDH
Harmonic Analysis Basics course provides introduction to harmonic theory, systems modelling for harmonic calculations and sizing of harmonic filters
E-050 Power Quality Measurements – Essential Theory: 4 PDH
Power Quality Measurements – Essential Theory course provides introduction to power quality events and parameters, basic principles of measuring devices
E-051 Overcurrent Protection Fundamentals: 5 PDH
Overcurrent Protection Fundamentals course provides introduction to IDMT overcurrent protection curves, directional protection and ground fault protection
E-052 Unit Protection of Feeders: 3 PDH
Unit Protection of Feeders course provides introduction to basic unit protection concepts and their particular applications to high voltage feeders
E-053 Switching Transients Analysis Fundamentals: 4 PDH
Switching Transients Analysis Fundamentals course provides introduction to switching transient phenomena, and explains affected system operation
E-054 High Voltage Busbar Protection: 4 PDH
This course covers fundamentals of high voltage busbar protection and presents details of key technical concepts, design arrangements and protection types.
E-055 Power Transformer Protection: 4 PDH
This course addresses the most important power transformer protection aspects, widely adopted protection schemes and arrangements and their proper application.