Committees: Moving AASHTO Technical Training Solutions Forward Together
AASHTO Technical Training Solutions has three committees that perform different tasks and duties on behalf of the organization. Each year, the committee chairs and volunteer members meet to develop a new work plan for that year. AASHTO Technical Training Solutions welcomes volunteers on all committees. If you are interested in volunteering for a specific committee, find out more here.
Competency Matrix & Curriculum Management
The Competency Matrix & Curriculum Management Committee performs the following roles:
- Maintains and revises the competency matrix by identifying available transportation-related courses, match them to matrix competencies and skill levels, identify the gaps, and use gap analysis to pinpoint needs for new training.
- Refine the existing curriculum matrices, provides input on the potential need for expansion into additional technical areas and tasked with increasing stakeholder participation in course development and sharing practices.
- Conducts new course development activities, provides process and standards to review courses provided by state highway agencies or other organizations, correlates courses to core competencies and skill levels, identifies needed courses, prioritizes according to resources, and oversees course development.
- Establishes practices and protocols for making new and existing AASHTO Technical Training Solutions training available to transportation departments for use in their qualification programs.
Performance Measures & Technology Initiatives
The Performance Measures & Technology Initiatives Committee performs the following roles:
- Obtains data to measure AASHTO Technical Training Solutions business results, state response to the financial solicitation, participation by states and other organizations, course use rates, and how well products meet the needs of AASHTO members and learners.
- It ensures that products support state training and certification programs, the level of design is sufficient for easy adaptation, and that content is on target.
- Reports metrics regularly to the Executive Board and other committees and works jointly with committees that will design and execute strategies for growth and improvement using the performance data.
- Works to establish requirements for a AASHTO Technical Training Solutions Learning Management System (LMS) and compatibility, mobile solutions, and training delivery methods.
- Investigates emerging technologies and the feasibility of integrating those technologies into existing applications and solutions. It works in concert with other committees to determine which technologies will be utilized to support the promotion and delivery of curriculum and the communications activities of the AASHTO Technical Training Solutions.
Communications, Marketing & Partner Outreach
The Communications, Marketing & Partner Outreach Committee performs two roles:
- Boosts awareness of the AASHTO Technical Training Solutions through promotional materials, publishable editorial content, the AASHTO Technical Training Solutions website, presentations, and other print and electronic communications to expand the “footprint” of the AASHTO Technical Training Solutions among stakeholders and brand it as the resource of choice for highway construction, maintenance and materials personnel training and qualification. Works with other committees to establish message points to broadcast the activities of AASHTO Technical Training Solutions and its available products and ensures that agencies understand the benefits that can be derived from participation in AASHTO Technical Training Solutions.
- Cultivates new and strengthens existing partnerships with national industry groups and organizations to increase resource contributions; curriculum marketability, standardization, credibility and expansion; and communication outreach and program performance feedback. They accomplish these objectives through effective development and implementation of partner outreach strategies to provide access to more industry expertise and knowledge and resources.