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Expanding opportunities By Randy Park. Director, UDOT Project Development
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UDOT University is a centralized effort to bring all training offered at the department under one organizational umbrella. Many people at UDOT are working together to create an inventory of
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existing training and also create new opportunities through UDOT U. UDOT U is organized and operated similar to a regular university with four colleges, a course catalog, registration and a calendar. Each college is headed by a Dean. Colleges house multiple schools headed by subject matter experts who help identify the training needs of the employees in the specialty area of that school.
Transportation Summit added a new dimension to the UDOT Annual Conference. PAGE 4: Training to be a Transtech: providing the right training resources helps Trans-techs “step into a role quickly,” says Jeff Sadler. PAGE 6: See a chart of UDOT U leaders.
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Randy Park, Director, UDOT Project Development
The organization structure of UDOT U produces programs that go beyond the typical classes most people think of as training.
Deans have the responsibility to lead the subject matter experts in each school in developing new training opportunities and to also make training more relevant and accessible. Organizing training in this systematic way will help training development focused on the needs of employees.
Training is a core element at UDOT; many divisions have developed comprehensive training programs, much offered on-the-job, to meet specific needs. For example, one of UDOT’s premier programs, the Transportation Education Program is now making use of a new online manual that features updated information and embedded videos and many of the ongoing TEP training requirements are being put online via Adobe Connect. These improvements mean training needs can be addressed efficiently all across the state. The organizational structure of UDOT U produces programs that go beyond the
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