
About this episode
When it comes to preparing your folks for leadership roles in highway maintenance the National Highway Institute Maintenance Leadership Academy is the gold standard. This comprehensive program and the experiences of the instructors provide a wealth of knowledge into all the aspects of highway maintenance a maintenance professional might face through 6 topic modules from administration to responding to severe weather events. Course coordinator Jeremy Birkey and certified instructor Greg Duncan of Applied Pavement Technology and Jim Weston of the Washington State DOT share their experiences and thoughts about this leadership academy and how folks can benefit for participation.
For more information about the National Highway Institute, The Maintenance Leadership Academy, and how you and your agency might benefit from hosting or attending a session you can reach out to Jeremy, Greg, or Jim. Check out the National Highway Institute at this link: https://www.nhi.fhwa.dot.gov/ and the Maintenance Leadership Academy at this link
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