Other Training

By USBR | Course: N/A | Control: N/A

Concrete technology and concrete repair techniques specific to the features and problems seen within the Bureau of Reclamation. The Materials Engineering and Research Laboratory will be presenting a 3-day Concrete Technology & Concrete Repair School which will feature instruction and hands-on training on concrete and concrete repair.

By USBR | Course: N/A | Control: N/A

The training class will offer hands-on training on visual identification of soils using the Unified Soils Classification System; laboratory and field soils testing methods; geologic logging; and common earthwork construction testing methods. There will be a strong emphasis on the technical details of identifying and classifying soil samples. A team of well-qualified Reclamation specialists will lead the training sessions.

By USACE Learning Center | Course: 53RCP01A | Control: 104

The course is designed to teach participants to better communicate risk, understand and engage various publics, and learn to use the public participation planning process.

By USACE Learning Center | Course: 33RBA01A | Control: 209

This course presents risk concepts and assessment methods required by current U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) guidance for the planning of flood risk management projects, and is intended for persons who are presently or will soon be actively involved in the formulation and evaluation of flood risk management alternatives for planning studies. The course emphasizes policy issues, statistical analysis concepts, and the implementation of risk assessment and uncertainty methods for sizing and evaluating flood risk management projects. The course objective is to enable participants to readily adapt the methods to specific studies after successfully completion of the course.

By USACE Learning Center | Course: 35QVC01A | Control: 21

This course provides the participant with the specific fundamental knowledge of materials, techniques, and procedures for quality concrete construction.



 

By USACE Learning Center | Course: 35SSE01A | Control: 247

This course provides U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) personnel with the knowledge, skills, and abilities needed for assessing the seismic safety of USACE dams and levees along with other earth structures with state-of-the-practice analytical tools and procedures.

By USACE Learning Center | Course: 35SEP01A | Control: 250

This course trains U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) designers and field engineers for seepage analysis, control, field problems in dams, levees, retaining walls, and slopes. This course is for both novice and experienced engineers. The course uses criteria in Engineer Manual (EM) 1110-2-1901 and EM 1110-2-1913 and Technical Manual 5-818-5, supplemented by field experience.

By USACE Learning Center | Course: 54DAS04A | Control: 26

This course is to provide dam and levee safety professionals formal training in the requirements and best practices of dam and levee instrumentation and performance monitoring programs with emphasis on the importance of timely data collection, evaluation, and reporting. Through instruction, discussion, workshops, and hands-on exercises, students will gain the technical expertise needed to develop an appropriate instrumentation and monitoring program based on potential failure modes analysis.

By USACE Learning Center | Course: 35SCS01A | Control: 262

This course is intended for engineers who want an introduction to the subject of Strength and Stability of Constructed Slopes, as well as for those who would like to review the subject for better understanding. It is not intended for individuals who have never had a basic course in soil mechanics. For many individuals the relevance of the material they studied in college often does not meet the practical applications to the problems encountered in designing and constructing stable slopes. This course summarizes the subject matter into the essential elements of shear strengths required in stability analysis of embankment dams, levees, and slopes in open cuts or natural ground. Students completing this course will be better able to select appropriate shear strength designs in various cases for which stability analyses need to be performed. This course complements and enhances the training in dam safety.

By USACE Learning Center | Course: 54DAS01A | Control: 28

This course trains managers, engineers, geologists, technicians, and project operating personnel in Field Operating Activity (FOA) engineering, construction, and operations divisions on all aspects of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Dam Safety Program. The background and history of dam safety in USACE is covered along with the multi-discipline design, construction, and operational considerations. Details of planning, conducting, and reporting the results of a periodic inspection are included. Guidance on project surveillance by operation personnel along with the Dam Safety Program are covered in detail. Public awareness and preparedness are included.

By USACE Learning Center | Course: 54DAS02A | Control: 30

This course trains U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) staff to include managers, engineers, geologists, technicians, economists, public affairs and office of counsel personnel in engineering, construction and operations divisions on aspects of USACE Levee Safety Program. The course is also open to non-USACE participants interested or involved with the USACE Levee Safety Program. The course intent is to present an overview of the Levee Safety Program to include history, levee system facts and functions, the risk framework and risk-informed decision making. The course will focus on Levee Safety Program elements that achieve the USACE “life safety being paramount” mission. Levee Safety Program elements covered throughout the course include inspections, leveed area inundation scenarios, screenings and portfolio management, roles and responsibilities, risk reduction actions, stakeholders and partners, shared responsibilities and solutions, emergency planning and response, risk management and risk communication.

By USACE Learning Center | Course: 33HHD01A | Control: 320

The objective of the course is for participants to perform hydrologic and hydraulic modeling in support of Dam Safety studies. Topics presented will include: Development of Probable Maximum Precipitation (PMP); Using GIS to Develop a Hydrologic Model; Hydrologic Modeling for PMP/PMF Events; Developing Dam Breach Parameters; Dam Breaching Analysis using HEC-HMS and HEC-RAS; Unsteady Flow Modeling with HEC-RAS; using HEC-GeoRAS and RAS Mapper for Inundation Mapping; and Consequence Modeling. Each participant will have the opportunity to prepare model input and analyze model output during course workshops.

By USACE Learning Center | Course: 0 | Control: 36

Train U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) staff to include managers, engineers, geologists, and technicians on aspects of the USACE levee inspection procedures. The course is also available to non-USACE participants interested or involved with the USACE levee safety inspections. The course intent is to teach new levee inspectors how a variety of levee inspections are conducted. The course will focus on teaching inspectors how to use the inspection checklist, software, and tools required to complete an inspection. The course will also inform students how levee inspections fit within the Levee Safety Program’s risk framework and who should participate during the inspection process. Levee inspection steps covered throughout this course include planning and preparing for inspections, executing safe inspections, completing an inspection report using the proper software, documenting inspection data in the National Levee Database, and effectively communicating results with partners, sponsors, and stakeholders.