Who Should Attend:
Accountable Executive - Participants should include representatives from North Carolina transit systems who make decisions on system budgets, procurement, policy and procedures and management decisions. Each system must have an Accountable Executive.
Safety Officer – Participants should include those who are charged with implementing, managing and monitoring safety on a daily basis. The Safety Officer and Accountable Executive may be the same person.
Course Description:
This two-day course provides training as part of the Federal Transit Administration’s Safety Management System (SMS) guidelines. NCDOT has developed the course to focus on the required Safety Officer training but also on the role of the Accountable Executive in overall system safety. Participants will learn about the Federal safety requirements which have been developed and modified over the last four years and include information on anticipated guidance from FTA.
The course will include vital information on the NCDOT System Safety Plans (SSP) required by all grantees. Participants will learn what new information must be added to the SSP and information that may no longer be required along with revised NCDOT Safety Review process.
The course will focus on the roles of both the Accountable Executives and Safety Officers and the impacts of the management of safety culture in the transit system. This training meets the FTA intent for Safety Officer Training.
