Smart Salting (S2) training information
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MPCA Smart Salting (S2) training program
MPCA Smart Salting Level 1 Certification: Snow and ice control best practices
Audience: Contractors and staff maintaining private/public walkways and/or parking lots, property managers writing contracts, distributors of anti-icing/de-icing products, snowplow drivers— those who make it happen. Anyone else interested in reducing salt use. Purpose: Through education and outreach, applicators of road salt can learn best practices and significantly reduce their use while maintaining road safety.
Why is it important? This class will help: • Save you money. • Keep our parking lots and sidewalks safe. • Protect our water. • Get certified.
Level 1 - Training schedule
Because of the initial success of the pilot project, Fortin Consulting has received a 319 grant to conduct additional training sessions in Minnesota. The following training schedule is changed periodically as training events are completed/added.
- File:Winter Parking Lot and Sidewalk Maintenance.pdf - (October 2010) - for applicators attending training will be given a clip board containing critical information. The hope is that this clip board will be a useful tool for applicators to keep in there their vehicles during storm events.
MPCA Smart Salting Level 2 Training
Audience: Winter Maintenance Supervisors and Leadership
Purpose:
- Explore the WMAt with guided instruction
- Demonstrate how the Winter Maintenance Assessment tool (WMAt) can be used to assist with planning and prioritizing implementation of salt reducing BMPs.
- Show how the WMAt can help organizations show progress already made and additional opportunities for reducing salt use to improve water quality and potentially save money.
- Discuss how the WMAt can be used to gain support from the public, local decisions makers, and others to implement salt reducing BMPs.