Features

  • Course equates to around 3 days face to face training with around 9 hours of recorded material and 18 Exercises to put your learning into practice
  • Hard Copy Notes and Workbook posted to work or your home address
  • 30 Days access to training presentations (book and then set your own enrolment date)
  • Study gets interrupted and you need to suspend your enrolment and re schedule? No problem and no charge
  • Satisfaction guaranteed. If there is a problem, or you are not completely happy we will refund part or all of your course fee


Curriculum:

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UTC SCOOT Foundation Course

Curriculum

  • 1

    Introduction

    • Welcome: Accessing Materials and Interacting with the Tutor

    • UTC SCOOT Foundation Course : How to Engage with the Course
  • 2

    Unit 1: UTC System Overview and Key Definitions

    • 1.1 UTC System Overview : Definitions and Description

    • 1.2 UTC System Overview: Communications and Commands

    • 1.3 Main UTC Features

    • 1.4 UTC Control Limitations

    • 1.5 TOPAS2500 Definitions for Timing Data

    • 1.6 Generating UTC Timing Data from the Configuration

    • 1.7 Creating UTC Timing Data via LinSig

    • 1.8 Bit Patterns
  • 3

    Unit 2: UTC Database Basics

    • 2.1 UTC Database Basics and Outstation Transmission Units (OTUs)

    • 2.2 Data Word Formats and Bit Patterns

    • 2.3 Junctions

    • 2.4 Pelicans
  • 4

    Unit 3: UTC System Elements

    • 3.1 UTC Plan Preparation

    • 3.2 Issues to be aware of when building Plan Lines. How to create SCOOT Plans

    • 3.3 UTC Timetables

    • 3.4 UTC Maps
  • 5

    Unit 4: Fault Checking

    • 4.1 Fault Checking

    • 4.2 Fault Log Commands

    • 4.3 SCOOT Detector Fault Checking

    • 4.4 Remote Handset Facilities
  • 6

    Unit 5: Outstation Configuration

    • 5.1 Siemens Outstations

    • 5.2 Dynniq PTC-1 Controllers
  • 7

    Unit 6: SCOOT Fundamentals

    • 6.1 Split Cycle Offset Optimisation Technique (SCOOT) Overview

    • 6.2 SCOOT Definitions

    • 6.3 SCOOT System Architecture
  • 8

    Unit 7: SCOOT Database Basics

    • 7.1 Creating Sites in the SCOOT Database

    • 7.2 SCOOT Regions

    • 7.3 SCOOT Nodes

    • 7.4 SCOOT Stage Data

    • 7.5 SCOOT Links

    • 7.6 SCOOT Link Stage Data

    • 7.7 SCOOT Detectors
  • 9

    Unit 8: SCOOT Validation - Basics

    • 8.1 The Core Screens used for SCOOT control

    • 8.2 SCOOT Validation : Basic Validation parameters (Part 1)

    • 8.2 SCOOT Validation : Basic Validation parameters (Part 2)

    • 8.2 SCOOT Validation : Basic Validation parameters (Part 3)
  • 10

    Unit 9: SCOOT Validation - Additional Parameters

    • 9.1 INOF/ INCY/ INSP: Inhibiting the SCOOT Optimiser

    • 9.2 FORC: Forced Cycling of Nodes

    • 9.3 NODT: Node Transfer Command

    • 9.4 LFLA: Modelling flares

    • 9.5 MAXC/ MINC: Region Cycle Times

    • 9.6 MINS/ MAXS: SCOOT Stage Lengths

    • 9.7 ASTRID
  • 11

    Unit 10: SCOOT Validation - Advanced Supplement

    • 10.1 Managing Faulty SCOOT Detection

    • 10.2 Validation Features

    • 10.3 Pedestrian Priority in SCOOT

    • 10.4 SCOOT Traffic Signal Bus Priority

    • 10.5 SCOOT Multi-Nodes
  • 12

    Wrapping Up : Putting it all together

    • Unit 11 Wrapping Up
  • 13

    Questions, Tutorial and your Certificate

    • How to ask questions and access your Tutorial, how to enable your Certificate of Attendance

Tutor

Jackie Davies FIHE CEng MSc BSc

Jackie is an experienced engineer, currently working as a Senior Traffic Signals Engineer at Bath & North East Somerset Council, where she looks after the city’s UTC/ SCOOT system, traffic signals maintenance activities and ITS infrastructure. Prior to this, she ran the Traffic Control Service at Bristol City Council. Jackie has worked in the traffic signals industry as a UTC/SCOOT engineer since October 2008, beginning as a trainee UTC/SCOOT officer and progressing to running the traffic control service at the local authority over a period of eight years. Jackie also provides a UTC/SCOOT consultancy service to numerous highway authorities and as a result, she has gained a significant level of experience in both local government and traffic signals contracting. Jackie's work as a contracting engineer has provided her with a strong insight into the practical aspects of setting up and maintaining UTC/SCOOT traffic signals. Her tenure in local government continues to provide her with a broad range of experience across the ITS and UTC/SCOOT work areas.