Features

  • Course equates to around 3 days face to face training with around 8 hours of recorded material and 24 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 Course Materials and Interacting with the Tutor

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

    Unit 1: TMS System Overview and Key Definitions

    • 1.1 TMS System : Definitions and Description

    • 1.2 TMS System Overview: Communications and Commands

    • 1.3 Main TMS Features

    • 1.4 TMS Control Limitations

    • 1.5 TOPAS2500 Definitions for Timing Data

    • 1.6 Generating TMS Timing Data from the Configuration

    • 1.7 Creating TMS Timing Data via LinSig

    • 1.8 Bit Patterns
  • 3

    Unit 2: TMS Database Basics

    • 2.1 TMS Database Basics: Regions

    • 2.2 TMS Database: Outstations

    • 2.3 TMS Database: Junctions

    • 2.4 TMS Database: Pelicans
  • 4

    Unit 3: TMS System Elements

    • 3.1 Plan Lines in TMS

    • 3.2 Issues to be aware of when building Plan Lines

    • 3.3 TMS Timetables

    • 3.4 TMS Maps
  • 5

    Unit 4: TMS Fault Checking

    • 4.1 TMS Fault Categories

    • 4.2 Fault Log Commands

    • 4.3 SCOOT Detector Fault Checking

    • 4.4 Remote Handset Facilities
  • 6

    Unit 5: SCOOT Fundamentals

    • 5.1 Split Cycle Offst Optimisation Technique (SCOOT) Overview

    • 5.2 SCOOT Definitions

    • 5.3 SCOOT System Architecture
  • 7

    Unit 6: SCOOT database Basics

    • 6.1 SCOOT Database Basics and Creating Sites in the SCOOT Database

    • 6.2 Creating SCOOT Network Data

    • 6.3 Creating SCOOT Link Data
  • 8

    Unit 7: SCOOT Validation Basics

    • 7.1 SCOOT Validation Basics

    • 7.2 SCOOT Validation Part 1

    • 7.2 SCOOT Validation Part 2

    • 7.2 SCOOT Validation Part 3
  • 9

    Unit 8: SCOOT Validation - Additional Parameters

    • 8.1 Inhibiting the SCOOT Optimisers

    • 8.2 FDSC: Forced Cycling of Nodes

    • 8.3 MONV: Node Transfer between Regions

    • 8.4 Modelling Flared Links

    • 8.5 Capping Stage and Cycle Times
  • 10

    Unit 9: SCOOT Validation - Advanced Features

    • 9.1 Managing Faulty SCOOT detection

    • 9.2 Validation Features

    • 9.3 Pedestrian Priority Within SCOOT

    • 9.4 SCOOT Traffic Signal Bus Priority

    • 9.5 Multi Nodes
  • 11

    Wrapping Up : Putting it all together

    • Unit 10 Wrapping Up
  • 12

    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.