Transport Infrastructure Performance and Maintenance Training

Learning Outcomes

• Apply performance measurement frameworks to evaluate transport infrastructure condition and functionality.
• Analyze maintenance data to identify trends, prioritize interventions, and optimize resource allocation.
• Evaluate different maintenance strategies (preventive, corrective, predictive) for cost-effectiveness and sustainability.
• Design a maintenance plan that incorporates lifecycle costing, risk assessment, and compliance with South African standards.
• Implement monitoring systems to track infrastructure performance and report on key indicators.
• Demonstrate the ability to communicate maintenance recommendations to stakeholders and justify budget requests.

Target Audience

This course is ideal for transport infrastructure managers, civil engineers, maintenance planners, and municipal officials responsible for the operation and upkeep of roads, bridges, and related assets.

Prerequisites

None — open enrollment

Course Outline

Practicals

Overview

Practical sessions provide hands-on experience in condition assessment, data collection, and maintenance planning. Learners will conduct field inspections, use inspection tools, and analyse real-world data to develop maintenance recommendations.

Practical Activities

• Practical 1: Visual Road Condition Survey — Learners conduct a visual condition survey on a designated road section, identifying distress types and recording data using standard forms. (4h)
• Practical 2: Bridge Inspection Simulation — Using a bridge model or simulation, learners perform an inspection, assess components, and assign a Bridge Condition Index (BCI). (4h)
• Practical 3: Non-Destructive Testing (NDT) Demonstration — Learners operate a falling weight deflectometer (FWD) and ground-penetrating radar (GPR) on a test pavement, interpret results. (4h)
• Practical 4: Maintenance Planning Exercise — Using condition data from previous practicals, learners prioritise maintenance interventions and develop a 5-year maintenance programme. (4h)

Summatives

Each delegate is assessed continuously throughout the course via daily exercises, scored practical assignments, and a final summative test at the end.

Practical Assignments — 30%

Practical assignments are observed and scored against a rubric during the practical sessions. Each delegate's practical mark is averaged into a single 100% score and contributes 30% to the final total.

Daily Exercises — 20%

Every training day ends with a multiple-choice exercise scored out of 100%. The scores from each daily exercise are averaged across the duration of the course to produce a Daily Average mark, which contributes 20% to the final total.

Final Test — 50%

On the last day a final summative test is written. It is a multiple-choice paper with multiple-answer questions: each question may have more than one correct option, and a single wrong selection on a question marks the entire question wrong — no partial credit. The final test is scored out of 100% and contributes 50% to the overall mark.

Final Total

Component	Out of	Weight
Practical Assignments (rubric-scored)	100%	30%
Daily Average (multiple choice)	100%	20%
Final Test (multi-answer multiple choice)	100%	50%
Final Total	—	100%

All marks are recorded on the AATICD LMS and visible to each learner under their account.

Certificate

How it works

• Certificates are auto-generated on the AATICD LMS as soon as the marks pass the 50% threshold.
• Each certificate is a branded PDF with the delegate's name, the course title, the unit standard ID, NQF level, credits, and the date of issue.
• You can download or print your certificate from your LMS dashboard at any time after issue — there's no reissue fee and no expiry date.
• If you scored under 50% you can sit the final test again at the next scheduled session at no extra cost.

Where to find it

Sign in to the LMS, open your dashboard, and your certificates appear under My Certificates. Each entry has a View / Download button and a print option.

Training Discounts

Group discounts apply automatically — the more delegates you enrol, the greater the saving. Discounts are calculated at 3% per 5 delegates, scaling up to 40% off for 100+ delegates.

Delegates	Discount
5	3% off
10	6% off
15	9% off
20	12% off
25	15% off
30	18% off
50	30% off
75	35% off
100	40% off

3% discount per 5 delegates, up to 40% off for 100+ delegates. Contact us for a custom group quote.