Data Collection Management for Transport Planning Training

Learning Outcomes

• Plan a data collection process for transport planning, including defining objectives, scope, and resource requirements.
• Design data collection instruments and select appropriate methods (e.g., surveys, traffic counts, GPS tracking) for specific transport planning needs.
• Implement data collection activities, managing field teams and ensuring adherence to ethical and safety standards.
• Monitor data quality throughout the collection process, applying validation and verification techniques.
• Analyze collected data to identify trends, patterns, and anomalies relevant to transport planning.
• Evaluate the effectiveness of the data collection process and recommend improvements for future projects.

Target Audience

Transport planners, data managers, and logistics coordinators involved in collecting and processing transport data for planning purposes.

Prerequisites

None — open enrollment

Course Outline

Practicals

Overview

The practicals provide hands-on experience with data collection instruments, data entry, and analysis software. Learners will conduct simulated traffic counts, design and administer a travel survey, clean and analyse real-world transport data, and present their findings in a report.

Practical Activities

• Traffic Count Simulation — Learners use manual counters and video recording to conduct a traffic count at a simulated intersection, recording vehicle classifications and volumes. (4h)
• Travel Survey Design and Administration — Learners design a short travel survey questionnaire, administer it to peers, and collect responses using paper and electronic methods. (4h)
• Data Cleaning and Analysis — Using a provided dataset, learners clean data (handle missing values, outliers), perform basic statistical analysis, and create visualisations in Excel or similar software. (4h)
• Data Collection Plan and Presentation — In groups, learners develop a data collection plan for a real-world transport scenario and present their plan to the class for feedback. (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.