IRI/ProVAL Highway Smoothness – Operator Training

SOURCE: Gary Fox, INDOT

Contractor IRI Operators,

INDOT Construction Management will be offering IRI Highway Smoothness Training this coming April on three separate dates at the Indianapolis Subdistrict.

This training is intended to fulfill the “Operator Course” requirement found in ITM 917 – Section 7.1 and allow Contractors to maintain re-certification status (required every 3 years) or certify for the first time as applicable.

Trainees will attend only a single day of training from 8:30am – 3:30pm, each training is a one-day stand-alone training.

However, we are offering two different levels of the IRI training, as follows:

Fundamentals of IRI Highway Smoothness Training – April 7th , 2026
*One Day Only – intended for newer ProVAL software users

Intermediate IRI Highway Smoothness Training – April 8th, 2026 or April 9th, 2026
*Two Days to choose from – intended for experienced ProVAL software users

Cost for the training will be $250 per attendee. To register and make payment for this IRI training event, please contact our training vendor at:
• Call Brian Schleppi at (614) 270-7001 or email Brian Schleppi at indottraining@vihsc.com
**INDOT and the training vendor are requiring registration and payment be completed at least 14 days prior to the event – or by March 24th.

Note: this training is offered as one option for Operators to gain certification or re-certification as applicable, for additional options please see ITM 917.

Also Note: this training requires each operator attending the course to bring a laptop computer and have ProVAL 3.61 installed. Newer versions of the software will not be used for this training.

Construction Management

Competent Person in Construction

OSHA defines a competent person as “one who is capable of identifying existing and predictable hazards in the surroundings or working conditions which are unsanitary, hazardous, or dangerous to employees, and who has authorization to take prompt corrective measures to eliminate them”

A misunderstanding about the competent person on a construction site is that he/she is the person having the most knowledge of the work activity being performed or the person who has attended training. This may not always be the case. Completion of a competent person safety course alone does not necessarily establish an individual as a competent person. The course may not adequately provide comprehensive instruction to meet the knowledge requirement for a specific work activity definition.

Below is a partial listing of OSHA standards that require a competent person to perform specific functions:

  • 1926.20(b)(1) – General safety and health provisions.
  • 1926.101 – Hearing protection.
  • 1926.251 – Rigging equipment for material handling.
  • 1926.451 – Scaffolds – General requirements.
  • 1926.452 – Scaffolds – Training requirements.
  • 1926.500 – Fall protection.
  • 1926.502 – Fall protection systems criteria and practices.
  • 1926.503 – Training requirements.
  • 1926.552 – Material hoists, personnel hoists, and elevators.
  • 1926.650 – Excavation.
  • 1926.651 – Specific excavation requirements.
  • 1926.652 – Requirements for protective systems.
  • 1926.753 – Steel erection – hoisting and rigging.
  • 1926.1053 – Ladders.
  • 1926.1400 – Cranes and derricks in construction.

Competent person violations were part of OSHA’s top 10 most frequently cited serious violations in construction in 2019.

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