ON-SITE LEARNING
On-site training is one of the member services that sets us apart. The FMIT has dedicated learning resources and expert instructors who are leading risk and safety professionals specializing in Florida local government issues.
Pricing Schedule (Effective October 1, 2025)
- MOT/TTC 16-Hour Intermediate Training Course – Maximum attendees in each class: 20. The cost can be as low as $180 per person (with a minimum class size of 15) for FMIT members; the cost can be as low as $210 per person (with a minimum class size of 15) for FLC members. Learn More
- MOT/TTC 8-Hour Intermediate Refresher Course – Maximum attendees in each class: 20.-The cost can be as low as $130 per person (with a minimum class size of 15) for FMIT members; the cost can be as low as $160 per person (with a minimum class size of 15) for FLC members. Learn More
FDOT TTC/MOT 16-Hour Intermediate Course – Maximum attendees in each class: 20
FMIT Members – Flat fee of $2,700 for up to 15 Attendees.
• For each additional person attending: $180 per person.
FLC Members – Flat fee of $3,150 for up to 15 Attendees.
• For each additional person attending: $210 per person.
For More Information, contact: Anita Wick, 407.367.1734 – [email protected]
FDOT TTC/MOT 8-Hour Intermediate Refresher Course – Maximum attendees in each class: 20
FMIT Members – Flat fee of $1,950 for up to 15 Attendees.
• For each additional person attending: $130 per person.
FLC Members – Flat fee of $2,400 for up to 15 Attendees.
• For each additional person attending: $160 per person.
For More Information, contact: Anita Wick, 407.367.1734 – [email protected]
Virtual/Online FDOT TTC/MOT Training – Pricing Schedule (Effective July 1, 2025)
The Florida League of Cities, administrator of the Florida Municipal Insurance Trust (FMIT), in partnership with myttconline is pleased to announce that FDOT Temporary Traffic Control/Maintenance of Traffic (FDOT TTC/MOT) virtual/online training is now available at highly discounted rates:
Virtual/Online FDOT TTC/MOT 16-Hour Intermediate Course – Maximum attendees in each class: 20
• FMIT Member Cost Per Person – $179.45 – Discount Code: fmitittc
• FLC Member Cost Per Person – $209.45 – Discount Code: flcittc
Virtual/Online FDOT TTC/MOT 8-Hour Intermediate Refresher Course – Maximum attendees in each class: 20
• FMIT Member Cost Per Person – $129.95 – Discount Code: fmitittc
• FLC Member Cost Per Person – $158.95 – Discount Code: flcittc
For more information, visit myttconline.com or call 407.901.0206
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The safety training programs listed below are available to FMIT Members at no cost.
To learn more, contact your Risk and Safety Consultant. To find your Risk and Safety Consultant, click here.
Duration: 90 Minutes
Overview: Presentation to supervisory personnel on how to properly investigate an accident within their organization. Information to be presented includes:
• What happened?
• Why did it happen?
• What can be done to help prevent a similar type claim from occurring again?
Learning Objectives: After completion of this presentation, the supervisor should be able to look at a loss – whether WC, GL, Auto, or Property – and review the facts by asking the following questions:
• What happened?
• Why did it happen?
• What can be done in the future to help prevent a similar type of loss from occurring again?
Participant Profile: Those attending this class should be supervisory personnel only:
• Who are aware of the loss; and
• Who are able to determine what happened and whether the loss was due to an unsafe act or an unsafe condition — or a combination of the two.
Most importantly, the supervisor should be able to come up with corrective action so this type of loss does not occur again.
Duration: 60 Minutes
Overview: An overview of the dangers associated with Arc Flash incidents as well as preventative measures that should be employed based on National Electrical Code Standards. This program does not qualify participants for working on equipment susceptible to arc flash, it is only a basic review of the procedures that need to be in place. The program includes:
• A review of an actual arc flash incident and its consequences to the employee
• A review of the responsibilities of the qualified personnel performing the work
• The personal protection equipment that should be worn while performing maintenance on arc flash potential equipment.
Learning Objectives: After completion of the program, the participants will have an understanding of the safety precautions that need to be followed. This is more to educate employees that they ARE NOT qualified to do the work and should leave such work to qualified electricians.
Participant Profile: Those attending this class should work around electrical equipment but do not perform any actual electrical maintenance.
Duration: 1 – 2 Hours
Overview: The program reviews the differences between an unsafe condition and an unsafe act in a way for supervisory personnel to understand the behavior factors, which result in an employee’s failure to follow prescribed safety procedures. Using the information presented, supervisory personnel can better motivate employees to make safe choices.
Learning Objectives:
• Understand the motivation behind an unsafe act;
• Understand the different types of personalities and how to adjust supervisory methods to match the employee type; and
• Understand how to affect an employee’s behavior to make safe choices.
Participant Profile: Managers, Supervisors and Foremen.
Duration: 1 Hour
Overview: A review of the occupational exposures experienced by Public Entity employees from Hepatitis and HIV, along with protective measures, which should be used for exposure situations.
Learning Objectives:
• Understand the different types of Bloodborne Pathogens;
• Understand their routes of infection; and
• Understand preventative measures that need to be used when confronting possible exposure situations.
Participant Profile: Any Public Entity employee.
Duration: 1 Hour
Overview: A review of the occupational exposures experienced by law enforcement personnel from MRSA, Hepatitis and HIV, along with protective measures and procedures that should be used for exposure situations.
Learning Objectives:
• Understand the different types of Bloodborne Pathogens;
• Understand their routes of infection along with incubation periods and treatment;
• Understand preventative measures that need to be used when confronting possible exposure situations.
Participant Profile: All ranks of Law Enforcement.
Note: A copy of this program is also available for Department Training Officers who wish to conduct the program themselves.
Duration: 1-4 Hours
Overview: The course provides an overview of the safety procedures that should be employed when working with bucket trucks/aerial lifts including common hazards associated with their operation. The course includes a review of the pertinent OSHA Standards, pre-Job inspection/preparation procedures, Maintenance of Traffic for sites using this equipment, utility protection, required personal protection equipment and basic rescue procedures. NOTE: This is a classroom only course reviewing SAFETY procedures. It does not review actual operation of bucket trucks or aerial lifts.
Learning Objectives:
• Participants will obtain knowledge on working safely with and around bucket trucks/aerial lifts, along with recognizing and controlling the associated hazards.
Participant Profile: Management designing Safety Procedures for Bucket Trucks/Aerial Lifts, Supervision overseeing Bucket truck/Aerial Lift operations, any employee who operates or works in the vicinity of a Bucket Truck/Aerial Lift.
Duration: 1 hour
Overview: A classroom review of the Confined Space Standard including definitions of confined space and the responsibilities of affected parties.
Learning Objectives:
• Understanding the differences between a confined space and a permit required confined space;
• Procedures for completing a Confined Space Permit; and
• Pre-planning for rescue procedures
Participant profile: Public Works, Maintenance, Sanitary, Water and Sewer employees.
NOTE: This is a classroom instruction only; the program does not involve actual confined space entry or rescue.
Duration: 1 Hour, 30 Minutes
Overview: To send a clear message that alcohol and drug use in the workplace is prohibited. This course also encourages employees who have problems with alcohol and other drugs to voluntarily seek help.
Learning Objectives:
• To protect the health and safety of all employees, customers and the public;
• To safeguard the employer’s assets from theft and destruction;
• To maintain product quality and company integrity and reputation; and
• To comply with the Drug-Free Workplace Act of 1988 or any other applicable laws.
Participant Profile: All public entity employees.
Duration: 1 Hour
Overview: Geared for Emergency Medical Responders, the program educates the participants on the physiology of the low back when performing material handling maneuvers as well as practical solutions for every day ergonomic situations experienced by EMS personnel.
Learning Objectives:
• Understand the physiology of the low back in relation to lifting practices;
• Review of common material handling practices inherent with EMS operations, (treatment, carrying equipment, stretchers, chairs, riding in vehicles) and methods to reduce the exposure to low back injury.
Participant Profile: EMS personnel and supervisors.
Duration: 1 Hour
Overview: The program reviews the types of repetitive motion injuries possible with office operations along with practical solutions that the office employee can use to reduce their exposure.
Learning Objectives:
• Understanding of common repetitive motion injuries and their possible cause;
• Effective and practical workstation design; and
• Methods to reduce repetitive motion stresses to the wrists, neck, shoulders and back.
Participant Profile: Anyone who works in an office or is on the computer.
Duration: 1 Hour
Overview: With overexertion and strain-related injuries representing both the frequency and severity problem, this program educates employees on the physical limitations of manual material handling, as well as practical solutions to material handling situations.
Learning Objectives:
• Understanding the physiology of the human body in relation to material handling;
• Practical solutions to material handling problems; and
• Preventative measures for ergonomic exposures.
Participant Profile: Public Works, Parks and Recreation, Maintenance, Sanitary, Water and Sewer employees.
Duration: 1 Hour
Overview: With overexertion and strain-related injuries representing both the frequency and severity problem, this program educates sanitation employees on the physical limitations of manual material handling, as well as practical solutions to material handling situations encountered during trash collection operations.
Learning objectives:
• Understanding the physiology of the human body in relation to material handling;
• Practical solutions to material handling problems; and
• Preventative measures for ergonomic exposures.
Participant Profile: Sanitation Department employees of all levels.
Duration: 45 minutes
Overview: Fall Hazard Prevention related to the specific hazards of wastewater treatment plants.
Learning Objectives:
• Provide examples of fall hazard recognition process;
• The proper donning and installation of fall protection systems; and
• Fall protection issues related to the proper use of stairs and ladders.
Participant Profile: Workers exposed to falls and supervisors.
Duration: 30 Minutes
Overview: The Safety Data Sheet, or SDS, along with changes to container labeling, including the development of universal hazard pictograms, have been created by the GHS to upgrade the Hazard Communication standard.
Learning Objectives: The main objective of this session is to describe the purpose of the GHS and introduce you to the SDS. By the time the session is over, you should be able to:
• Understand the GHS and how it affects hazard communication in the workplace;
• Recognize how the SDS and new labeling requirements improves your access to vital safety, health, and environmental information about chemicals used in the workplace;
• Identify the 16 sections of the SDS and the information contained in each section; and
• Identify and interpret the Hazard Communication pictograms.
Participant Profile: All public entity employees.
Duration: 30 minutes
Overview: Basic safety procedures and safeguards associated with hand and portable power tools.
Learning Objectives:
• What are the hazards of hand tools;
• What are the hazards of power tools;
• Guards;
• PPE;
• Ergonomics; and
• Maintenance.
Duration: 1 Hour
Overview: An overview of the Hearing Conservation Standard along with an explanation of how employees can damage their hearing on the job and at home. The presentation also discusses engineering, administrative and personal protection processes that can be used to reduce the employee’s exposure to noise.
Learning Objectives:
• Understanding how we hear and how loud noises can be detrimental to hearing;
• The physiology of hearing loss;
• An example of tinnitus and its impact on quality of life;
• How to incorporate engineering and administrative measures for controlling noise generation;
• Examples of noise levels for common employment tasks;
• Selection and verification of proper personal hearing protection devices; and
• How to use hearing PPE.
Participant Profile: Any employee subject to high noise levels.
Duration: 45 Minutes
Overview: Designed to educate the employee on the stresses applied to their body as a result of working in high temperature/high humidity situations, along with the protective and preventative measures, which should be used during this exposure period.
Learning Objectives:
• The physical effects of high temperatures and high humidity;
• How to recognize heat stress-related ailments in the employee and their co-workers;
• Treatment procedures of heat overexposure situations;
• The importance of proper hydration; and
• Other biological and health factors that can contribute to heat stress.
Participant Profile: Any employee who works outside during high temperature seasons.
Duration: 1 Hour
Overview: The presentation is key for heavy equipment operators and crew members that work with and around heavy equipment and work areas where heavy equipment may be used.
Learning Objectives: After completion, attendees should have the necessary information to be able to know the following:
• Why and when a spotter is needed;
• Spotter responsibilities;
• Blind Spots;
• Maneuvering Vehicles – Backing and Forward movement;
• Lifting and/or moving materials; and
• Working near overhead utility lines.
Participant Profile:
• Heavy Equipment Operators
• Emergency Response/Ambulance/Fire Truck Drivers
• All employees who work around heavy equipment.
Duration: 45 Minutes
Overview: Accidents result in hidden costs that sometimes the employer does not realize. This program reviews the Hidden Costs that must be absorbed by the employer that can have detrimental effects on the Public Entity’s budget.
Learning Objectives:
• Understand the difference between Direct Costs and Indirect Costs;
• How Indirect Costs can have a negative impact on a public entity’s budget; and
• Methods to reduce Indirect Costs effects.
Participant Profile: Management, Department Heads; Supervisory Personnel
Duration: 2 Hours
Overview: The program reviews the various situations that could involve a hostile work environment from unwanted attention to physical violence and what management must do to address these situations.
Learning Objectives:
• A review of the different forms of Hostile Work Environments;
• Management’s responsibilities;
• The importance of communication;
• Pre-planning for violent situations;
• Having a Hostile Workplace Program;
• Educational programs for employees;
• Reviewing visitor procedures to protect employees; and
• Communication with local Police.
Participant Profile: Management, Department Heads, Supervisory Employees.
Duration: 1 Hour 30 Minutes
Overview: A review of the safety methods to employ before, during and after a weather-related emergency. The program is a basic outline on the types of potential weather-related situations, their hazards, pre-planning for employee safety and safety methods to use during clean up following the event.
Learning Objectives:
• A review of the different types of weather related exposures, (wind, flood, storm surge);
• Individual planning for the employee working in the field;
• A review of the hazards during the event;
• A review of the hazards following an event; and
• Safety practices to employ during cleanup operations.
Participant Profile: DPW, Water, Sewer, Recreation.
Duration: 1 Hour
Overview: Utilizing OSHA Standards as a guide, this program walks supervisory and safety committee personnel through typical public entity operations and jobs while educating the participants on how to recognize potential loss producing conditions and behaviors.
Learning Objectives:
• Understanding how to schedule a job site inspection
• A review of hazard identification
• Follow up procedures, and
• Developing corrective actions
Participant Profile: Supervisory personnel, Safety Committee Members and any other employee with the responsibility for conducting safety inspections
Duration: 1-2 Hours
Overview: To identify hazards and potential hazards related to ladder usage within municipal operations. Class will focus on safe operating procedures for all types of ladders and will address improper usage, storage, care, etc.
Learning Objectives:
• Discuss the hazards associated with ladders and most common accidents;
• Proper usage of ladders; and
• Training and operational tips.
Participant Profile: All Public Works Personnel, General Building Maintenance, Administration/Office Staff, HR and Risk Personnel.
Duration: 45 Minutes
Overview: An overview of the different types of common landscaping tools, their exposures and safe practices.
Learning Objectives:
• Understand the hazards associated with improper use of landscaping tools;
• Selection and use of personal protective equipment; and
• Proper maintenance, use, storage of landscaping tools.
Participant Profile: Any employees who work with landscaping tools.
Duration: 45 Minutes
Overview: A review of OSHA’s Control of Hazardous Energy Program, including the procedures for performing a Lock-out/Tag-out operation for small to large equipment.
Learning Objectives:
• When Lock-out/Tag-out should be incorporated;
• Procedures for small to large equipment;
• Training needed for affected employees and those performing the work; and
• Types of Lock-out/Tag-out devices available.
Participant Profile: Any employee performing maintenance/repairs on powered tools or equipment.
Duration: 1-4 hours
Overview: Liability hazards exist in every park & recreation facility. Efforts must be focused on identifying the hazards of all aspects of parks and recreation facilities. This class focuses on swimming pools, community centers, playgrounds, dog parks, tennis courts and other municipal recreational facilities. You will learn how to conduct applicable inspections of the items mentioned.
Learning Objectives:
• Discuss the most severe liabilities associated with parks and recreation facilities;
• Identify the most common loss potential issues;
• Explain proper ways to inspect;
• Ensure appropriate items are listed on the inspection reports; and
• Review Consumer Product Safety Commission Playground Handbook.
Participant Profile: Parks and Recreation Employees, Risk Managers, Public Works, Human Resources Personnel and Volunteers.
Duration: 90 Minutes
Overview: A review of the typical types of PPE used by municipal employees including eye, hearing, head, hand respiratory and foot protection. This includes the proper selection, use and maintenance of the PPE along with a review of the equipment’s limitations and the employee screening processes that need to be in place when PPE is used.
Learning objectives:
• How to select the proper PPE for the exposure;
• How to properly wear or use the PPE for maximum designed protection
• The limitations of PPE
• How to properly clean, maintain and store PPE when not in use
Participant Profile: All Public Entity employees who use PPE.
Duration: 45 Minutes
Overview: Understanding the pitfalls of a dysfunctional team of employees and how that can lead to morale, production and safety problems. The program describes how to overcome these pitfalls and develop genuine team efforts by the crews:
Learning Objectives:
• Understanding the dysfunction of work crews that don’t work as a team.
• Methods to combat the dysfunction and develop crew members into a team concept with common goals.
Participant Profile: Management & Supervisory Personnel
Duration: 1 Hour
Overview: Municipal hazards associated with slip, trips and falls are throughout. We will focus on injury prevention methods and identify potential hazards.
Learning Objectives:
• Definition of terms;
• Proper footwear;
• Other related hazards; and
• Corrective actions.
Participant Profile: All municipal employees should be exposed to this training.
Duration: 1 Hour
Overview: This course will address the requirements for working in and around trenches and excavations in a safe manner. The proper PPE, fall protection, and the roll of the supervisor/competent person will also be discussed.
Learning Objectives:
• Soil Classifications;
• The difference between a trench and an excavation;
• Slopping and benching;
• Atmospheres;
• Shoring;
• Barricades;
• What OSHA considers a spoil;
• Access; and
• Trenching by the numbers.
Participant Profile: Supervisors and any worker in and around open excavations.
