OTAP Training

RLS & Associates, Inc. is currently under contract with the Ohio Department of Transportation, Office of Transit to develop and implement its RTAP program, currently known as the Ohio Technical Assistance Program (OTAP). Some of the areas for training may include, but are not necessarily limited to: financial management, procurement, defensive driving, disability awareness and customer service, emergency procedures, operations, drug & alcohol program management, D&A reasonable suspicion, ADA, Title VI, DBE, and the Transit Academy. Transit Academy classes are by invitation only.

Click on the name of each training to be taken to the registration page. Only a limited number of seats are available for each, so please sign up now. After you register, you will receive email confirmation.

Current Trainings Available

August, 2025

• August 27, 2025 (1:00 pm – 3:00 pm) OTAP Conflict De-Escalation webinar

September, 2025

• September 9, 2025 (1:00 pm – 3:00 pm) OTAP Diversity & Sensitivity in Transit webinar
• September 17, 2025 (10:00 am – 12:00 pm) OTAP Defensive Driving webinar
• September 23 & 24, 2025 (9:00 am – 5:00 pm each day) OTAP Passenger Assistance Techniques (PAT) Instructor Training @ Morrow Co.
• September 26, 2025 (10:00 am – 12:00 pm) OTAP Disability Awareness/Customer Service webinar
• September 30, 2025 (1:00 pm – 3:00 pm) OTAP Emergency Procedures and Evacuation webinar

October, 2025

• October 7, 2025 (1:00 pm – 3:00 pm) OTAP Defensive Driving webinar
• October 16, 2025 (10:00 am – 12:00 pm) OTAP Emergency Procedures and Evacuation webinar
• October 23, 2025 (1:00 pm – 3:00 pm) OTAP Disability Awareness/Customer Service webinar

November, 2025

• November 12-14, 2025 (9:00 am – 12:00 pm each day) ODOT Drug & Alcohol Program Management & Compliance (USDOT-FTA) Webinar Series (THIS IS A 3-PART SERIES SCHEDULED FOR NOVEMBER 12, 13 and 14, 2025, FROM 9:00 AM – 12:00 PM EACH DAY. Attendance for all 3 days is required to receive a certificate)
• November 13, 2025 (1:00 pm – 3:00 pm) OTAP Emergency Procedures and Evacuation webinar
• November 18, 2025 (10:00 am – 12:00 pm) OTAP Defensive Driving webinar
• November 25, 2025 (1:00 pm – 3:00 pm OTAP Disability Awareness/Customer Service webinar

December, 2025

• December 9, 2025 (10:00 am – 12:00 pm) OTAP Defensive Driving webinar
• December 17, 2025 (10:00 am – 12:00 pm) OTAP Emergency Procedures and Evacuation webinar
• December 23, 2025 (1:00 pm – 3:00 pm) OTAP Disability Awareness/Customer Service webinar