Partner Courses

Asphalt Testing Solutions & Engineering (ATS) offers educational opportunities for professionals and students involved in asphalt production, testing and pavement materials. Options include a customizable three-day asphalt training course, hands-on workshops, lunch-and-learn presentations, and tours of its accredited asphalt laboratories.

ATS also provides online learning through its Virtual Road Trip webinar series and YouTube training videos, giving teams additional resources to build their industry knowledge throughout the year.

For the fall 2026–spring 2027 training season, contact ATS to discuss your team’s needs and confirm course topics, scheduling, fees and availability.

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The Asphalt Pro’s Asphalt Paving 101 provides practical, video-based instruction for onboarding new employees, refreshing experienced workers and cross-training your crew. Its eight modules cover crew responsibilities, safety, equipment maintenance and the paving process, including paver preparation, mix delivery and placement.

The self-paced format lets your team train around its schedule. Use the course during the winter slowdown, on rainy days or as part of your spring preparation. Pair each lesson with a crew discussion about how the practices apply to your jobs.

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Blaw-Knox University combines classroom instruction with hands-on training for paver operators, foremen and personnel responsible for paving equipment.

Its four-day Paver Operation and Maintenance course includes two full days of hands-on instruction. Topics include jobsite safety, paver preparation, paver and screed operation, joint construction, automatic grade and slope control, troubleshooting mat defects and daily maintenance.

For the fall 2026–spring 2027 training season, contact Blaw-Knox directly for updated course dates, fees and seat availability.

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• Command Community: An online space where customers can ask questions, troubleshoot with other users and share best practices across the heavy building materials industry.
• Command Alkon Learning Management System (CALMS): A customer training portal offering guided, self-paced courses to build knowledge of Command Alkon products.
• Elevate + TRAININGdays: Elevate 2026 takes place November 16–19 in San Diego, California, with hands-on TRAININGdays sessions November 16–17 and the main conference November 17–19. TRAININGdays is offered in spring and fall; contact Command Alkon for spring 2027 dates and course details.
• Command Alkon’s Resource Center: A searchable library of videos, demos, customer stories and product information, with filters for product, topic, content type and language.
• Webinars: Open Office Hours sessions provide application guidance, while Quarterly Product Review webinars introduce new features and functions.

Gencor’s training school in Orlando, Florida, provides plant operators and superintendents with instruction using plant equipment and control simulation. The program focuses on hot-mix asphalt production and developing the knowledge plant personnel need to respond to operational challenges.

Gencor’s published 2027 sessions are:

• January 18–21
• January 25–28
• February 1–4
• February 8–11

Gencor also offers custom training. Check directly with the company for registration, fees and current availability; the January 25–28 session was listed as sold out when reviewed.

View Gencor’s training schedule and registration.

John Ball III’s Top Quality Paving & Training offers in-person instruction at association meetings and alongside contractor crews. Ball also worked with AsphaltPro to develop the Asphalt Paving 101 online course.

For companies seeking instruction with their own crews, contact Top Quality Paving & Training to discuss training needs, scheduling and pricing for the upcoming season.

Contact: tqpaving@yahoo.com.

Wirtgen America provides training for customers and dealers through its Center for Training and Technology in Antioch, Tennessee.

Scheduled customer courses are available through the company’s customer learning management system. After logging in, users can review course descriptions, class times and seat availability. Dealers have a separate training catalog and enrollment process.

Review the appropriate catalog to find instruction that matches your team’s equipment and responsibilities for the 2027 season.

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World of Asphalt returns March 15–17, 2027, at the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center in New Orleans, Louisiana, alongside AGG1 Academy & Expo.

The People, Plants and Paving Conference offers industry education covering paving practices, plant management, safety, pavement management and technology. Combine classroom learning with time on the show floor to explore equipment and discuss operational questions with industry experts.

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