Partner Courses

AsphaltPro Magazine hosts the Asphalt Paving 101 online training course for a fee to learn in the areas of paving/compaction, QC/QA in the field, pavement maintenance, and heavy equipment maintenance.

Astec Industries offers a number of schools, including its new Astec Digital Customer School, which focuses on an exclusive, hands-on experience in either advanced Drumtronic sessions or the PM3 sessions. See the ad on page 47. Get more information here and check out the full list of customer schools in burners, paving, materials solutions, online training and more available here.

Blaw-Knox offers The Blaw-Knox University to provide training for paver operators and foremen on proper paver operation and maintenance. The classes are held in January and early February each year, but seats fill quickly the previous autumn. See the ad on page 51. Details and registration can be found here.

CONEXPO-CON/AGG offers hundreds of panels and seminars in its education sessions portion of the industry’s largest tradeshow and convention. The event takes place March 3-7, 2026, at the Las Vegas Convention Center and surrounding facilities. During the tradeshow, AsphaltPro Magazine will have a robust “Ask the Expert” schedule at booth GL30901 in the grand lobby of the convention center where anyone—regardless of their badge status—can stop by and ask their paving, production and lab questions of our industry experts. Watch our editorial pages for that schedule! See the ad on page 60. Details and registration can be found here. Use code SAVE20 to get 20% off your registration fee.

Gencor Industries offers the Gencor Training School for plant personnel. The classes are held in January and early February each year, but seats fill quickly the previous autumn. See the ad on page 49. Registration is open until Dec. 15, 2025, at this link.

Top Quality Paving & Training (TQP), Manchester, New Hampshire, is owned by John Ball III, who has partnered with AsphaltPro Magazine staff to create an online course of back-to-basics employee, maintenance, paving and compaction training modules, advertised on page 40. Aside from this course, Ball offers in-person training at association meetings and alongside crews for contractor companies. See his ad on page 62. Get online course information and view a sample of free videos here. Get information about Ball’s TQP consulting services at tqpaving@yahoo.com.

The Wirtgen Group offers a variety of courses geared to customers and to dealers at its Wirtgen America Center for Training and Technology (CTT) at the company’s Antioch, Tennessee, campus. See the ad on page 53 and check out a listing of courses and seating availability here.