New Hampshire Green SnowPro Certification

The UNH T² Center offers half day Green SnowPro Certification courses focused on efficient and environmentally friendly winter maintenance practices. The course covers the basics of salt reduction including:

• Equipment Calibration
• Anti-Icing
• Brine Making
• Pre-wetting with Brine and Other Liquids
• Effecient Application Rate Changes with Pavement Temperature
• Effective Plowing
• Emerging Technologies
• Salt Accounting
• Environmental Impacts

The course is approximately 3 hours of classroom instruction and 1 hour of field demonstration of calibration and brine making techniques. Following demonstration and classroom time students take a 30 minute exam to qualify for certification. Currently, there are 175 certified winter maintenance professionals in New Hampshire.

Upcoming Training Sessions:

More Trainings will be announced for Spring and Summer 2012

Certified Winter Maintenance Professionals:

2010 List of Certified Professionals

Best Management Practices Sheets

Anti-Icing

Brine Making

Calibration - Hydraulic Spreaders

Calibration - Pony Motors

How Salt Works

Pre-wetting

Good Housekeeping

Winter Maintenance Manuals

Minnesota Parking Lot Handbook

Salt Institute Handbook

National LTAP Winter Maintenance Training Resources

Sample Winter Maintenance Contracts

Sample Contract #1

Sample Contract #2

Sample Contract #3

Video Demonstrations

Winter Maintenance For Small Sites (Part 1 - 10 Minutes)

Winter Maintenance for Small Sites (Part 2 - 10 Minutes)