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John Filippone is the Principal for Filippone Consulting LLC in Colorado.  John has been involved in rural and resort transit for over 40 years (29+ at Roaring Fork Transportation Authority, Aspen CO), starting as a part-time operator and working through the ranks as a trainer, Lead Driver, Supervisor, Dispatcher, Scheduler, Training Supervisor to Safety and Training Manager for a 300+ staff rural/resort transit agency.  John served on the Colorado RTAP advisory committee for over 15 years as and is a past Chairman of the National RTAP Review Board. He has certificates in Safety, Security, Training and Supervision from both TSI and CTAA as well as a 30-hour OSHA card for General Industry.  He is a former certified instructor for Defensive Driving (National Safety Council DDC and Smith System). John is currently a certified PASS Instructor and the developer and Instructor trainer for the Colorado Association of Transit Agencies' Defensive Driver Operator Training Certificate (DDTOC) program designed specifically for transit and which is very affordable and available to transit agencies everywhere. 

TRAINING TOPICS:  Ask for more details on each topic 

--Incident/Crash Investigation

-- Safety and Security Training including ‘Managing Transit Emergencies,’ ‘Transit Security,’      ‘Principles of SMS’ and ‘Crash and Incident Investigation’ = 8 hrs or individually 2 hrs each  

--CASTA’s DDTOC Train-the-Trainer or Staff – Defensive Driving specifically for transit and/or municipal employees = 8 hrs – trainer or operator certificate

-- Agency Safety, Security and/or Training Program Reviews

--Public Transit Agency Safety Plan (PTASP) Development TBD, Operator Training Plan Development (including ELDT rules), Operator Assessment (including Secret Shopper)

-- Customer Service, Operator Assault Prevention, Workplace Violence Prevention and Difficult Passengers = 2 hrs each     Can add TAT Human Trafficking (about 30 min)

--ADA Sensitivity (CTAA PASS Certified) Hands-on securement certification [approx. 4hrs] – certificate

CERTIFICATIONS

• State of Colorado - CDL Third Party Tester (1994 - 2009)

• FEMA - ICS 100 (1997) Online

• NSC - Defensive Driving Instructor certification (2001) Greeley CO

• TSI - Bus Collision Investigation Instructor certification (2003) Ok City OK

• CTAA - PASS Instructor certification (disabled pass. assistance) (2003) Vail CO 

• TSI - Instructor in Bus Operator Training certification (2005)   Denver CO 

• TSI - Transit Safety and Security Program certification (2006) Denver CO

• TSI - Transit Industrial Safety 30 hour OSHA certification (2010) San Francisco CA

• CTAA - PASS Instructor certification (2010) Glenwood Spgs CO

• CTAA - Certified Safety & Security Manager   (2011- 17 hrs)     Pueblo CO

• TSI - Transit Supervisor Certification (2012) Everett WA

• Smith System - Instructor Certification (2014 -36 hours) Westminster CO

• CTAA - Certified Safety & Security Manager   (2014)       Online renewal

• FEMA - ICS 200     (2014)     Online

• FEMA - IS 700   (2014) Online

• CTAA - Certified Community Transportation Supervisor (2015-19 hrs)     Tampa FL

• CTAA – PASS Instructor Recert (2015) Denver CO

• Smith System - Instructor Recertification (2016  -16 hours) Cherry Creek CO

• CTAA - Certified Safety & Security Manager   (2016)       Online renewal

• FEMA - ICS 300 Intermediate   (2017) Carbondale CO

• Smith System - Instructor Recertification (2018 -16 hours) Denver CO

• SWTA - NTI Leading as a Mid-Manager (2018-2 hours) Denver CO

• SWTA - QSTRAINT Advanced Wheelchair Securement (2018) Denver CO

• UVM – EcoDriver (2018) Online

• UVM – Idle Free Driver (2018) Online

• National Traffic Incident Management Responder Training (2018)          Aspen CO 

• CTAA – PASS Instructor Recert (2018) Online 

• CTAA – PASS Instructor Recert (2022) Online 

• TAT Human Trafficking Instructor (2024) Online