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American Traffic Safety Services Association 36 Advertorial ATSSA trained and certified workers step confidently in their ability to stay safe. TSSA is the heart and soul of roadway worker safety and training. Since 1969, ATSSA has successfully trained over 500,000 roadway workers across the country, and certified another 100,000 as ATSSA Certified Flaggers, Traffic Control Technicians, Traffic Control Supervisors, and other specialties. In addition to improving safety on our nation’s roadways, ATSSA training helps provide workers the peace of mind that they are taking safety measures to return home safely to their families and loved ones at the end of their shift. Let’s face it, work zones are here to stay. More importantly, they are part of every roadway safety company’s daily business operations. Our nation’s roadways require constant repair and improvement to handle the ever-increasing volume of vehicles that take to them every day. Roadway workers have a lot to contend with, including impaired motorists, texting and distracted drivers, and impatient people who seem to have no regard for worker safety. “I tell our new employees to think of work zones as war zones,” said Bruce Ordway, safety manager of Payne’s Lines and Signs, an ATSSA member company located in rural Bealeton, Va. That company lays down millions of linear feet of paint and thermoplastic every year, and installs over 3,500 signs on roadways in a vast, four state area that covers Virginia and extends into West Virginia, North Carolina and Maryland. Bruce will tell you that his workers cannot do their jobs efficiently – or safely – without ATSSA training. ATSSA’s impressive team of veteran instructors have decades of real-world work zone safety experience that they personally pass on to students every day, one-on-one in the classroom. Like so many other roadway safety companies and individuals across America, Payne’s relies on ATSSA for state-specific, customized training in flagging and work zone design, set-up and operations. Bruce explained, “ATSSA training gives me the tools I need to ensure work zones are safe and in strict compliance with state-specific requirements.” Insist on the best roadway safety training available. Insist on ATSSA training. For nearly 50 years, ATSSA trained and certified workers have stepped into the work zone confident in their ability to stay safe. Rest easy knowing that your crews have been provided the very best roadway safety training available in the industry. ATSSA’s diverse, wide range of roadway worker safety training and courses can be custom tailored to fit your company’s demanding, ever-changing needs. Call 800-272-8772, or email customerservice@atssa.com to be put in contact with an ATSSA Safety Training Specialist today. A American Traffic Safety Services Association www.atssa.com Advertorial