Municipal Airport – Motor Grader

Course Objective:

This course is designed to instruct airport staff on the safe and proper motor grader plowing methods for removing snow from airport runways.

Classroom Topics:

• Pre-Trip Inspections
• Components
• Safety Hazards
• Pre-Season Dry Runs
• Environmental Codes of Practice
• Snowplowing Techniques & Priorities (Aprons, Runways and Taxiways)
• Runways & Centre-line lights Clearing
• Interference of Snow Removal with Air traffic

Field Activities:

• Review Components
• Pre-Trip Inspections
• Proper Implement Hook-up/unhook
• Snowplowing Techniques and Priorities (Aprons, 
• Runways and Taxiways)
• Runways and Centre-line Lights Clearing
• Interference of Snow Removal with Air traffic
• Articulation
• Clearances
• Proper Attitudes