{"id":363067,"date":"2022-02-28T06:02:11","date_gmt":"2022-02-27T20:02:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/?p=363067"},"modified":"2022-02-28T06:02:11","modified_gmt":"2022-02-27T20:02:11","slug":"rota-tinian-pss-take-part-in-cota-certification-training","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/rota-tinian-pss-take-part-in-cota-certification-training\/","title":{"rendered":"Rota, Tinian, PSS take part in COTA certification training"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_363059\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-363059\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/COTA-Attains-National-Certification-11.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"262\" class=\"size-full wp-image-363059\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-363059\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Special assistant for Public Transportation Alfreda Camacho Maratita and master trainer Ginger Porter M.Ed. pose with the 30 participants for the PASS training. (COTA)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The Commonwealth Office of Transit Authority team participated in a three-day professional development and certification on passenger assistance and sensitivity training.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>A total of 30 participants made up the three-day training, which also included two employees from the CNMI Public School System: Office of Pupil Transportation, two transit employees on the island of Rota, and two transit employees on the island of Tinian.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-363067 gallery-columns-2 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon '>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/fiber-line-break-causes-docomo-outage\/cota-attains-national-certification-22\/'>COTA Attains National Certification - 22<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-363060'>\n\t\t\t\tMaster trainer Ginger Porter M.Ed. conducts the PASS hands-on wheelchair safety securement test with COTA transit operators.  (COTA)\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon '>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/fiber-line-break-causes-docomo-outage\/cota-attains-national-certification-55\/'>COTA Attains National Certification - 55<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-363063'>\n\t\t\t\tKaia Lazaro of Tinian undergoes the PASS hands-on training role as a transit rider. (COTA)\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>This yearly certification is conducted by Certified Community Transportation of America Passenger Service and Safety master trainer Ginger Porter, M.Ed. \u201cIt was a special privilege to provide the recent Passenger Assistance Safety and Sensitivity training to all of COTA, including those providing new service to Tinian and Rota.\u00a0Customers of CNMI\u2019s transit system will appreciate attention to safety and customer specific needs from all 30 agency personnel.\u00a0I have observed the maturation of COTA as it moves forward with a new transportation facility and equipment, and find it satisfying to be a part of the measurable progress in the development of their personnel,\u201d said Porter. This is Porter\u2019s sixth time conducting COTA\u2019s certification training for the Transit Authority.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis year\u2019s training and certification opportunity was particularly special because we are able to include transit operators from the islands of Rota, Tinian, and our CNMI Public School System,\u201d said special assistant for Public Transportation Alfreda Camacho Maratita.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-2' class='gallery galleryid-363067 gallery-columns-2 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon '>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/fiber-line-break-causes-docomo-outage\/cota-attains-national-certification-33\/'>COTA Attains National Certification - 33<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-2-363061'>\n\t\t\t\tCNMI PSS: Office of Pupil Transportation\u2019s Jesus Nicdao and Nobert Ambalan go through the PASS hands-on testing for wheelchair securement. (COTA)\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon '>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/fiber-line-break-causes-docomo-outage\/cota-attains-national-certification-44\/'>COTA Attains National Certification - 44<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-2-363062'>\n\t\t\t\tPatrick Ogo of Rota carefully uses the wheelchair lift to perform the hands-on testing for the PASS certification. (COTA)\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>\u201cIn order for COTA to continue delivering safe and courteous transit services for our community, the proper training opportunities should be afforded to the state\u2019s transit agency as it continuously expands. The need for this particular type of training echoes the fact that passenger transportation is a service industry. The most important asset in any transit agency or provider are the transit operators.\u00a0 By providing these training opportunities, skills and knowledge are enhanced for each team member which will, in turn, benefit our CNMI community as a whole,\u201d Maratita added. <strong>(PR)<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Commonwealth Office of Transit Authority team participated in a three-day professional development and certification&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":28,"featured_media":363064,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[460,40],"class_list":["post-363067","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-news","tag-cota","tag-pss"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/363067","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/28"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=363067"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/363067\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/363064"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=363067"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=363067"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=363067"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}