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Want to Know More about the National Signals Training Consortium?
Posted July 2016
As a reader of the weekly update and a general supporter of the Center, you have surely heard a lot about the National Signals Training Consortium.
Read more...New Center Report Available - The Transit El-Es Training Consortium: A Model for Successful Training
Posted July 2016
The Transit Elevator-Escalator Training Consortium (the Consortium) is the first in an ongoing series of industry-wide collaborative programs to develop integrated systems of training for key frontline occupations in public transportation.
Read more...Bus Maintenance Training Group Meets to Expand Apprenticeship
Posted June 2016
A committee of labor and management subject matter experts (SMEs) consisting of technicians, instructors and managers from bus transit met at WMATA’s Carmen Turner Training Facility June 14-16, 2016, as part of a national effort to expand apprenticeships under the American Apprenticeship Initiative (AAI).
Read more...This week’s update includes stories on
Posted June 2016
This week’s update includes stories on photos that Show the public transportation resurgence happening in LA, Minnesota should go all in on electric buses and Dallas Area Rapid Transit Light-Rail System marks 20 years.
Read more...FTA Workforce Summit Highlights Center Consortium and Apprenticeship Work
Posted June 2016
On June 7, Center staff Jack Clark, Xinge Wang, and Tia Brown attended the FTA Workforce Development Summit: Implementing, Disseminating, and Modeling Ladders of Opportunity. Jack Clark participated in a panel presentation on the topic “Internships.
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