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Transit Core Competencies Curriculum

Posted July 2016

On Friday July 22, 2016, 27 participants from the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority’s (MBTA’s) 2016 Summer Intern Transportation Institute met at MassDOT Boston headquarters to participate in a day long pilot of the Transit Core Competencies Curriculum (TC3).  This group of current students and recent graduates from Madison Park Technical Vocational High School are interning at MBTA in a range of areas, including sheet metal work, real estate, safety and security, telecommunications, auto body and repair, electrical repair, IT and carpentry. Led by the Center and experienced MBTA representatives-Frank Burnett and Lynelle Butterfield (IBEW Local 103 trainers), Doug MacElhiney (MBTA Maintenance Instructor) and Troy Ellerbee (Retired Director, MBTA Bus and Maintenance Division)-participants spent the day engaged in modules covering various aspects of the public transportation industry, career opportunities, transit maintenance and safety.

TC3 is being developed by the Transportation Learning Center, in collaboration with working groups of agency subject matter experts from labor and management, along with experienced educators and trainers involved in career and technical education and workforce development.  TC3 is designed to introduce diverse groups of young people and adults in the communities public transportation serves to frontline career opportunities in the industry generally and to provide baseline knowledge and skills in electrical and mechanical theory and practice and vehicle and facilities maintenance. TC3’s goal is to provide participants nationally the opportunity to become strong and successful applicants, trainees and apprentices.

For information about TC3, see our Facebook page or contact Pat Greenfield at pgreenfield@transportcenter.org.