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Transit Elevator/Escalator Training Consortium Reconvenes at SEPTA

Posted January 2015

Last week, the Transit Elevator/Escalator Training Consortium reconvened in Philadelphia.  This team with over 350 years of cumulative experience in transit and training spent three intensive days working together on program development, including:
*  Apprenticeship Implementation
*  Measuring training Return on Investment
*  Update on Completed Courseware
*  Importance of hands-on exercises
*  Scheduled upcoming pilots
*  Further defined scope and content of Master Technician Courses including topics such as PLCs, Predictive Maintenance and Root Cause Failure Analysis

The consortium’s host, SEPTA used this opportunity to showcase their newly upgraded training facility which now has a working escalator and hydraulic elevator that will be used during training.  The group was welcomed by SEPTA Deputy Director Jeff Knueppel.  The consortium is scheduled to hold their next meeting in the Spring along with two Train-the-Trainer sessions.

For more information on the Transit Elevator/Escalator Training Consortium, contact project manager Jim Kinahan.