News and Updates
SEPTA Pilots Master Technician Course on PLCs through the Transit Elevator/Escalator Consortium
Posted March 2016
Last week, SEPTA piloted the first master technician level course developed by the Transit Elevator Escalator Training Consortium. Programmable Logic Controllers (course 401).
Read more...Transit Coach Operator Apprenticeship Committee Has First Live Meeting
Posted March 2016
The Center held its first Transit Coach Operator Apprenticeship meeting February 29-March 3. This committee, developed as a part of the American Apprenticeship Initiative project, consists of nine transit agencies and their unions and the ATU International.
Read more...APTA and the Center Continue Cooperative Efforts
Posted March 2016
This issue’s Partnership Highlight focuses on the American Public Transportation Association (APTA). For over fifteen years the Center has partnered with APTA on a number of workforce development projects and APTA’s President Michael Melaniphy serves on the Center’s board of directors as did his predecessor William Millar.
Read more...Weekly Update for February 25, 2016
Posted March 2016
This week’s update includes stories on Federal Transit Administration Grants Funds for Monroe Transit, Link Transit Gets Surprise Federal Funding and After Decades of Failure, Will Metro Detroit Pass Mass Transit this Year?
Read more...Center Delivers Train-the-Trainer Course in New York
Posted March 2016
Last week, eight current and future maintenance trainers from WMATA, BART, SEPTA, and NYCT went through the Center developed Train-the-Trainer course.
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