News and Updates
Partnership Highlight: Secretary Perez Celebrates National Apprenticeship Week in Cleveland
Posted November 2015
US Secretary of Labor Tom Perez was in Cleveland on November 2 to kick off the National Apprenticeship Week and learn more about broad new apprenticeship initiatives in America’s public transportation industry. The Secretary was joined by Carolyn Flowers, Senior Advisor of the Federal Transit Administration.
Read more...Kick-off Webinar for Rail Vehicle Maintenance/Career Pathways Project Well Attended by Industry
Posted October 2015
On Thursday October 22, the Center held a launch meeting for their new Integrating Career Pathways in Public Transportation: Rail Car Maintenance and Beyond project. Through this project, the Center and partners will develop courseware specific to the skills needed for rail vehicle maintenance as well as develop Transit Core Competencies Curriculum (TC3) that provide a generic entry point for anyone looking to start a career in transit.
Read more...Want to Know More about the Natl Signals Trng Consortium? Join an Orientation 10/26/2015 - 12pm CT
Posted October 2015
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. In a nut shell, this group of 20 mass transportation locations from around the country are working together, and sharing the costs - to develop a comprehensive, standardized training program for Signal Maintainers.
Read more...US DOL is Focusing on Apprenticeship - You Can too, and the Center Can Help
Posted October 2015
The US Department of Labor and the White House have declared November 2-9 as “National Apprenticeship Week.”
Read more...Bay Area Transit Acting on Skills Crisis
Posted October 2015
“About 50 percent of our technical workforce has retired in the last two years. Another 30 percent will retire in the next five years,”
“We expect to lose 40 percent of our workers to retirement in the next five years.”
“Close to 50 percent of our workforce could retire now, and they certainly will in the next five years.”
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