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Up skill the Frontline Workforce: Small and Rural Transit Shares Insights at CTAA Expo Workshop
Posted June 2015
Small, rural and tribal agencies face unique challenges recruiting, retaining and cultivating the skills of their frontline operations and maintenance workforce. According to participants to the June 3 workshop at the CTAA Expo in Tampa, FL, the paramount frontline workforce challenge most small properties face is the lack of qualified candidates for bus and van operators and the high turnover rate, largely attributable to the low wages.
Read more...Weekly Update for June 4, 2015
Posted June 2015
This week’s update includes stories on Obama Nominates Feinberg as Next FRA administrator, Los Angeles County MTA OKs $5.56 Billion Budget for Fiscal Year 2016 and San Francisco City Officials Vow to Ride Public Transit for the Next 22 Days.
Read more...National Signals Training Consortium Expands Efforts
Posted May 2015
The National Signals Training Consortium (Consortium) met in Denver during the last week of April. While the first priority was courseware development, finding qualified recruits was a topic of intense discussion.
Read more...The Transportation Learning Center Featured in Workforce Discussions at the APTA Bus Conference
Posted May 2015
Jeff Gonneville, Chief Mechanical Officer at MBTA in Boston and Chair of the Bus Maintenance Training Committee asked Center Executive Director Jack Clark to present to the Committee plans for a national system of apprenticeship in public transportation.
Read more...Center Proposal to USDOL: Apprenticeship as Solution to Transportation Workforce Needs
Posted May 2015
The Center has recently submitted a $5 million proposal “National Public Transportation Partnership for Apprenticeship” to the US Department of Labor (DOL) under the American Apprenticeship Initiative.
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