News and Updates

Center to Present on the Importance of Training at the Positive Train Control World Congress

Posted March 2014

Join the Center at the PTC World Congress in Orlando, FL April 15-17, 2014 for a presentation on what the Center is doing to implement stronger training around positive train control.  Senior Associate, Mark Dysart will be presenting a case study at 11am on Thursday April 17th entitled Creating Industry And Nationwide Training Standards to Meet Technology Advancements.

Join the Center at the NTI Transit Trainers’ Workshop

Posted February 2014

The Transportation Learning Center will host a 90-minute sessions on Standards-based Training and Apprenticeship for Frontline Technicians at the 2004 National Transit Institute (NTI) Transit Trainers’ Workshop in Long Beach, CA.  During this session (starting at 10:45am on March 31), local transit trainers will benefit greatly from an introduction of new national resources for systems of training and apprenticeship, with perspectives of peer trainers who have participated in the national program development and local implementation.

Rail Vehicle Technician Qualification System Approved by TCRP Panel

Posted February 2014

The Transportation Research Board’s Transit Cooperative Research Program (TCRP) will soon be publishing an important new report,  An Industry-Wide System of Qualification for Transit Rail Car Technicians - Building for Success.  The report presents the findings of a five-year labor-management TCRP project designed to help the industry meet the challenge of qualifying a new generation of Rail Car Technicians.

Center Releases Report on Career Pathways in Transit & Transportation

Posted February 2014

Through the generous support of the Rockefeller Foundation, The Leadership Conference Education Fund, a non-profit organization affiliated with the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, awarded a seed grant to the Transportation Learning Center for the research, writing and production of a report on career pathways in transit and transportation: “Pathways to Equity: Effective Transportation Career Partnerships.”

Elevator-Escalator Repairer Apprenticeship Approved

Posted January 2014

On January 16, 2014, the US Department of Labor officially approved the Transportation Learning Center’s proposed transit elevator-escalator apprenticeship program.  Elevator-Escalator thus becomes the third national transit apprenticeship approved by DOL’s Office of Apprenticeship, joining the Bus Maintenance Technician and Rail Car Maintenance Technician programs.

This new apprenticeship program is based on the industry-developed standards for training, and it incorporates the detailed courseware developed by the Consortium for Elevator-Escalator Maintenance Training.