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Center Director Brian Turner Named to US DOL Advisory Committee on Apprenticeship

Posted September 2014

In recognition of the Transportation Learning Center’s work in developing frontline workforce apprenticeships, Secretary of Labor Tom Perez has invited the Center’s executive director, Brian J. Turner, to serve on his Advisory Committee on Apprenticeship (ACA).  The Secretary’s Advisory Committee is a small group of two dozen leaders drawn from management, labor unions and the public. 

The ACA develops advice and recommendations for the Secretary, with the current priority of advancing the President’s goal of doubling the number of US workers participating in registered apprenticeship. Working closely with the Center, the transit industry has already developed three national apprenticeships approved by US DOL.  More are in the pipeline through the Signals Training Consortium and other projects by the Center.  Implementing those apprenticeships broadly throughout the industry remains a top goal of the Center and the industry.