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ITLC Outlines Consortiums for TRACCS
Posted April 2023
ITLC connected with Transit Rail Association for Canadian Contractors, Maintainers, and Standards (TRACCS) to share the details of its rail maintenance training consortiums in February. Jack Clark, Julie Deibel-Pundt, and Amri Joyner, along with subject matter experts Frank Burnett, Tim Tarrant, and Dan Lamothe, shared the process and products of the signals and traction power training consortiums.
ITLC and TRACCS first came together at the APTA annual conference in late 2022, prompting conversations about working together, when TRACCS chairperson Mark Salsberg identified ITLC’s consortiums as an important resource for its membership. Consortium programs include standardize instruction-ready courseware, train the trainer, mentoring nationally recognized apprenticeship programs, and peer sharing. These programs allow member agencies and unions to come together and share resources, knowledge, and finances that lessen the cost for locations. The recording of the presentation is available here: https://youtu.be/i1ztiSujU4E.
For more information about ITLC’s rail maintenance training programs, contact info@transportcenter.org. The next step in this partnership will be ITLC’s participation in the TRACCS rail day event on June 20-21, 2023.