Career Opportunities in Public Transportation February 9, Tia Brown Program Manager

2 Challenge and Opportunity: Retirement and Growth 126 Percent of Today’s Transit Workforce Will Have to Be Hired and Trained in the Next 10 Years Source: TLC Analysis of BLS and NTD data. 10-Year Transit Job Openings 500k Public Transportation Overview: A Field of Opportunity

3 More than 90 Percent of the Need: Frontline Workers Public Transportation Overview: The Need Source: Data Report on Transportation Workforce Needs by the U.S. Departments of Education, Transportation and Labor.

Public Transportation Overview: The Need in Transit

Why Public Transportation? Public Transportation Overview: The Benefits Good living wage jobs Great Benefits (healthcare, pension, sick days, vacation time, tuition reimbursement) Unionized Career Ladder Opportunities Stable and growing industry Location

Public Transportation Overview: The Benefits

The Transportation Learning Center The Transportation Learning Center is a nonprofit organization dedicated to improving public transportation at the national level and within communities. To accomplish this mission, the Center builds labor- management training partnerships that improve organizational performance, expand workforce knowledge, skills and abilities and promote career pathways and career advancement. The Center

Integrating Career Pathways Integrating Career Pathways Project 9 Rail Car Courseware Development Transit Core Competencies Curriculum (TC3) Development –Expand the Pipeline of Qualified Applicants for Transit Careers –Expand Education Engagement and Career Opportunities for Communities served by Public Transportation

10 Integrating Career Pathways: TC3 Partners ORGANIZATIONS Mile High Youth Corps - Denver, CO Capital Metropolitan Transportation Authority (CapMetro) - Austin, TX Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority (GCRTA) / Amalgamated Transit Union (ATU) 268 -(Cleveland, OH International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (International) Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) / International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW)103 -Boston, MA Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority (MARTA) - Atlanta, GA Metro North Railroad - New York SamTrans -San Mateo, CA Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) – Washington, DC

11 Integrating Career Pathways: Career Pathways Model

12 Transit Core Competencies Curriculum Integrating Career Pathways: TC3 Model

Proposed Modules 1 - Public Transportation Industry Overview 2 - Workplace Relations 3 - Safety and Security 4 - Public Transportation Technology Overview 5 - Basic Mechanical Theory, Understanding, Application 6 - General Electrical Theory, Understanding, Application 7 - Public Transportation Maintenance Overview 8 – Tool and Fastener Applications 9 – Public Transportation Vehicle Maintenance 10 – Public Transportation Facilities & Support Equipment Maintenance Integrating Career Pathways: TC3 Modules 13

Mile High Denver, CO Participate in TC3 development TC3 Pilot –Eight to ten participants –Youth –Disadvantaged population Train the Trainer Pilot Linkage with Denver Regional Transportation District transit system Integrating Career Pathways: TC3 Implementation 14

Who Can Use TC3? Agencies and Unions through community training and outreach programs CTE High Schools and Community Colleges Youth Corps Programs Job Corps Youth Build Workforce Development Agencies Others Integrating Career Pathways: TC3 Implementation 15

How to get involved? Project completion date: September 30, 2017 Center can provide assistance with: –Linkage to transit systems in your area –Customization of TC3 Curriculum –Delivery of train the trainer Contact Tia Brown at Integrating Career Pathways: TC3 Implementation 16

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