1. Rebuilding Rail Workforce “Baby Steps” to Modern Rail Education and Training Pasi Lautala, PhD, P.E. Director, Rail Transportation Program ptlautal@mtu.edu 906-487-3547

2. Outline What does industry need and want? Initiatives to resource development On-line tool for (High Speed) Rail Education and Training Presentation Title: Rebuilding Rail Workforce

3. Workforce Demand Presentation Title: Rebuilding Rail Workforce

4. Critical Skills Presentation Title: Rebuilding Rail Workforce

5. Industry – University Collaboration Presentation Title: Rebuilding Rail Workforce

6. Extensive Industry Training Class I railroads – Face-to-face and online training – 80 courses by Union Pacific only Contractor Orientation – Collaborative safety training Presentation Title: Rebuilding Rail Workforce

7. AREMA Initiatives Student Chapters – From one to ten over past three years Mentoring program taking first steps Railroad Engineering and Education Symposium (REES) – Biannual industry-university collaboration since 2008 – For university professors – Basic educational material for rail transportation/engineering Presentation Title: Rebuilding Rail Workforce

8. National Tier- 1 University Transportation Center Central Theme: Shared Rail Corridors Presentation Title: Rebuilding Rail Workforce

9. (High Speed) Rail Learning System Expanding demand for passenger rail – Limited domestic expertise (especially for higher speeds) Geographically dispersed audience and stakeholders with limited size Partial solution – Taking advantage of on-line technologies? http://www.mtti.mtu.edu /highspeedrail/ http://www.mtti.mtu.edu /highspeedrail/ Presentation Title: Rebuilding Rail Workforce

10. HSRLS Concept Presentation Title: 10 Student, Employees, Public -Training -Marketing -Classwork -Research Instructors/EDU -Instructional materials -Demonstrations -Grading Industry -Regulatory -Reporting -Workforce development WWW Presentation Title: Rebuilding Rail Workforce