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7 Introduction and Overview Meeting the challenge of developing fully qualified transit rail car maintenance technicians is the goal of TCRP Project E-07, "Establishing a National Transit Industry Rail Vehicle Technician Qualification Program: Building for Success." The best answer, fine-tuned by the research team working on this project, is a new multipart, industrywide system of qualification. This system brings together a broad range of training components including the following: • National training standards • Progressive classroom curriculum and courseware integrated with structured on-the-job learning • A credential management system that keeps track of the worker's training experience and skills • Apprenticeship frameworks with well-designed sequences of learning, support of learners by trained mentors, and specialized training for instructors All these components provide the foundation needed for written and hands-on assessments to confirm that technicians have the practical knowledge and skills required to perform their jobs at the highest level of expertise.
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8growth in rail transit, and the growing prevalence of electronic and especially digital systems in rail transit. Among transit rail's frontline technical occupations, rail car maintenance technicians are the largest group, with an estimated 6,200 employees across the industry.
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9 for the skills required of transit's frontline technicians. In particular, there have been dramatic increases in technological content in virtually every area of transit rail vehicles.
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10 an additional $266 million on training annually.) The most successful U.S.
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11 SMEs felt were necessary for a person to become a top-notch rail vehicle maintainer across the 11 fundamental systems on rail vehicles, along with prerequisite fundamental skills and advanced diagnosis and troubleshooting (see Table 2)
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12 framework for qualification that will strengthen all transit technical training systems going forward. Each of these three early initiatives for developing systems of transit rail training have followed the same framework for consistent, high-quality occupational training that has been developed under TCRP Project E-07.
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13 resources developed by SME committees for each occupation, each transit agency can access quality materials for this progression of classroom and on-the-job learning and customize them for their specific equipment and practices, including job classifications and progressions. Transit agencies can also utilize specific train-the-trainer and mentor training resources for each occupation.
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14 Once established, the TCRP Project E-07 panel worked closely with the National Rail Vehicle Training Standards Committee to further refine and implement the E-07 work plan. (See Appendix C of the contractor's final report.
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15 technicians, fortunately, are being developed in parallel initiatives through the industrywide transit rail training consortia for signals and elevator-escalator maintenance. Future efforts in rail car training should therefore move more quickly and efficiently.
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National Training Standards/ National Training Committee Elevator-Escalator National Apprenticeship (and College Credit) National Skill Validation (Hands-On & Written)
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17 adopted recommended practices for training bus maintenance technicians in their standards process in 2010, alongside the rail training standards. Nonetheless, the rest of a full system of qualification for bus technicians remains undeveloped, with the notable exception of written tests for the National Institute for Automotive Service Excellence (ASE)
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