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Rebuilding Rail Workforce

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. Outline. What does industry need and want? Initiatives to resource development

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Rebuilding Rail Workforce

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  1. Rebuilding Rail Workforce “Baby Steps” to Modern Rail Education and Training PasiLautala, 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/ Presentation Title: Rebuilding Rail Workforce

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

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