Baby Steps to Modern Rail Education and Training Pasi Lautala PhD PE Director Rail Transportation Program ptlautalmtuedu 9064873547 Outline What does industry need and want ID: 619496
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Rebuilding Rail Workforce
“Baby Steps” to Modern Rail Education and Training
Pasi
Lautala, PhD, P.E.Director, Rail Transportation Programptlautal@mtu.edu906-487-3547Slide2
Outline
What does industry need and want?
Initiatives to resource developmentOn-line tool for (High Speed) Rail Education and Training
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Workforce Demand
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Critical Skills
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Industry – University Collaboration
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Extensive Industry Training
Class I railroads
Face-to-face and online training
80 courses by Union Pacific onlyContractor OrientationCollaborative safety training
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AREMA Initiatives
Student Chapters
From one to ten over past three years
Mentoring program taking first stepsRailroad Engineering and Education Symposium (REES)Biannual industry-university collaboration since 2008For university professorsBasic educational material for rail transportation/engineering
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National Tier-1 University Transportation Center
Central Theme:
Shared Rail Corridors
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(High Speed) Rail Learning System
Expanding demand for passenger rail
Limited domestic expertise (especially for higher speeds)
Geographically dispersed audience and stakeholders with limited sizePartial solution – Taking advantage of on-line technologies?http://www.mtti.mtu.edu/highspeedrail/
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HSRLS Concept
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Student, Employees, Public
Training
Marketing
Classwork
Research
Instructors/EDU
Instructional materials
Demonstrations
Grading
Industry
Regulatory
Reporting
Workforce development
WWW
Presentation Title: Rebuilding Rail Workforce