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Education & Training Training Instructors Come Together for Crane Curriculum Review THE NATIONAL TRAINING FUND (NTF) presented a crane curriculum review and rollout for 65 Training Administrators and Instructors in January at the Maritime Institute Conference Center in Linthicum, Maryland. The review included statements from many of the subject matter experts that helped design and guide this project to completion. Also included was a synopsis of the 31 modules in the new crane training instructor manual, with a snapshot of the 31 power point presentations, including almost 1100 slides, many with embedded videos for the classroom. This new curriculum, which took approximately a year and a half to complete, met with the group’s approval and many requests for order information. IUOE Training Directors and Instructors who are interested in ordering copies of the manual can contact Steve Brown at (202) 778-2665 or sbrown@iuoe.org Stationary Engineers Helping to Develop New National Skills Standards for Energy Management THE NATIONAL TRAINING FUND (NTF) is currently working with the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to address new national energy management skill standards. IUOE training, including the NTF’s Energy Conservation curriculum, helps members develop state-of-the-art craft skills. In turn, IUOE Stationary Engineers play a pivotal role in implementing energy management programs. IUOE members already have a tremendous impact on facility energy management as part of their day to day responsibilities and their craft skills will increase in importance as new technologies and work processes are implemented. The NTF is committed to maintaining the highest quality standards in the expected expansion of both training and certification activity for energy conservation. The DOE is currently working with the National Institute of Building Sciences on a project called “Better Buildings Workforce Guidelines.” The IUOE is represented on the project’s Commercial Workforce Credentialing Council Board of Advisors by Stationary Department Director Russell Duke. Several IUOE Stationary Engineers are also helping to ensure the union’s voice is heard in setting national skill standards, by serving as industry practitioner subject matter experts or alternates. They are participating in a formal process called job task analysis which will describe in detail the essential skills needed for energy-related job categories. 6 INTERNATIONAL OPERATING ENGINEER
Training Standard Project Puts Instructors Through the Paces A TRAINING STANDARD PROJECT (TSP) administration and evaluator training class was held at the Southern Apprenticeship Training site in Memphis, TN this past September. Twelve IUOE and Job Corps Instructors participated in the three day class. Instructors represented Locals 624, 513, 627, 3, 320, 841, 649, 627, 66, and 181. The training covered how to properly administer a TSP checklist on tasks performed with the excavator, backhoe, dozer, grader, loader, and scraper. Actual demonstrations with the equipment helped participants practice mock evaluations of an operator’s skill level in performing the task with the piece of equipment. WINTER 2014 7
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