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EDUCATION AND TRAINING
2017 Convention Education
and Training Survey Results
At the 68th Quadrennial Convention, held this past summer, the IATSE Education and training Department,
together with our partner organization, the IATSE Entertainment and Exhibition Industries Trust
Fund surveyed the delegates regarding our education and training programs, their utilization and efficacy.
This survey focused on both craft and
crafts and locations participated in the
Institute. Lynda.com is convenient, inex-
safety training, provided by the TTF and
survey (80% of all local unions in at-
pensive and online, offering something for
our educational programs in the areas of
tendance at the Convention). The major
everyone. In addition to leadership classes,
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leadership development and running effective
unions (such as the IATSE Officer
Institute and the Labor Education Assistance
Program (LEAP)) which are operated
by the International. The survey was
designed to assess local union interests,
needs, and usage of the various training
programs to take stock of where we are
now, what has worked well, and what we
should do together, going forward.
Union leadership programs, such as
LEAP and the IATSE Officer Institute are
operated by the IATSE International itself.
Craft Skills and Safety training is supplied
through the IATSE Training Trust Fund
(TTF). All programs of both our union
and the Training Trust Fund were built
in large part on the requests from local
unions and an analysis of the needs of
our employers. Strategic planning based
on data is fundamental to creating effective
plans and priorities (as every IATSE
Officer Institute graduate has learned!)
and these survey results are the data, along
with class evaluations and comments
from our member/students and their Locals
which will guide future training programs
and priorities.
229 local unions of all sizes, from all
findings of the survey are as follows:
n All education and training Initiatives
have broad support from IATSE Locals
and their members.
n Size of Local didn’t impact utilization/
lack of utilization of programs.
n Locals want programs to be as accessible
as possible to leaders and workers.
n 25 – 30% of surveyed Locals had not
yet utilized any TTF or Education Department
Programs.
n Delegates surveyed were uncertain
about how the programs offered by
the TTF work.
More specific analysis of the data in
each area sheds additional light on what
courses are used, what future courses are
desired, and how the union and the Training
Trust Fund can better assist Locals in
accessing education and training.
UNION SKILLS AND
LEADERSHIP - EDUCATION
DEPARTMENT RESULTS
When it comes to classes that train
union leadership skills (for example, how
to be a good leader and how to run an effective
Local), the most-utilized programs
are Lynda.com and the IATSE Officer
many craft-training courses for computer
and digitally-based crafts are also offered
on Lynda.com. Officer Institute graduates
appear to be the best advertisement for
the course, which is another of our mostpopular
offerings, and keep spreading the
word regarding the way attendance there
grows and strengthens their Locals. Many
Locals also add to their education through
participation at District Convention education
sessions (which are offered every
year, at every District Convention), LEAP
reimbursement, attending education sessions
at the General Executive Board
meetings, sending officers to the Advanced
Officer Institute Secretary-Treasurer and
Organizing classes and hosting the IATSE
Road Show in their towns for their members
and broader communities.
Of course, the survey showed high
demand for new classes, which include
classes in concrete skills like Negotiations
and Grievance handling, Organizing, and
Shop Steward training, but also the interest
is high around personal Leadership
skills. We know from class evaluations
that “Leadership” is a big category and
means many different things to different
people. Nevertheless, there is high de-
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