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agreement establishing the IATSE Entertainment and Exhibition
Industries Training Trust Fund (IATSE-TTF).
The Trust is governed by a joint labor-management Board
of Trustees, funded through collective bargaining agreement negotiated
contributions and subscriber agreement contributions.
DADCO was the first signatory employer.
The mission of the Trust is to promote industry-wide recognized
standards for safety, skills and craftsmanship in the entertainment
and exhibition industries by:
4 Providing training that improves existing skills, develops
new skills, embraces technological change, and focuses on
the safest way to perform the work of IA crafts;
4 Supporting training opportunities to all employees working
under the jurisdiction of the IATSE; and
4 Developing state-of-the-art training tools, resources and
methods.
In its first several years, the TTF implemented its Course
Reimbursement Program, assisting local unions with the cost of
running their own group training programs.
The Fund also recognized that its success depends on utilizing
the most qualified, capable trainers. That’s why the TTF
launched its “Train-the-Trainer” Program in 2015, taught by
Dr. Mark Johnson, Professor of Technology and Workforce
Learning at Pittsburg State University in Pittsburg, Kansas. This
course was added to provide teaching techniques, lesson planning
skills and presentation skills to both new and seasoned
skills and safety trainers. The goal was to increase capacity at the
local levels for locally offered courses thus multiplying the reach
of trainings offered.
The next year, the TTF continued to strengthen its infrastructure
and expand its reach. Work continues up to the present
time on growing the technical assistance resources available
to local unions, expansion of the TTF Trainer database, and an
improved and expanded bi-weekly e-newsletter.
THE IATSE-TTF BY THE NUMBERS
Since its inception in 2011, the Training Trust Fund has:
Offered and/or supported more than 3,060 courses.
Reached more than 30,290 IATSE members.
In 2017, the TTF continued to grow the programs and services
it offers members while rolling out a Train the Trainer:
Master Class with Dr. Johnson for trainers wanting to develop
their own course curriculum. The first class, in May, was sold
out to an audience of half Canadian participants and half US
participants.
In addition, the TTF launched its Training Tracker Service,
which maintains a database on local unions offering their own
training programs. Locals using the Training Tracker can easily
enter and track the courses taken by their members, as well as
run reports. This way, if employers request workers with particular
educational credentials or who have taken a particular
class, those members can be quickly and accurately identified.
This service is open to Locals and signatory employers who participate
in the TTF.
In IATSE’s 125th anniversary year, the TTF is focusing on
being more user friendly through the development of a new
video that explains what the Fund has to offer, redesigning its
website, changing program names to be more easily understand-
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