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able, and taking other bold initiatives in safety and lifelong learning
(see ahead).
The TTF’s programs and initiatives are especially impressive
considering it is just seven years old. In the first five months of
2018 alone, more than 883 courses were offered and/or supported,
reaching more than 4,236 IATSE members through 34,286
cumulative training hours. In addition, the TTF has grown from
one full time staff person in 2013 to thirteen full-time staff. The
Fund is constantly expanding in the areas of programs offered,
projects underway and resources developed. More information
about the TTF is available at www.iatsetrainingtrust.org.
SAFETY FIRST!
Leaders and delegates at the 66th Quadrennial Convention
in 2009 discussed the creation of an IA-wide safety and training
program, establishing a best practice process and bringing together
the best and brightest to develop training for IATSE members.
Ever since, safety has been fully-integrated into all IATSE
worker training efforts, and collective bargaining agreements
have added stronger safety provisions.
A huge step forward was made in 2014, when the IATSE-TTF
began offering OSHA 10/General Entertainment Safety courses
throughout the U.S., to reach large groups of members from
various Locals. The curriculum was developed by members of
the IATSE Craft Advancement Program (ICAP). Ever since, local
unions with certified OSHA 10 trainers in their ranks, as well
as local unions that wish to develop new trainers, may apply to
the Fund to receive this curriculum and training in how to use
it. The Trainers program of the TTF reimburses the cost of tuition
for local trainers who successfully complete OSHA 501 and
OSHA 511, and thus become qualified to teach OSHA training.
This allows Locals to have trainers among their own membership
and to offer OSHA classes on a regular basis, reducing their
costs in putting on the class. The TTF continues to advise Locals
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