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Keystone E-Newsletter, Issue 8, 2004
by Keystone Project Coordinator, Dr. Robert G. Garraty
March 16, 2004
Here are some news items on the Keystone Transit Career Ladder
Partnership initiative:
- Harrisburg : Cindy Conaway at the Pennsylvania
Public Transpiration Association has been busy signing up maintenance mechanics
from across the Commonwealth. Over 100 transit employees from the smaller
properties across the state have either been trained or are registered
for upcoming classes. Prospective students are urged to sign up quickly
before the classes become full. The current upcoming class schedule is
as follows:
Date(s) |
Course
Title |
Location |
March 18, 2004 |
HVAC Soldering/Brazing |
Lehigh
and Northampton Transportation
Authority - 1060 Lehigh Street , Allentown , PA 18103 |
March 23-24, 2004 |
HVAC Preventive Maintenance |
New
Castle Transit
Authority - 311 Mahoning Ave. , New Castle , PA 16102 |
March 25, 2004 |
HVAC Soldering/Brazing |
New
Castle Transit
Authority - 311 Mahoning Ave. , New Castle , PA 16102 |
April 12-15, 2004 |
Principles of Engines & Transmissions |
Beaver County Transit -
Expressway Travel Center 131 Pleasant Drive, Aliquippa , PA 15001 |
April 20-22, 2004 |
Advanced Electrical
- Dinex Systems |
Holiday Inn Express -
3306 Pleasant Valley Blvd., Altoona, PA 814-944-9661 Room Block
under PennTRAIN - $80/night |
April 27-30, 2004 |
Principles of Engines & Transmissions |
Centre Area Transportation
Authority - 2081 W. Whitehall Road , State College , PA |
May 4-6, 2004 |
HVAC Refrigeration
Theory |
Rabbittransit -
1230 Roosevelt Avenue , York , PA 17404 |
May 11-14, 2004 |
Advanced Electrical -
Allen Bradley Systems |
Centre Area Transportation
Authority - 2081 W. Whitehall Road , State College
, PA |
May 17-20, 2004 |
Advanced Electrical -
Allen Bradley Systems |
Luzerne County Transit Authority -
315 Northampton Street , Kingston , PA 18704 |
May 25-26, 2004 |
CFC Certification
Class |
Rabbittransit -
1230 Roosevelt Avenue , York , PA 17404 |
June 7-10, 2004 |
Advanced Electrical
- Dinex Systems |
Williamsport Bureau
of Transportation 100 W. Third Street , Williamsport , PA |
To register - call Cindy at 1-800-847-0333
- Statewide: Some statewide statistics on the Keystone
program: Number of job tasks identified: 4,128; Number of mechanics assessed:
1,928; Number of trainees trained: 1,500+; Number of job tasks analysis/subject
matter experts interviewed: 232; Number of job classifications: 78.
- Philadelphia : SEPTA and TWU
Local #234 avoided a city-paralyzing strike Sunday night with a tentative
one-year contract that preserves existing health-care benefits and gives
4,700 transit employees a one-time $1,000 bonus.
- Philadelphia : Since July 1, 2003,
643 workers have been trained in Keystone Classes in Philadelphia.
This includes 495 workers trained in some aspect of bus maintenance
and 92 trained in some aspect of rail maintenance.
- Minneapolis-St. Paul: Over 2,000
members of Amalgamated Transit Union Local #1005 have been on strike
at Metro Transit since March 4, 2004.
- Pittsburgh : The Pittsburgh
Labor/Management Keystone Policy Steering Committee is to meet
April 6, 2004. One of the items on the agenda is the approval for
specific courses to meet immediate training needs.
- Hershey: The Keystone Transit
Career Ladder Partnership will have a booth at the PPTA Spring
Conference and EXPO to be held at the Hershey Lodge and Convention
Center March 30 to April 1, 2004.
- Reminder - Past E-Newsletters are now located on Keystone's
website at http://www.keystonetransit.org/
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