Workforce Development
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Publications and Web sites
Toolkit for a Career in Civil Engineering,
by Michael Marti, March 2004.
Available
from the LRRB Web site
This CD-ROM kit contains a video, an FAQ document, a PowerPoint
presentation and a brochure, all containing information on careers
in civil engineering. The kit is especially directed toward high
school students and is expected to be used in school presentations
on how to pursue a civil engineering career.
Transportation workforce: A call to action,
LTAP Technology Exchange Newsletter, Fall 2002
Full
article
The transportation industry is finding it increasingly difficult
to attract and retain a qualified, and well-trained, work force.
This article reports on the National Transportation Workforce
Summit held May 13, 2002,in Washington, D.C. Also includes links
to federal work-force
development initiatives and an analysis of factors
influencing the work-force crisis.
The Transportation Workforce Challenge: Recruiting, Training, and Retaining Qualified Workers for Transportation and Transit Agencies, TRB Special Report 275, 2003
Summary
and download page
A Transportation Research Board (TRB) special report detailing
challenges and solutions for recruiting and sustaining a transportation
work force.
Mn/DOT Recruitment Programs
www.dot.state.mn.us/hr/careers/programs.html
This site includes information on Mn/DOT’s two specialty training
programs, the Seeds Program and the Graduate Engineer Program.
Garrett H. Morgan Technology and Transportation Futures Program
http://education.dot.gov
A program dedicated to educating a skilled transportation work force
for tomorrow. Includes resources for K-12 schools, community colleges,
undergraduate and graduate institutions and life-long learners.
Workshops and events
National Highway Institute
www.nhi.fhwa.dot.gov
NHI provides leadership and resources for the development and
delivery of training and education programs to improve the quality
of our Nation's highway system and its intermodal connections.
The Institute includes the Transportation Workforce Development
program and the Eisenhower Transportation Fellowship Program.
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