1. National Transportation Workforce
Development Initiative
Council of University Transportation Centers
Summer Meeting
June 8, 2010

2. National Transportation Workforce Development Strategy
Transportation Sectors
Highway
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COMMON LINKAGES
Transit
Pipeline •Data/statistics/analyses
•Successful practices
•Education engagement
Ed ti t
National •Downsized industries
Transportation •New technologies
Workforce •Workplace practices
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Motor
Motor
Development
l Aviation
A i i •Performance metrics
Carriers
Strategy
Maritime Rail
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3. National Transportation Workforce Development Strategy
Transportation Partners
Highway
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Transit
Pipeline
Unique Modal Workforce
Characteristics & Challenges
National
PARTNERS
Transportation
Workforce Governments Professional
Motor
Motor Federal A i ti
Associations
Development
l Aviation
A i i
Carriers State
Strategy Regional Industry
Local
Associations
Educators Labor Unions
L b U i
Universities,
Community
Maritime Rail Elected
Colleges, K-12
Training Providers Officials
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4. National Transportation Workforce Development:
Details of the Strategic Framework
VISION
+
GUIDING PRINCIPLES
• Implement Policies, Programs, etc.
• Create Measures and Monitor • Gather Data
Performance • Develop Modal Profiles
• Document and Evaluate Results • Conduct Analyses (Trends, Industry,
• Refine Goals and Objectives + Institutional, etc.)
Redesign Actions • Identify Primary Factors in Gaps
• Identify Next Generation Analyses NATIONAL • Design Actions to Address Gaps
STRATEGY
TRANSPORTATION
RESULTS /
• Goals WORKFORCE
OUTCOMES • Objectives
• Actions
ANALYSES
- Programs
- Policies
- Directives
- Initiatives
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5. Response: A National Strategy
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Partners
National Transportation Workforce
p Other Federal
Agencies
A i
Development Strategic Framework
State/Local
Agencies
Cross-modal Linkages / Challenges / Opportunities Professional
Organizations
Retiring &
Educating & Recruiting & Developing
Attracting Hiring
Hi i &R t i i
Retraining
Succession Industry
Planning
Organized
Labor
Analytical Foundation
Educational
Institutions
State Regional Other
Modal Policy
Profiles TWD Research Summits Partner Others
Profiles Input Input
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6. Response: A National Strategy
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VISION
A highly skilled transportation workforce leading and
anticipating innovation
• Anticipate trends in science, technology, and policy
• Enable competition and strive for excellence
• Support the nation to compete in the global economy
• Promote innovation in training and educating the transportation
workforce
• Find convergence of needs and talent (demand and supply)
• Be sustainable, comprehensive, continuing, and national
• Attract and retain best and brightest to transportation
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7. Response: A National Strategy
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Analytical Foundation
Regional Other
Modal State TWD Policy
Summits Stakeholder
Profiles Profiles Research
Input Input
Expected Results > Identification & characterization of
Gaps in information needed to design a national strategy
Needed research
Trends that affect the transportation workforce
Effective workforce practices
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8. 2008 Employment in Transportation & Related Industries
Transportation- Government
l d
related 7% For-hire
For hire
manufacturing transport &
15% warehousing
34%
Related
services &
i
construction
44%
13.2 Million
Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics
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9. Expected Results
Product
□ Draft Framework of National Transportation Workforce Development
Strategy
St t
Outcomes
□ A coordinated, national approach among contributing partners
□ N
New policy solutions t address workforce i
li l ti to dd kf issues and produce a hi h
d d high-
performing transportation workforce in the next twenty years (now to
2030)
□ A framework for addressing the most pressing issues such as:
issues,
▪ Recruiting and retaining qualified personnel;
▪ Filling current and future shortages in personnel;
▪ Defining competencies needed for a high-performing workforce;
high performing
▪ Identifying and closing gaps in transportation workforce training and
education;
▪ Linking workforce planning and career pathways to enhance
opportunities that benefit the transportation workforce and the industry
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10. How can you contribute?
Contribute workforce-related information or data
Identify workforce-related research that you expect
to
t conduct
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Let us know about students and research associates
who might be interested in workforce-related studies
workforce related
Thank you!
Please send comments, information, and suggestions to
□ Lydia Mercado (Lydia.Mercado@dot.gov)
□ Sharon Chan Edmiston
(Sharon.ChanEdmiston@dot.gov)
□ David Damm-Luhr (David Damm-Luhr@dot gov)
(David.Damm-Luhr@dot.gov)
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11. Facilitated Dialogue
Question #1
If you could have anybody in the audience
at the National Summit who would it be
Summit,
and what would you want them to hear
about transportation workforce
development?
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12. Facilitated Dialogue
Question #2
In 2020, what changes would we see in
transportation workforce development as
a result of the National Transportation
Workforce Development Initiative?
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13. Facilitated Dialogue
Question #3
What research gaps in transportation
workforce development have you
identified that would be important to
pursue?
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14. Facilitated Dialogue
Question #4
What doubts, uncertainties or adverse
feelings do you have about the
transportation workforce development
initiative?
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