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A National Training and Certification Program for Transit Vehicle Maintenance Instructors (2015)

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Suggested Citation:"List of Abbreviations, Acronyms, Initials, and Symbols." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2015. A National Training and Certification Program for Transit Vehicle Maintenance Instructors. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/22176.
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Suggested Citation:"List of Abbreviations, Acronyms, Initials, and Symbols." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2015. A National Training and Certification Program for Transit Vehicle Maintenance Instructors. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/22176.
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89 ACCSC Accrediting Commission of Career Schools and Colleges APTA American Public Transportation Association APTREX American Public Transit Exam Institute ASE Automotive Service Excellence ASTD American Society for Training and Development ATD Association for Talent Development ATMC Automotive Training Managers Council ATU Amalgamated Transit Union BFM General—Bus Fleet Maintenance BMT Bus Maintenance Training CASE Continuing Automotive Service Education CDTA Capital District Transportation Authority CEE Center for Excellence in Education Center Transportation Learning Center CTG Custom Training Group CUTR Center for Urban Transportation Research at the University of South Florida DBE Disadvantaged Business Enterprise DOL Department of Labor E/E Consortium Elevator/Escalator Training Consortium FAA Federal Aviation Administration FTA Federal Transit Administration GM General Motors HVAC Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning ICP Instructor Certification Program IMI International Masonry Institute ISD Instructional System Design ITCRB International Transit Certification Review Board LACMTA Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority LIUNA Laborers International Union of North America LYNX Public Transportation System in Orlando, Florida MARTA Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority MDBF Mean Distance Between Failures NATEF National Automotive Technicians Education Foundation NOCTI National Occupational Competency Testing Institute NTD National Transit Database NTI National Transit Institute NYCT New York City Transit List of Abbreviations, Acronyms, Initials, and Symbols

90 A National Training and Certification Program for Transit Vehicle Maintenance Instructors OEM Original Equipment Manufacturer OJT On-the-Job Training ROI Return on Investment SAE Society of Automotive Engineers SCRTTC Southern California Regional Transit Training Consortium SEPTA Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority SME Subject Matter Expert SOP Standard Operating Procedures TCRP Transit Cooperative Research Program TK Thermo King TLC Transportation Learning Center TRB Transportation Research Board TTN Transit Training Network TWU Transport Workers Union UA Unified Association of the Pipefitting Industry US DOL United States Department of Labor UTI Universal Technical Institute VIA VIA Metropolitan Transit (San Antonio, Texas) WMATA Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority

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TRB’s Transit Cooperative Research Program (TCRP) Report 178: A National Training and Certification Program for Transit Vehicle Maintenance Instructors provides a proposed national program structure and plan for training and certifying transit bus and rail maintenance instructors. The report also provides best practices used in the public and private sectors to prepare and certify technical instructors, as well as the attributes and instructional delivery methods found most effective for maintenance instructors.

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