Training Curriculum for the "Trades"
Any help is appreciated. We are a Public Buildings department who provides support for our County's public buildings, we maintain no roads or utilities.
We are trying to develop a training curriculum (employee development program) for our facility maintenance technicians who touch areas of the following four trades. 1)Electrical 2)HVAC 3)Plumbing 4) Carpentry. We have three levels within each trade prior to being licensed. I believe we could mirror the apprentice, journeyman, & mastercraftsman program I believe most unions follow, this practice is using the premise that we are preparing each technician to become licensed. I think we could split out a third level between apprentice and journeyman for our purposes.
I have yet to be able to find anything that calls out what the tasks are for each of these levels, it is my understanding there is a required amount of training (educational) and on-hands (OJT) for each of these levels. Is there anyone who can give me direction in defining the actual task per level for each trade, the training requirements are for North Carolina?
Our goal is to have one licensed individual for each trade on our staff and we currently have an electrician and HVAC however we will need to train back-ups for these as they are both approaching retirement.
I have tied this directly to our safety program by indicating if the technicians are properly trained and proficient at their trade, and many of the technicians are generalists (meaning they gravitate more to General Contractor rather than specializing in one trade) then my job becomes more of teaching hazard identification than worrying if someone has received the proper training to perform everyday tasks.
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Are these for a specific state? Some states list their job performance requirements (JPRs) that must be demonstrated, understood, etc. for each level of the trade.
In Wisconsin some of the apprenticeship requirements at the Wisconsin Tech College System that many trades are in include requirements for OSHA Outreach and First Aid, CPR, and AED.
I know the Electricians and Machine Repairman were required to take FA, CPR, & AED, with Bloodborne Pathogens. OSHA Outreach 10 & 30 Hour Cards on GI were optional bit recommended. I am not in Construction but I have heard that some of the Construction trades require more safety training.
One of the worst experiences I had was trying to teach a 30-Card Course to students in a Welding Certificate Program at a WI Tech school. Why they required an OSHA 30-Hour Card in a 4-week training program in basic Welding was "overkill". They were the most unmotivated group I ever had! It was like they just added another week of training to justify more state funding!
The shortest answer is to use the aforementioned program as a foundation and then go do the legwork to tailor it to your specific needs. You have your program "bones," you have your job descriptions. I would talk to the people who then do the work to identify the hazards and the risks. Go into the field and observe. This data will flesh out the specifics you need. That's what I usually do.
I recomment contacting Transworld out of Charlotte for the electrical safety training.
I am familiar with their programs and they are very much on par with what my company offers out of Wisconsin. Chuck Fox, CESCP, The Electrician Inc. 608-212-0508. I would welcome your phone call to offer our approach to the electrical safety training -- as "qualified Individuals". We will travel to provide training services, but Transworld is in your back yard.
Transworld, Inc.
1553 King Street Ext.
Charleston, South Carolina 29405
Contractor Website:
https://twielectric.com/
843-577-3491