TCRP Report 178: A National Training and Certification Program for Transit Vehicle Maintenance Instructors

TCRP Report 178: A National Training and Certification Program for Transit Vehicle Maintenance Instructors

Transit Cooperative Research Program (TCRP)

January 2015

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.