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Construction Economics Research Network
LERA Construction Industry Council (CIC) members will meet at the upcoming Construction Economics Research Network (CERN) meeting. CERN meetings continue to be open to all LERA CIC members.
UPCOMING MEETING:
April 17-18, 2008,
Washington Hilton, Washington, DC
"The Economics of Construction Training"
DRAFT AGENDA
(for updates to this draft agenda, please visit the CERN website)
April 17th
8:00 - 9:00 Pre-conference breakfast
9:00 - 9:20
"Welcome"
Pete Stafford, CPWR Executive Director
Mark Ayres, President, Building and Construction Trade Department
9:20 - 11:45
"Innovation in Apprenticeship and Post-Apprentice Training"
Chair, Cihan Bilginsoy, University of Utah
"Description of Developments in the UA’s Apprenticeship Program"
Mike Arndt, Training Director, UA
"Modular Training in Apprenticeships"
TBA
"Teaching Acceptance of Diversity to Apprentices"
Julie L. Brockman, SLIR, MSU
"The Core Curriculum: A Shared Curriculum for Apprenticeships"
Bob Pleasure, BCTD
Coffee Break following the panel presentations and before the open
discussion
11:30 - 12:00
"Bringing Human Resource Methods to Construction: A
Proposal for Improving Apprentice Selection in the Electrical
Industry"
Dale Belman and Ryan Petty, MSU
12:00 - 1:00 Lunch
1:00 - 3:30
"The Public Role in Construction Training"
Chair, Dale Belman, Michigan State University
"Construction Training in the Military"
TBA
"Helmets to Hardhats"
H. Daryll Roberts, Executive Director, Helmets to Hardhats,
"Construction Training at Community Colleges"
TBA
"Basic Skills Training as a Route into Construction"
TBA
3:30 - 4:00 Break
4:00 - 5:00
"The Role of the Federal Government in Construction Training"
Representative of OATELs
6:30pm Dinner
April 18th
8:00 - 9:00 Continental Breakfast
9:00 - 11:30
"Construction Training in the Open Shop"
Chair: Robert Glover, University of Texas
"Modular Training in the Open Shop Program"
TBA
"An Electrical Apprenticeship Program"
Kathy Steiler RCI Constructors
"Recruiting and Training in Large Open Shop Firms"
BCon Construction
11:45 - 1:00 Lunch and Discussion of Research on Training in Construction
The LERA
Construction Industry Council is funded in part by a grant
from the Federal
Mediation and Conciliation Service.
LERA Industry Councils are supported by a grant
from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation.
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