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Railroad industry modal profile: an outline of the railroad industry workforce trends, challenges, and opportunities - update : final report.
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2016-04-01
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Abstract:In 2011, the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) Office of Research, Development, and Technology (RD&T) published the
first edition of the “Railroad Industry Modal Profile: An Outline of the Railroad Industry Workforce Trends, Challenges, and
Opportunities” in response to the DOT National Transportation Workforce Initiative. The profile provided a comprehensive
assessment of the railroad workforce and identified six key workforce challenges facing the industry at that time. Since the initial
publication, the profile has been widely used as a source of information and insight regarding railroad industry workforce
development. Thus, the FRA Office of RD&T determined that it should be updated periodically to reflect the latest industry
trends, issues, and best practices. Recently, the FRA Office of RD&T conducted another analysis to gauge the current and future
state of the industry’s workforce based on available quantitative employment data and industry stakeholder dialogs, which led to
the identification of the following key workforce challenges. Although it is not the FRA’s intent to solve these challenges, the
FRA continues to foster industry collaboration to increase the visibility of key issues and innovative workforce development
initiatives.
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