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Workforce Resources

SUMMARY

APTA’s Workforce Resources page serves as a central hub for tools, research, and programs that support the recruitment, development, and retention of a strong public transportation workforce. It highlights industry best practices, training and apprenticeship initiatives, leadership development opportunities, and strategies to address workforce shortages and evolving skill needs. Through these resources, APTA helps transit agencies and industry partners build resilient, diverse, and future-ready teams that keep communities moving.

Workforce Resources

Webinars

Webinars are offered throughout the year on topics relevant and vital to the public transportation industry, focusing specifically on today’s transit needs.

Webinars
APTA eLearning Courses

E-learning courses offered by APTA, including Critical Conversations and Deputy CEO and Executive Training.

E-Learning Courses
Transit Workforce Readiness Guide

The Guide offers details and examples of a five-step approach to help you create an outreach program for high school students.

Transit Workforce Readiness Guide
Workforce Mini-Guides

This six-part topical series contains industry insights and stories, case studies, lessons learned, and best practices gleaned from interviews with dozens of transit and industry professionals, as well as highlights from APTA’s comprehensive Transit Workforce Readiness Guide.

Workforce Mini-Guides
APTAU Workforce Clearninghouse

This industry resource provides you with easy access to industry materials, stories, and recommended practices featured in APTA’s six Workforce Mini Guides as well as selected examples from the initial workforce volume – APTA’s Transit Workforce Readiness Guide.  In addition, the Clearinghouse features selected workforce capstone presentations and executive summaries produced by recent Leadership APTA and Emerging Leaders graduates.

APTAU Workforce Clearinghouse