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iFTI Updates

The latest from the International Finishing Trades Institute.
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2022 iFTI TRAINING CALENDAR



You have the option to view the google sheet (listing in one page) or the calendar format to view the course description and Enroll Now using the DOT Request – Training Registration Form or the Instructor/Coordinator Training Registration Form. Reminder, the Instructor/Coordinator Training Registration Form is subject to DOT approval.

DIVERSITY IN THE WORKPLACE
 

Diversity is the existence of different characteristics in a group of people. These characteristics could be everything that makes us unique, such as our cognitive skills and personality traits, along with the things that shape our identity (e.g. race, age, gender, religion, sexual orientation, cultural background). To check the course offerings in the iFTI Learning Management System (LMS), check this LMS Help article.

COE CONFERENCE

The iFTI staff attended the 2021 COE Virtual Annual Meeting November 15-19, 2021.  The conference offered workshops and General Sessions throughout the week that included a variety of topics on current trends and best practices.  Workshops are scheduled in these conferences for achieving and maintaining accreditation and also for gaining and/or renewing certification to participate on visiting teams.

UPDATED AND NEW COURSES/LESSONS/COURSE MATERIALS AS OF NOVEMBER 2021

 

For the past month, the iFTI Curriculum department has uploaded new courses,
updated eLearning lessons, and added new course materials in the iFTI Learning Management System (LMS). For your reference, view the New Courses/Updated Lessons List as of November 2021.
 
Some of the new courses added to the LMS and Vubiz third party course bundle include:

  • COR 1023 Cyber Security* (7 hours) - Organizations are increasingly concerned about the security of electronic information. This course identifies the safeguards needed to ensure the confidentiality, integrity and security of the information that employees work with. Correctly applied, these safeguards will help protect the people, information, technology and facilities that the organization depends on. The course will introduce key concepts and terms, identify security threats, and outline best practices for information protection. This course has seven online lessons.
  • COR 1249 Healthy Workplace Culture*  (3 hours) - What is a healthy workplace? You might think it is one in which the physical environment is safe for all employees or one in which there is a level of overall health among the employees. And you'd be right. However, there is another less obvious but equally critical meaning of the term healthy workplace. The course promotes a healthy workplace culture, managing workplace culture by working well with others, and acting effectively on a team. The course includes the Safety Attitudes and Actions online lesson.
If you need more information about third party courses, refer to the LMS ticker. To navigate the LMS and learn more about the courses, please review the Programs of Study.

IFTI INSTRUCTOR TRAINING PROGRAM


The iFTI Instructor Training Program is accredited by the Council on Occupational Education (COE). With this nationally recognized seal of excellence comes our responsibility to analyze, design, develop, and review our instructor training curriculum to ensure the integrity, quality and effectiveness of the program materials and implementation strategies.

Keeping this in mind, the iFTI has been working with Dr. Mark Johnson, University Professor in Technology and Workforce Learning of the College of Technology at Pittsburg State University in Pittsburg, KS. Dr. Johnson has over 35 years of experience, in and out of the classroom, as a professor and public speaker and is a fierce advocate for student learning and success in the classroom leading to the transfer of skills and knowledge in the workplace.

Dr. Johnson’s efforts to re-design and implement a simpler, yet highly effective, methodology for teaching both the iFTI 1000 Introduction to Teaching Techniques for Adults and iFTI 1001 Teaching Techniques for Adults were realized this fall with the implementation of both classes in Hanover, MD. The 5-day introductory course followed the instructional design model known as ADDIE - Analysis, Design, Development, Implementation, and Evaluation. Students focused on analyzing what their apprentices need to know in order to perform their job, how they will best communicate the expectation, and how they will design and implement instruction and evaluation to ensure their apprentices succeed.

During the introductory class, our new instructors were challenged to think in a new way, to solve problems for teaching cognitive skills and knowledge as well as strategies for teaching psychomotor skills for safely and accurately performing tasks. Activities focused on writing objectives, and identifying the specific tools, materials and conditions under which apprentices will learn. The next level class focused on building concepts and abstract ideas that are based on job-related experiences and which transfer to a better understanding of tasks performed on the job.

Instructors were guided through creating meaningful engagement through activities to teach concepts to their students and engaging in deeper conversation after the activities to gauge understanding. Both classes were highly interactive, employed critical thinking skills, and concluded with teach backs, peer and instructor review, and discussion on lessons learned. We look forward to the continued enhancement of the iFTI Instructor Training Program to ensure confidence, creativity and success for each of the iFTI’s instructors.

Notable

January 27, 2:00 – 3:30 p.m. ET -- An Update from the National Campaign to Prevent Falls in Construction: The Importance of a Year-Round Fall Prevention Program


2022 marks the 11th year of the NIOSH-CPWR-OSHA Fall Prevention Campaign, which has successfully reached millions of construction contractors and workers nationwide through its annual Safety Stand-Down event. Despite this, fatal falls remain the number one work-related cause of death for construction workers. These fatalities are completely preventable with a good fall prevention and rescue plan and the right access equipment, training, and fall protection. During this webinar, including Q&A, representatives from the three primary Campaign partners -- Scott Earnest, NIOSH’s associate director for Construction; Scott Ketcham, director of OSHA’s Directorate of Construction; and Chris Trahan Cain, CPWR’s executive director -- will review some of the latest findings from the 2021 Stand-Down evaluation and a survey aiming to identify common underlying causes of falls and provide updates on the latest free resources and plans for the 2022 Stand-Down.
 
Click here to register and submit a question in advance.
 

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