Does your team have the knowledge and skills to operate and maintain battery electric and fuel cell buses? You may have had training when the vehicles are new, but is the training updated when staff is new? TRB will host a webinar on Thursday, August 13, 2026 from 3:00 PM to 4:30 PM Eastern that will explore findings from TCRP Research Report 252: Public Transit Workforce Development for Zero-Emission Vehicles. Presenters will discuss the workforce competencies needed to support the existing fleet of battery electric and fuel cell buses, training approaches and resources available to transit agencies, and promising practices for implementing workforce development programs that prepare frontline employees for successful zero-emission vehicle operations.
This webinar is sponsored by TRB’s Transit Cooperative Research Program.
There is no fee to attend this webinar. Registration is required.
A recording will be sent to all registrants after the webinar.
 
Webinar agenda and presenters

• Key findings – John Schiavone, International Transportation Learning Center
• Seven steps to ensure a well-trained workforce for zero-emission vehicles – Karitsa Holdzkom, International Transportation Learning Center
• Case studies and case profiles – Michaela Boneva, International Transportation Learning Center
• Question and answer session moderated by Douglas Nevins, International Transportation Learning Center

The first 60 minutes of the webinar will be for presentations and the final 30 minutes will be reserved for audience questions.
 
Learning Objectives
At the end of this webinar, participants will be able to:

• Identify the skills and competencies operators and technicians need to safely operate and maintain zero-emission vehicles
• Evaluate training strategies and available resources to develop a prepared workforce
• Examine promising workforce development practices and determine how they can be applied within participants' own transit agencies

Professional Development Hours
Professional engineers (PEs) who register and attend the entire webinar as an individual will be awarded 1.5 Professional Development Hours (PDHs). TRB’s webinar program awards PDH credits only to the registered individual, and not to other members of a group that view the webinar together. To be eligible for the credits, individuals must remain signed in for the entire webinar, including for any question and answer session following the presentations.
This webinar will be delivered as a scheduled – e-learning live event and is categorized within RCEP as Technical, Health and Safety.
Please check with your licensing board to ensure that TRB webinar PDHs are approved by your board.
TRB will report credits earned to the Registered Continuing Education Program (RCEP). Complaints about registered providers may be sent to RCEP, 1015 15th Street, NW, 8th Floor, Washington, D.C., 20005. 
American Institute of Certified Planners Certification Maintenance Credits
This webinar is approved by the American Planning Association (APA) for 1.5 Certification Maintenance (CM) Credits. CM credits provide continuing education opportunities for AICP Certified Planners to continue their professional skills and knowledge. To receive CM credits, Certified Planners should visit the TRB event webpage on American Planning Association and register their participation.
Please make sure that you register for this session and log in using the link that TRB provides to your email account. We use this as your record that you attended this session. TRB only maintains the records of attendees who use their email address to log into the webinar and cannot verify attendance of individuals who view the webinar without personally logging into the session.  
If you have problems reporting your CM credits or have general questions about the CM program, please contact AICPCM@planning.org.
 
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