Exciting Update to the PLC Courseware and Reference Material

At long last the updated PLC course Introduction to Programmable Logic Controllers (J162LM) is now available. This course replaced the Programmable Logic Controllers, Level I (J237LM.J1) and Programmable Logic Controllers, Level II A (J237LM.J2A) training.  This LMS course utilizes the Introduction to Programmable Logic Controllers (S531) reference textbook.  We are still another couple weeks away from having the Online Test Generator Tests completed for use, but have made the course available now.  When the tests are completed, another blog post will be published.

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Mentoring Playbook

Over the course of many years programs have expressed interest in beginning a mentoring program in their JATC, but many have not done so due to the initial inertia required to get a program started. For this reason, as a service to the local JATCs, the electrical training ALLIANCE has created a Mentoring Playbook.

This Playbook is intended to assist you in creating and implementing a mentoring program in your JATC without the need to re-create the wheel. The resources in each “lesson” are intended to serve as a starting point for things such as a program announcement, mentor applications, and project timelines that may be modified to fit your local needs.

The idea of the Playbook came from an NTI “C” Group session in 2018. Since then the Playbook has been created and a number of pilot programs have already begun at JATCs. To hear more about the Playbook and how these pilot programs have fared, plan to attend another “C” Group session this NTI (time and location still TBD).

LinkedIn Learning removes Lynda.com name and how it may affect you

As you may know, LinkedIn purchased Lynda.com. This is not new or fake news..really its rather dated news… But, great things are happening there! Due to that purchase a few years ago, LinkedIn created a subsidiary called LinkedIn Learning. Up until this week they carried the Lynda.com name with them as a part of their learning platform. Change is and has been coming and it’s been pretty seamless so far. One thing you will note over the next few weeks will be the Lynda.com course titles in the LMS & TMS will be updated. Courses previously identified as Lynda.com courses will now utilize the LinkedIn Learning identifier in the title.

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eBooks! The New Reference Option

The electrical training ALLIANCE is excited to announce that select eBooks are now available.  Students and Instructors will be able to access content on the go, wherever they are, without need of carrying the printed books.  This is just one beauty of eBooks where the content is also much more than a book in pdf form.  It offers many other great features. (more…)

New Feature Added to Preparing for Leadership Courses

 

Leadership TextbookWhat?

The electrical training ALLIANCE is proud to partner with Leadership Surge to create a new series of videos to augment lesson content with energetic, enthusiastic, real-world leadership snippets.

 

Where?

This content can be found under the Leadership Notes bar when in each of the course’s lessons.

 

 

 

 

 

When?

Watch the first video in the series now!!

Then, log on to Preparing for Leadership course (this content is available in both the TTT and Apprenticeship version) today to see for yourself.