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OC Transpo wants to earmark $4.8 million for training about 100 staff before the Confederation Line opens next year, another cost that falls outside of the $2.1-billion LRT contract.
Troy Charter, director of transit operations, said the price tag largely covers costs for staff who need to be trained in advance of the LRT line opening in 2018.
“It’s about making sure our staff are operationally ready Day 1,” Charter said in an interview Monday.
“It’s not just about providing regular service. It’s about all the scenarios and all the events that can happen, from Bluesfest and Canada Day service to the things that can happen that you need to react to and adjust to. We’re developing that robust training program to make sure that we will be successful – and we know we will be successful – and we’re investing the time and effort and the dollars to make sure that we are successful. That’s really what this is all about.”
Transpo is looking to train about 80 or 90 operators and about 15 rail controllers. First, the agency needs to train between six and eight trainers, who will then transfer their knowledge to the future operators and controllers.
Charter noted it’s possible that not every staffer will succeed in the training, so a financial “buffer” is built into the training costs.
The training price tag is a big number since Transpo needs to continue running a bus service while training staff to run a rail system. The agency is appointing LRT staff from within its bus operations.
“I still have to provide a bus service every single day,” Charter said. “It’s additional dollars because I’m taking these people out of bus operating and paying them on the rail side, but I need to backfill those positions right up until Day 1 of the launch of the Confederation Line.”
The Rideau Transit Group (RTG) is building the 12.5-kilometre LRT line and control system. It’s required to provide Transpo with materials to get the training started.
The trainers will begin their learning sessions in July before the operator and controller training starts around October and November, Charter said. Training will continue until the launch of the LRT line.
The transit commission on Wednesday will be asked to approve a slate of budget modifications for Transpo, including the transfer of $4.8 million into an LRT account from another account dedicated to bus refurbishment.
The fleet of hybrid buses are being retired in 2018, freeing up a pile of cash. It would be big money to overhaul the batteries to keep those buses running, and besides, the hybrids were never really suited for the city’s large and relatively high-speed transit network.
It has become more apparent over the past year that the cost to establish the first phase of LRT isn’t really $2.1 billion. There have been all sorts of extra, but necessary, expenses before the first passengers tap their Presto cards to ride the rails.
The LRT line is scheduled to open on an unspecified day in 2018. Under the construction contract with RTG, the completed LRT system is to be handed over to the city by May 24, 2018.
Transpo has warned its unions that there will be hundreds of positions eliminated with the addition of LRT. The estimate last July was between 505 and 608 positions.
The agency’s largest union is interested in discussing with management ways to reduce the impact to the transit workforce.
Clint Crabtree, president of Amalgamated Transit Union Local 279, said that there have been no developments but he anticipates discussions over the summer.
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Troy Charter, director of transit operations, said the price tag largely covers costs for staff who need to be trained in advance of the LRT line opening in 2018.
“It’s about making sure our staff are operationally ready Day 1,” Charter said in an interview Monday.
“It’s not just about providing regular service. It’s about all the scenarios and all the events that can happen, from Bluesfest and Canada Day service to the things that can happen that you need to react to and adjust to. We’re developing that robust training program to make sure that we will be successful – and we know we will be successful – and we’re investing the time and effort and the dollars to make sure that we are successful. That’s really what this is all about.”
Transpo is looking to train about 80 or 90 operators and about 15 rail controllers. First, the agency needs to train between six and eight trainers, who will then transfer their knowledge to the future operators and controllers.
Charter noted it’s possible that not every staffer will succeed in the training, so a financial “buffer” is built into the training costs.
The training price tag is a big number since Transpo needs to continue running a bus service while training staff to run a rail system. The agency is appointing LRT staff from within its bus operations.
“I still have to provide a bus service every single day,” Charter said. “It’s additional dollars because I’m taking these people out of bus operating and paying them on the rail side, but I need to backfill those positions right up until Day 1 of the launch of the Confederation Line.”
The Rideau Transit Group (RTG) is building the 12.5-kilometre LRT line and control system. It’s required to provide Transpo with materials to get the training started.
The trainers will begin their learning sessions in July before the operator and controller training starts around October and November, Charter said. Training will continue until the launch of the LRT line.
The transit commission on Wednesday will be asked to approve a slate of budget modifications for Transpo, including the transfer of $4.8 million into an LRT account from another account dedicated to bus refurbishment.
The fleet of hybrid buses are being retired in 2018, freeing up a pile of cash. It would be big money to overhaul the batteries to keep those buses running, and besides, the hybrids were never really suited for the city’s large and relatively high-speed transit network.
It has become more apparent over the past year that the cost to establish the first phase of LRT isn’t really $2.1 billion. There have been all sorts of extra, but necessary, expenses before the first passengers tap their Presto cards to ride the rails.
The LRT line is scheduled to open on an unspecified day in 2018. Under the construction contract with RTG, the completed LRT system is to be handed over to the city by May 24, 2018.
Transpo has warned its unions that there will be hundreds of positions eliminated with the addition of LRT. The estimate last July was between 505 and 608 positions.
The agency’s largest union is interested in discussing with management ways to reduce the impact to the transit workforce.
Clint Crabtree, president of Amalgamated Transit Union Local 279, said that there have been no developments but he anticipates discussions over the summer.
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