b'TRAINING & EDUCATIONAn update on training and education opportunities offered by the NTCA By Becky Serbin, NTCA Education and Curriculum DirectorHi everyone! I hope you are hav- goals are getting the pay increases ingasuccessfulyear.Itsbeenaandthosethatdontaregivena whilesinceIhaveprovidedandocumentedexplanationofwhat updateonNTCAUniversityandthey need to work on to achieve the othereducationalopportunitiespay increase.available from NTCA.Theseapprovednationalguide-With the introduction of our U.S.linescanbeusedtodevelopan DepartmentofLaborNationalin-house training program for NTCA Guidelines for Tile Finishers and Tilecontractors or they can be submit-Setters, I have been given a hiatusted by member companies to their fromwritingarticlestofocusonstate Department of Labor Office of puttingtogethertheactualonlineApprenticeship for consideration of coursesfortheseprograms.Forapproval instead of developing their thoseofyouthathavenotheardown program from scratch. aboutthisapproval,NTCAcre-ateddocumentsfora2-yeartileNTCA University updatefinisherand3-yeartilesetterpro- So how about that update on NTCA grams.ThesedocumentsincludeUniversity? Theonlinetilefinisher informationontheapprenticeshipcourseshavebeencompletedand program, probationary information,online for a while. Earlier this year, selectionprocedures,classroom/ wecompletedwritingthescripts relatedlearningandon-the-jobfor the tile setter program, and I am learning criteria, and competencies.currently working on developing the Thecompetenciesareevaluationsactual courses for the program. As of various tasks within the programsthey are completed, they are being that members can use to gauge howposted to NTCA University. And as I welltheiremployeesarelearningcontinue to create courses, depend-the information and what they needingonthesubject,Iamreaching to continue to focus on. Membersout to different members for photos arethenusingthisinformationtoandvideoshowingtheindustry-explain pay increases to employees.recognized methods that are being Thosethataremeetingcompanydiscussed in the course. Thank you 74TileLetter | April 2020'