Summary Document
Next Generation Occupational Standards for CTE

Career Cluster:  Transportation

Chair: Randy Houck, Manager, Florida AYES
Co-Chair: Tom Hession, Industrial Education Administrator, School District of Palm Beach County
Status Reports
Date	Comments	
September 13, 2011	Randy Houck, chair of the Working Group, reviewed and accepted the list of participants for the Programmatic Committees and the work accomplished by each.  The results of the framework reviews generated by each committee will be reported to the Steering Committee on November 8, 2011.	
December 16, 2010	The Transportation Working Group met at Mid-Florida Tech with eleven members present.  A review of the 2011-2012 Program of Work was the topic of discussion for the meeting.  After a review of the work accomplished on the 2011-2012 Program of Work, and the work proposed for the 2012-2013 year, the committee accepted these reports to be presented to the Steering Committee on February 2, 2011 for approval.	
May 7, 2010	The Working Committee prioritized the frameworks which had not been included in the previous Programs of Work.  Utilizing the input from the members, a 2011-2012 Program of Work was developed and approved by the committee.  Program Committees will now be selected to review the frameworks which were identified for review during 2011-2012.	
February 12, 2010	The Transportation Working Group met at Mid-Florida Tech with nine members present.  A review of the past work, as well as a strategy for continuing the curriculum framework review, was discussed.  The committee reviewed the frameworks remaining in the Transportation Cluster and requested additional time to determine the appropriate ones to place on this year’s Program of Work.  
The Working Group will prioritize the remaining frameworks to be placed in the Program of Work after which Program Committees will be selected.	
December 15, 2009	•	A new framework created in the Transportation Cluster is “Commercial Pilot”, a Community College program (Graduates of this program will be prepared for initial employment with occupation titles such as aircraft pilot, airplane pilot, charter pilot, or commercial pilot).
•	“Auto Machine Shop,” “Recreational Vehicle Service Technology,” “Tractor and Trailer Body Repair and Refinishing,” and “Basic Maritime Operations” frameworks were all marked for deletion in this years Course Code Directory and will be removed next year.
•	Gasoline Engine Service Technology - Unfortunately, our major industry partner in this project suffered overwhelming losses during the financial downturn this past year and was unable to continue their assistance with the revision of this framework.  It was determined that this framework will require a major revision, almost to the point of creating a new one and phasing the existing one out.  The committee felt that it would be best to move this goal to the 2011-2012 plan and include repairing and servicing power generating equipment as well as the traditional gas engines. 
•	Automotive Service Technology  - A commitment was made early on to keep the “Automotive Service Technology” program frameworks current with industry standards by adopting the National Automotive Technicians Education Foundation’s (NATEF) task list.  For an automotive program to be certified by NATEF, identified tasks must be taught in the program.  NATEF recently released their revised program standards, some tasks were removed and some tasks were added to reflect current technology and practice.  The “Automotive Service Technology” program framework, both secondary and Postsecondary has been revised to reflect these new program standards.
	
February 16, 2009	•	Hillsborough Community College will take the lead in developing the Transit Technician Program
•	The Heavy Mechanic Cluster contains two programs which will be separated to form two individual programs.  The Heavy Duty Truck and Bus Technician program will be aligned with NATEF Standards indicating the performance objectives required to earn ASE Certification
Automotive Machine Shop, Autotronics, Tractor & Trailer Body Repair & Refinishing, and Basic Maritime Operations were identified for deletion next year.