Fiber Broadband Association Awards Learning Alliance Corporation for OpTIC Path™ Advancement and Building a Fiber Workforce
2024年7月30日 - 10:00PM
ビジネスワイヤ(英語)
Gene Scott Education Award presented at Fiber
Connect 2024 to recognize excellence in fiber broadband workforce
development
Today at Fiber Connect 2024, the Fiber Broadband Association
(FBA) announced the Learning Alliance Corporation received the 2024
Gene Scott Education Award. The annual award is given to a person,
community, or institution that has significantly impacted the
advancement of FBA’s fiber education initiatives. The Learning
Alliance is a strong supporter of FBA’s Optical Telecom Installer
Certification (OpTIC Path™) program, in addition to its own
workforce development efforts across multiple trades.
The Learning Alliance is dedicated to building stronger
workforce development, with most coursework focused on fiber optic
and wireless tower technician fundamentals. The organization works
with hundreds of employer partners and connects them with trained
candidates to fill the telecom workforce gap across all 50 states.
It began offering the OpTIC Path program in 2022, and today has
graduated 78% of all OpTIC Path graduates—most of which are
veterans. Additionally, the organization has a nearly 80% placement
rate with employers.
“An urgent need for well-trained fiber broadband technicians
still remains across North America. However, with partners like the
Learning Alliance, we’re getting closer to filling the pipeline
with certified talent,” said Deborah Kish, Vice President of
Research and Workforce Development at the Fiber Broadband
Association. “The Learning Alliance has been a dedicated OpTIC Path
advocate, helping to advance the program and promote it to more
audiences. We’re honored to work with them and we congratulate them
on winning this award.”
The Learning Alliance promotes the OpTIC Path program and its
graduates throughout the year. It provides marketing materials to
promote OpTIC Path, including student testimonial videos, and it
features OpTIC Path graduates on its Talent Link applicant tracking
system. Most recently, the Learning Alliance created and hosted a
workshop at Fiber Connect 2024 highlighting OpTIC Path with the
Wireless Infrastructure Association (WIA), sponsor of the
Telecommunications Industry Registered Apprenticeship Program
(TIRAP).
The Gene Scott Education Award was created in memory of an
individual that was dedicated to fiber broadband workforce
development. Before his passing in 2022, Gene Scott served as
Chairman of FBA’s Education Subcommittee and was instrumental in
the development of FBA’s OpTIC Path fiber optic technician program.
FBA is currently engaged with 40 of its targeted 56 states and
territories to roll out the OpTIC Path program, with 44 service
providers and 70 community colleges and training institutions. To
learn more about the program, visit
https://fiberbroadband.org/education-and-certification/fba-optic-path/.
Those interested in teaching the next generation of fiber
technicians can volunteer their knowledge by contacting the FBA
here:
https://fiberbroadband.org/education-and-certification/teaching-opportunities/.
The 2024 Gene Scott Education Award was presented at Fiber
Connect 2024 on Monday, July 29. To learn more about the event,
visit the conference website here or subscribe to FBA’s Fiber
Forward Weekly newsletter here to stay updated on conference news
and more.
About the Fiber Broadband Association
The Fiber Broadband Association is the largest and only trade
association that represents the complete fiber ecosystem of service
providers, manufacturers, industry experts, and deployment
specialists dedicated to the advancement of fiber broadband
deployment and the pursuit of a world where communications are
limitless, advancing quality of life and digital equity anywhere
and everywhere. The Fiber Broadband Association helps providers,
communities, and policymakers make informed decisions about how,
where, and why to build better fiber broadband networks. Since
2001, these companies, organizations, and members have worked with
communities and consumers in mind to build the critical
infrastructure that provides the economic and societal benefits
that only fiber can deliver. The Fiber Broadband Association is
part of the Fibre Council Global Alliance, which is a platform of
six global FTTH Councils in North America, LATAM, Europe, MEA,
APAC, and South Africa. Learn more at fiberbroadband.org.
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Autumn Minnich Connect2 Communications for the Fiber Broadband
Association FBA@connect2comm.com