Carpenters build schools and bridges, offices and power plants. Now they’re building books.
A fusion of Web-based publishing and hands-on training allows for the real-time production of skill-development curriculum designed for the needs of a specific contractor or project.
The Carpenters International Training Fund, a labor-management group that develops curriculum for UBC members, created the Build-A-Book system to get needed skills into the field as quickly as possible, often in a matter of days.
An easy-to-use Internet menu lets training coordinators pull standardized chapters from more than 55 CITF textbooks (with more in the works) to create state of the art, targeted curriculum and companion instructor materials that cross all skill sets.
“We need to be responsive to the demands of the construction industry,” said Bill Irwin, executive director of the CITF. “Build-A-Book does just that by using technology to leverage our unrivaled system of member training that allows our training to be customized for the sequence and type of construction anywhere in North America.”
Click here to view a video demonstration of how to use the CITF storefront as well as how to create your own book using the Build-A-Book process.