Where this committee focuses
You're developing training for technical roles, balancing the need to prepare employees for the job with evolving technical requirements, limited resources and the challenge of building effective learning pathways.
The Technical Training Committee is the peer forum for how member companies develop capability for technical roles: field, craft and technical training needs, apprenticeship design, role-based development paths, instructor capability and the technical content behind them. A time-bound Engineering and Professional Capability workgroup looks at what early-career engineers need. SGA supports training and resources; each operator still qualifies its own employees under its operator qualification program.
Who you’ll work alongside
- Field and craft training supervisors
- Technical training managers and leaders
- Instructors and instructor-development leads
- Instructional designers, curriculum developers and eLearning developers
- Apprenticeship program designers and owners
What you take back to work
- For you. Practical approaches to technical curriculum design, apprenticeships, role-based learning pathways, instructor development and training delivery that you can adapt within your organization.
- For your company. Well-designed technical training helps employees build job-relevant capabilities, supports consistent development across technical roles and makes better use of training resources.
Members told SGA in 2026 that they face many of the same challenges in developing technical employees, from organizing apprenticeships to creating effective training for specialized roles. This committee provides an opportunity to compare approaches, share resources and help shape role-based learning pathways and technical training that can benefit the industry.
What the committee takes on first
In its first year, the committee will:
- identify priority technical roles and define the knowledge and skills required for progression, working with SGA Learning to develop role-based learning pathways and resources
- compare apprenticeship and craft training structures, instructional approaches and opportunities for improvement
- share practices for developing technical instructors and using eLearning, simulation and other training methods
- identify shared curriculum gaps
- establish an Engineering and Professional Capability workgroup to identify common development needs and learning opportunities for early-career engineers
