MEA Case Study: Sharing the load of training

How subject-based education in school ruins our conception of learning

What do you do when you're working in a competitive environment, but you need to maintain safety and quality standards? How do you maintain these standards in an industry that is fragmented between hundreds of suppliers ranging in size from hundreds of employees to one-man operations and spread over thousands of miles? And - most importantly - can all these companies work together to train the industry?

That was the question faced by the US energy distribution industry in the late 1990s, as a result of a series of deregulation measures. Hundreds of companies of all different sizes were in operation.

Each needed to ensure it was working safely and to quality standards. None wanted to sacrifice its competitive edge, yet each recognized the need to deliver good quality, consistent training. For the answer they turned to an existing, trusted trade body to co-ordinate training.

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