Upward with Transfr

The US Department of Labor projects that an estimated 795,700 electricians will be needed by 2030 to meet the demands of our evolving energy infrastructure and deal with current electricians retiring. Averting this crisis will take a team effort: Hear how TRIO Electric and Transfr are tackling it in this robust round table conversation, featuring TRIO CEO Beau Pollock, Transfr CEO Bharani Rajakumar, Transfr producer Eric Garner, labor expert Eric Seleznow, and electrical construction SME Myron Laurent.

Building a line of new VR training simulations for a trade is a complex job — no one can do it alone! That’s why Trio Electric and Transfr teamed up to build an industry-defining package of simulations designed to help programs of all kinds give their trainees a background in essential skills for the field, making them more effective on day one.

We sat down with Trio CEO Beau Pollock and Transfr CEO Bharani Rajakumar, and labor expert Eric Seleznow from Jobs for the Future for a fun, fast-paced conversation on the electrical industry, Trio’s unique program, and the future of electrical construction training.

The electrical construction industry is in crisis: Electricians are retiring at an unsustainable pace — averting disaster will take a combination of technology and human effort. Here at Transfr we partnered with Trio Electric, a Houston-based electrical construction company, to build industry-leading hands-on simulations to augment Trio’s own training programs and help empower schools and CTE programs of all kinds to get their local learners on the path towards rewarding careers in the Electrical Construction field.

We sat down with Director of Instructional Design on Electrical Construction Kelly Novic and Electrical Construction SMEs Johnnie Parker and Myron Laurent to discuss the process of building these new training modules and what makes these modules so powerful for learners and training programs.